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Four Stories in Black and White: Plate 17

1926

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Frantisek Kupka

(Czech, 1871–1957)

Czechoslovakia, 20th century

Woodcut

Support: Wove paper

Sheet: 33 x 25 cm (13 x 9 13/16 in.); Image: 20.4 x 15.4 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 2001.143.19

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Edition: 300 (100 numbered 1-100 signed by the artist, with extra suite of first state woodcuts; 200 numbered 101-300)

Impression: 207

Location

not on view

Description

Although Czech, Kupka worked primarily in France. Motivated by Wassily Kandinsky's daring abstract works of 1910, Kupka began to evolve his own form of non-objective art. Four Stories in Black and White demonstrates his style, which incorporates both lyrical curvilinear forms and strong architectonic geometrical elements.

Exhibition history

Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2001.143.19