Jan Matulka Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Jan Matulka Art Value Price Guide

Aug. 12, 2026
Jan Matulka Watercolor Mother in the Park
Est: $200 - $400
Matulka, Jan (Czech/American, 1890-1972), Mother with Children in the Park, undated, watercolor on paper, signed lower left, 7 x 10 inches, matted and framed 13.5 x 16.5 inches.
Concept Art Gallery
Aug. 08, 2026
Jan Matulka, Czech-American (1890–1972), Park Landscape, watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper, 19 1/2"H x 24"W (frame)
Est: $600 - $800
Jan Matulka Czech-American, (1890–1972) Park Landscape watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper signed lower left. Biography from the Archives of askART; Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Jan Matulka became a leading modernist working with Stuart Davis to find a new type of Cubism based on distortion of forms. The totality of his work ranged from traditional to abstract, reflecting the changes in the art world of 20th century America. In 1907, he came to the Bronx, New York where he had a poverty-ridden childhood with a mother who tried to raise a family by herself. From 1908 to 1917, he studied at the National Academy of Design, and in 1917, received the first Pulitzer Traveling Scholarship with which he traveled and painted in the Southwest and Florida. His work from this period showed a turning towards a more abstract style, replacing his earlier realism. In 1919, he first went to Paris and then returned in 1927 on a scholarship from the National Academy. In Paris, he was exposed to Cubism, and his painting after that seemed always to carry that influence. He had his first one-man exhibit in New York City in 1925, and by 1930, he and Davis were experimenting with their version of Cubism. Concurrently for New Masses, a communist magazine, he did satiric illustrations expressing his sympathy for the working classes, and from 1929 to 1931, he taught at the Art Students League where he inspired emerging modernists such as David Smith, Dorothy Dehner, and I Rice Pereira. In the late 1930s, he became a WPA mural artist. He continued to paint until he died in New York City in 1972. Source: Michael David Zellman, 300 Years of American Art
Ripley Auctions
Jul. 29, 2026
Jan Matulka (American/Czech, 1890-1972) Model, c. 1925
Est: $500 - $800
Jan Matulka (American/Czech, 1890-1972) Model, c. 1925 conté crayon on paper inscribed 864 (lower right) 19 x 12 1/2 inches. This lot is located in Chicago.
Freeman’s
Mar. 25, 2026
JAN MATULKA - STILL LIFE WITH PEAR - O/C
Est: $400 - $800
Jan Matulka, Czech, 1890-1972, Still Life with Pear, oil on canvas, signed lower left
Litchfield Auctions
Feb. 27, 2026
Jan Matulka, Untitled (Bathers)
Est: $600 - $800
Jan Matulka Untitled (Bathers) 1925 graphite on paper sight: 17.125 h x 21.25 w in (43 x 54 cm) Signed and dated to lower right 'Matulka 25'. This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Feb. 27, 2026
Jan Matulka, Untitled
Est: $800 - $1,200
Jan Matulka Untitled c. 1930 charcoal on paper sight: 16.25 h x 21.25 w in (41 x 54 cm) Signed to lower right 'Matulka'. Provenance: Collection of Robert Henry Adams This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Dec. 10, 2025
Jan Matulka 'View on the Hudson' Painting
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Jan Matulka, Czech/American (1890-1972). Mutalka's style ranged from landscapes to modernism. This oil on board is mounted in a white painted wood frame and signed bottom center. Provenance: Thomas McCormick Gallery. Measures 23.5"H x 29.75"W framed; 17 5/8"H x 23.75"W. Condition: a few tiny chips to white paint on frame, please see all photos. Contact AAG for more detailed information if needed. AAG is not responsible for any errors or omissions to any lots. All sales are final and sold as is. This lot cannot be shipped in house. For an instant guaranteed third party shipping quote through Quality Packing and Shipping visit: https://www.qualitypackship.com/abington-copy-1 or contact our other third party shippers.
Abington Auction Gallery
Dec. 09, 2025
Jan Matulka (American/Czech, 1890-1972) Woman with Parasol, c. 1929
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Jan Matulka (American/Czech, 1890-1972) Woman with Parasol, c. 1929 gouache and pencil on paper signed J Matulka (lower left) 29 x 12 1/2 in. This lot is located in Chicago.
Freeman’s
Dec. 09, 2025
Jan Matulka (American/Czech, 1890-1972) Two Musicians, c. 1924
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Jan Matulka (American/Czech, 1890-1972) Two Musicians, c. 1924 gouache and pencil on paper signed Matulka (lower left) 19 x 12 1/2 in. This lot is located in Chicago.
