Prague, Nov 29 (CTK) - František Kupka's abstract painting Divertimento II sold for 75.2 million crowns at an auction today, 90.24 million crowns with the auction surcharge, setting a new record for auctions in the Czech Republic.
The reservation price, the minimum price the seller would have accepted, was 30 million crowns.
Kupka's works of art are among the best-selling paintings at Czech auctions. After today, there are four of them in the top ten, with another three belonging to Oskar Kokoschka and two to Toyen.
Kupka (1871-1957) is considered one of the fathers of abstract painting, along with Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, and Fernand Leger.
He was born in Opočno in 1871, East Bohemia, but spent most of his life in France. He died in Puteaux near Paris in 1957.