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A very similar composition executed by Jan Matulka in watercolor and ink is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
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Property of a New York Estate
Jan Matulka (1890-1972)
Surrealist Landscape (An Abstraction)
Details
Jan Matulka (1890-1972)
Surrealist Landscape (An Abstraction)
signed 'Matulka' (upper right)
oil and pencil on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm.)
Painted circa 1935.
Surrealist Landscape (An Abstraction)
signed 'Matulka' (upper right)
oil and pencil on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm.)
Painted circa 1935.
Provenance
Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, Ltd., New York, by 1979.
Literature
Whitney Museum of American Art, Jan Matulka, 1890-1972, exhibition catalogue, 1979, p. 97, no. 25.
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Jan Matulka, 1890-1972, December 18, 1979-February 24, 1980, no. 25.
New York, Gallery Schlesinger-Boisanté, Inc., Three Tendencies: American Art of the 1930's and 40's, March 26-April 30, 1983.
New York, ACA Galleries, American Artists Congress, February 1-March 1, 1986.
New York, Gallery Schlesinger-Boisanté, Inc., Three Tendencies: American Art of the 1930's and 40's, March 26-April 30, 1983.
New York, ACA Galleries, American Artists Congress, February 1-March 1, 1986.