Freeman’s
Dec. 09, 2025
Jan Matulka (American/Czech, 1890-1972) Still Life with Five Apples
Est: $2,500 - $4,000
Jan Matulka (American/Czech, 1890-1972) Still Life with Five Apples oil on canvas signed J Matulka (lower right); bears Artist's estate stamp and inscribed JM6 (verso) 18 x 24 in. This lot is located in Chicago.
Freeman’s
Dec. 06, 2025
Jan MATULKA: "Untitled (Colorful Abstraction)".
Est: $600 - $800
Jan MATULKA (Czech-American, 1890-1972): "Untitled (Colorful Abstraction)". Watercolor, with underlying pencil composition on wove paper. Signed in ink in the lower right sheet corner. Sheet size: 13 x 8 inches. Provenance: Estate of Jan Matulka, bearing the rectangular estate stamp on the verso.
Armstrong Fine Art
Dec. 06, 2025
Jan MATULKA: "Untitled (Stormy Landscape)..."
Est: $600 - $800
Jan MATULKA (Czech-American, 1890-1972): "Untitled (Stormy Landscape with a Cabin)". Ink wash on wove paper. Signed in black pencil in the lower left sheet corner. Two nude female figures drawn on the verso, onee in pencil, one in black crayon (a cut-off subject, showing only her legs). Sheet size: 8 5/8 x 11 1/8 inches. Provenance: Estate of Jan Matulka, bearing the rectangular estate stamp on the verso, as well as a stamped signature.
Armstrong Fine Art
Nov. 18, 2025
JAN MATULKA (1890-1972) Paris Street Scene 20 1/8 x 26 1/4 in. (51.1 x 66.7 cm.) (Painted circa 1920.)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
JAN MATULKA (1890-1972) Paris Street Scene bears artist's estate stamp (on the reverse) oil on canvas 20 1/8 x 26 1/4 in. (51.1 x 66.7 cm.) Painted circa 1920.
Bonhams
Nov. 18, 2025
JAN MATULKA (1890-1972) Gramophone 30 7/8 x 28 7/8 in. (78.4 x 73.3 cm.)
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
JAN MATULKA (1890-1972) Gramophone signed 'Matulka' (lower right) oil on canvas 30 7/8 x 28 7/8 in. (78.4 x 73.3 cm.)
Bonhams
Nov. 05, 2025
JAN MATULKA - STILL LIFE WITH PEAR - O/C
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Jan Matulka, Czech, 1890-1972, Still Life with Pear, oil on canvas, signed lower left
Litchfield Auctions
Sep. 18, 2025
Jan Matulka (1890-1972), Indians.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Jan Matulka (1890-1972) Indians. Watercolor and pencil on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil, lower left. With an abstract ink sketch, verso.
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 16, 2025
Jan Matulka "Palms & Sailboats" Painting
Est: $8,000 - $16,000
Jan Matulka (Czech/American, 1890-1972). Oil on canvas painting titled "Landscape with Palms and Sailboats," ca. 1920. Label from Richard York Gallery along the verso. Provenance: Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, 1999; From the Estate of Gary Fink. Lot Essay: Jan Matulka was born in a small town in South Bohemia. While he took his first art classes in Prague, his family soon emigrated to New York City. He attended classes at the National Academy of Design and, upon his graduation, won a Joseph Pulitzer Traveling Scholarship. It was with this money that he traveled back to Europe, visiting Paris in 1919. He rented a studio and returned there throughout the 1920s. He began a long teaching career in 1925 at the Art Students League. Throughout his life, he taught artists such as Dorothy Dehner, Francis Criss, Brugoyne Diller, Irene Rice Pereira, David Smith, Jacob Burck, Esther Shemitz, and many more. Matulka painted continuously and often in differing styles depending on the time of day. He was known to create abstract works in the morning and end the day with landscapes. He joined the Public Works of Art Project as well as the Federal Art Project, painting murals. As Matulka aged he withdrew more and more from society, more so as his health failed. Throughout the latter part of his life, his works were subject to much acclaim when they were exhibited. During his life, he exhibited frequently at the Frank K. M. Rehn Gallery in New York. His posthumous credits include, among others, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, the British Museum, and the Guggenheim. Gary C. Fink was a collector with both a lighthearted sense of humor and a serious commitment to art. Through the Museum Louvre It or Leave It, he offered Minnesotans an offbeat, thought-provoking experience; through MIA gifts, he broadened institutional collections; and through his scholarship, he continues to enable the next generation of artists. A Renaissance soul in the heart of Minnesota's art community, Gary C. Fink was more than an astute collector - he was a spirited patron whose unconventional vision left an indelible mark on the creative landscape.
