Animals in the Forest

František Kupka

Associated Names
František Kupka

Artist, Czech, 1871 - 1957

This painting depicts a forest scene with a deer in the center, standing in a small clearing. Tall gray-brown trees and a dense green canopy surround the area. A red squirrel crouches on a branch above the deer, and there is a bird on a tree to the left. A snake slithers over the ground below, its stomach bulging. The deer is looking directly at us. It has a gray-brown coat and short antlers. The brushstrokes in the painting are loose and fluid.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Shepherd Gallery, New York); purchased by Christian Humann, 1971; The Christian Humann Foundation, Paris, 1981; gift to NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right in pen and brown ink: Kupka; partial inscription cutt off lower right

Watermarks

VINCENT (cut off)

Wikidata ID

Q64570484

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