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Amorpha: Fugue in Two Colors II
1910–1911
Frantisek Kupka
Frantisek Kupka (Czech, 1871–1957)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Amorpha: Fugue in Two Colors II, 1910–1911. Frantisek Kupka (Czech, 1871–1957). Oil on canvas; framed: 129.5 x 84.8 x 7.6 cm (51 x 33 3/8 x 3 in.); unframed: 111.7 x 68.6 cm (44 x 27 in.); former: 129.9 x 84.8 x 6.5 cm (51 1/8 x 33 3/8 x 2 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.51 © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris While studying in Vienna, Kupka became interested in applying musical theory to painting. Here he creates a "fugue" by using repetitive shapes. In music, a fugue is a composition in which a theme repeats in complex patterns—think of a conversation in which one idea is brought up over and over in different ways.
- Maker/Artist
- Kupka, František
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 129.5 x 84.8 x 7.6 cm (51 x 33 3/8 x 3 in.); Unframed: 111.7 x 68.6 cm (44 x 27 in.); Former: 129.9 x 84.8 x 6.5 cm (51 1/8 x 33 3/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed lower left: Kupka
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1969.51
- Credit Line
- Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1969, Frantisek Kupka: A Retrospective, Abstraction: Towards a New Art, Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960, Kupka, Painting the Universe: Frantisek Kupka, Pioneer of Abstraction, Musical Analogies, Kandinsky and his Contemporaries, Sons et Lumières, Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Kupka. Pioneer of Abstraction, Museo Thyssen-Bornesmisza, Madrid (2/11/2003-5/25/2003): "Muscial Analogies, Kandinsky and his Contemporaries", Centre natinal d'art et de cullture Georges Pompidou, Paris (9/22/2004 - 1/3/2005): "Sons et Lumières", CMA (organizer). Beijing World Art Museum, China, May 26 - Aug. 27, 2006; Mori Arts Center, Tokyo, Japan: Sept. 9 - Nov. 26, 2006; Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea: Dec. 18, 2006 - March 31, 2007; Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea: Apr. 7 - May 20, 2007; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: June 9 - Sept. 16, 2007; Cleveland Museum of Art, Oct. 21, 2007- January 13, 2008; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, Feb. 21-June 1, 2008; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT, June 22 - September 21, 2008; and the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, October 12, 2008 - January 18, 2009: "Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art", Réunion des musées nationaux - Grand Palais. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, France (3/19/2018 – 7/30/2018), National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic (9/15/2018 – 1/20/2019), and Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland (2/11/2019 – 6/16/2019): "Kupka. Pioneer of Abstraction"
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted undefined
- Museum Location
- 223 20th Century Avant-Garde
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