Revere Auctions
Sep. 09, 2025
Jan Matulka, Still life with flowers
Est: £400 - £600
Jan Matulka, Czech/American 1890-1972 - Still life with flowers; gouache on paper, signed lower left 'Matulka', 56 x 38 cm (unframed) (ARR)
Roseberys
Jul. 16, 2025
JAN MATULKA - MODEL MISTRESS - O/C
Est: $700 - $1,000
Jan Matulka, American/Czech, 1890-1972, Model /Mistress, (Portrait of an Art Students League Model) ,c. 1960, oil on canvas, Bainbridge board applied en verso, Castelle Gallery and Flynmore Studios and Art Gallery, New Hartford and Boonville New York label affixed
Litchfield Auctions
Jul. 06, 2025
Jan Matulka (Czech, 1890-1972) Untitled, Graphite on Paper
Est: $200 - $300
Description: A framed, matted, and glazed graphite drawing of a figure in three-quarter profile. Markings & Inscriptions: No visible signature Date: 20th century Maker: Jan Matulka (Czech, 1890-1972) Dimensions: 7.5" x 5.25" sight, 12.5" x 10.25" overall. Provenance: From a Hockessin, Delaware collection.
Hoch LTD.
Jun. 04, 2025
JAN MATULKA - MODEL MISTRESS - O/C
Est: $2,500 - $3,000
Jan Matulka, American/Czech, 1890-1972, Model /Mistress, (Portrait of an Art Students League Model) ,c. 1960, oil on canvas, Bainbridge board applied en verso, Castelle Gallery and Flynmore Studios and Art Gallery, New Hartford and Boonville New York label affixed
Litchfield Auctions
Apr. 30, 2025
Jan Matulka (1890-1972) Untitled: Storm King Landscape 24 7/8 x 29 7/8 in. (63.2 x 75.9 cm.) (Painted circa 1926.)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Jan Matulka (1890-1972) Untitled: Storm King Landscape bears artist's estate stamp and signed ' Matulka' (on the reverse) oil on canvas 24 7/8 x 29 7/8 in. (63.2 x 75.9 cm.) Painted circa 1926.
Bonhams
Apr. 30, 2025
Jan Matulka (1890-1972) Cityscape - New York and American Indian Girl Portrait: A Double-Sided Work 19 5/8 x 16 1/4 in. (49.8 x 41.3 cm.) (The first, painted circa 1923; The second, painted circa 1918.)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Jan Matulka (1890-1972) Cityscape - New York and American Indian Girl Portrait: A Double-Sided Work oil on canvas 19 5/8 x 16 1/4 in. (49.8 x 41.3 cm.) The first, painted circa 1923; The second, painted circa 1918.
Bonhams
Mar. 19, 2025
JAN MATULKA - MODEL MISTRESS - O/C
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
Jan Matulka, American/Czech, 1890-1972, Model /Mistress, (Portrait of an Art Students League Model) ,c. 1960, oil on canvas, Bainbridge board applied en verso, Castelle Gallery and Flynmore Studios and Art Gallery, New Hartford and Boonville New York label affixed
Litchfield Auctions
Feb. 22, 2025
Jan Matulka, American, b. Czechoslovakia (1890-1972), Montmartre, 1921, oil on canvas, 23 1/2"H x 29 1/2"W(sight), 30 1/4"H x 36 1/4"W(frame)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Jan Matulka American, b. Czechoslovakia, (1890-1972) Montmartre, 1921 oil on canvas Estate stamp verso. Exhibited: McCormick Gallery, Chicago Biography from McCormick Gallery: Jan Matulka was born in 1890 in a small town 85 miles southwest of Prague, in what later became Czechoslovakia. In 1905 he took his first art classes in Prague, and two years later his family emigrated to the United States settling in the Bronx, New York. He then began taking classes at the National Academy of Design continuing there through 1917. After he finished his training, he moved into a studio apartment in Manhattan and met Lida Jirouskova, whom he married in 1918. Throughout this time he traveled quite extensively visiting the southwest United States, Czechoslovakia, Paris and Prague. In 1926, Katherine Dreier arranged his first important one-man exhibition at The Art Center, 65 East 56th Street in New York. However their relationship soon began to sour due to Matulka's acts of ingratitude and disagreements they began to have. In 1931, Stuart Davis arranged a showing of his own work at the Art Students League along with the work of Matulka, John Graham and Arshile Gorky, which began a professional friendship between the four. Ultimately Matulka's position at the League was eliminated in part because of opposition from conservative faculty members. In 1933, he made his final visit to Europe and gave up his Paris studio to Josef Sima. In 1935 he joined the Federal Art Project (FAP) under the WPA where he created the mural Synthesis of American Music and History. His affiliation with FAP ended in 1939. In 1944 he had a solo exhibition at the A.C.A. Gallery and after that time dropped off the artistic map but still kept working until his death in 1972. In 1969 his name was mentioned in the retrospective catalog for David Smith as his biggest influence, and Matulka's work began to sell. In 1970 New York dealer Robert Schoelkopf began representing Matulka and gave him a solo exhibition. In 1979 a retrospective of Matulka's work opened at the Whitney Museum of Art, and in 1982 an exhibition of works donated by Lida Matulka was organized at the Solomon R. Guggenheim museum in New York. In 1995 a one-person exhibition was organized by the Thomas McCormick Gallery in Chicago and from 2004-2006 The Global Modernist exhibition traveled to six venues.
