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Home > Art > Cityscape

Cityscape

Artist

Jan Matulka

Date

1923

Medium

Charcoal on paper

Object Type

Work on Paper

Dimensions

H- 22 x W- 17 in. (56 x 43.2 cm)

Artist's Country of Birth

Czech Republic

Collecting Area

American Modernism

Credit Line

The Vilcek Foundation

Accession Number

VF2015.05.08

Copyright

© The Vilcek Foundation

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City New York
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The Artist;
Estate of the Artist;
[Weyhe Gallery, New York, NY];
[Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, NY];
Private Collection, 1970-2014;
[Meconi & Schoelkopf, New York, NY];
Jan T. and Marica Vilcek Collection, New York, NY, 2014-2015;

Possibly: New York, NY. Zabriskie Gallery. Jan Matulka, May 18-June 12, 1965.

Possibly: New York, NY. Robert Schoelkopf Gallery. Jan Matulka, October 24-November 19, 1970.

New York, NY. Whitney Museum of American Art. Jan Matulka (December 18, 1979-February 24, 1980); Houston, TX. The Houston Museum of Fine Arts (April 3-June 1, 1980); Birmingham, AL. Birmingham Museum of Art (June 15-October 1, 1980); Washington DC. National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institute (November 21, 1980-February 8, 1981);  p. 98, cat. no. 39.

Corpus Christi, TX. The Art Museum of South Texas. Masterpieces of American Modernism from the Vilcek Collection of American Art. September 13, 2018-January 6, 2019.

Tulsa, OK. Philbrook Museum of Art. Making Modern America. February 10-May 26, 2019.

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