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Home > Art > Still Life with Owl and Violin

Still Life with Owl and Violin

Artist

Jan Matulka

Date

1927

Medium

Oil on canvas

Object Type

Painting

Dimensions

H- 40 1/2 x W- 36 in. (102.9 x 91.4 cm)

Artist's Country of Birth

Czech Republic

Collecting Area

American Modernism

Credit Line

The Vilcek Foundation

Accession Number

VF2017.03.01

Copyright

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The Artist;
Estate of the Artist;
[Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, NY];
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Rambach, New Jersey, 1988-2000]
[Christie’s, Los Angeles, CA, October 24, 2000, lot no. 150];
Private Collection, Minneapolis, MN, until the present;
[Menconi & Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, NY];

New York, NY. Robert Schoelkopf Gallery. Jan Matulka: Paintings of the 1920s and 1930s. April 2-May 4, 1988.

Boca Raton, FL. The Boca Raton Museum of Art. Masterpieces of American Modernism: Selections from the Harvey and Françoise Rambach Collection. March 10-April 23, 1995.

Private Collection, Christie’s, Los Angeles, CA. Western & American Paintings, Drawings & Sculptures. October 24, 2000, lot no. 150, sold for $23,500.

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