Ripley Auctions
Feb. 11, 2025
JAN MATULKA - Village by the water
Est: -
JAN MATULKA Czech Republic 1890-New York 1972 Village by the water. c. 1921 Watercolor, charcoal and graphite on paper Signed Dimensions 36 x 50 cm PROVENANCE (label on back) Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York Private collection
Subastas Segre
Jan. 30, 2025
JAN MATULKA (1890 - 1972) The Old Silo.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
JAN MATULKA (1890 - 1972) The Old Silo. Oil on canvas. 527x630 mm; 20¾x24¾ inches. Signed at lower left. Provenance F.B. Horowitz Fine Arts Ltd., Hopkins MN. Private collection.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 05, 2024
Jan Matulka
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Czech/American, 1890 - 1972 Untitled (Beach Scene) Signed Matulka (ll) Watercolor on paper Sight 14 3/4 x 19 1/4 inches (37.5 x 48.9cm) Provenance: Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York Private Collection, New York (Framed 24 1/4 x 29 1/2 inches) The sheet presents very well overall. A small diagonal tear on the upper left corner. Mat rub visible around the circumference of the sheet. Not examined out of the frame.
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Oct. 23, 2024
JAN MATULKA (1890-1972). Arrangement - New York. Image: 16 ¼ x 12 ½ in. (41
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
JAN MATULKA (1890-1972). Arrangement - New York. Image: 16 ¼ x 12 ½ in. (415 x 320 mm.) Sheet: 20 ¼ x 14 7⁄8 in. (514 x 380 mm.).
Christie's
Oct. 22, 2024
Jan Matulka, Abstract Landscape
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Jan Matulka Abstract Landscape watercolor and graphite on paper 14 h x 10.75 w in (36 x 27 cm) Signed to lower right 'J. Matulka'. Provenance: Collection of Laura and Gary Maurer This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Oct. 22, 2024
Jan Matulka, Paris
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Jan Matulka Paris 1920-21 oil and acrylic on canvas 19.75 h x 25.75 w in (50 x 65 cm) Estate stamp to verso with estate number 'JM249'. Sold with a digital copy of invoice from Thomas McCormick Gallery. Provenance: Estate of the artist | Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago | Acquired from the previous in 1999, Collection of Laura and Gary Maurer This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Oct. 01, 2024
Abstract
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Jan Matulka 1890 - 1972 Abstract oil on canvas 30 by 52 ½ in. 76.2 by 133.3 cm. Executed circa 1923.
Sotheby's
Sep. 19, 2024
JAN MATULKA (1890-1972) Landscape with Winding Path.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
JAN MATULKA (1890-1972) Landscape with Winding Path. Watercolor and gouache over pencil on paper, circa 1930. 382x506 mm; 15x19⅞ inches. Signed in watercolor lower left, and with a charcoal sketch of tree verso. Provenance Estate of the artist, with the stamp verso. Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago. Private collection, Florida. Private collection, Connecticut.
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 19, 2024
JAN MATULKA (1890-1972) Still Life with a Basket of Fruit.
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
JAN MATULKA (1890-1972) Still Life with a Basket of Fruit. Oil on canvas, circa 1920. 603x755 mm; 24x30 inches. Signed lower right. Provenance ACA Galleries, New York (label). Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York (label). Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe (label). Private collection, Washington, D.C.
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 17, 2024
Jan Matulka Central Park Landscape Painting
Est: $2,500 - $5,000
Jan Matulka (Czech/American, 1890-1972). Gouache on paper painting depicting a view of Central Park, ca. 1925. Pencil signed along the lower right. Lot Essay: Jan Matulka was born in a small town in South Bohemia. While he took his first art classes in Prague, his family soon emigrated to New York City. He attended classes at the National Academy of Design and, upon his graduation, won a Joseph Pulitzer Traveling Scholarship. It was with this money that he traveled back to Europe, visiting Paris in 1919. He rented a studio and returned there throughout the 1920s. He began a long teaching career in 1925 at the Art Students League. Throughout his life, he taught artists such as Dorothy Dehner, Francis Criss, Brugoyne Diller, Irene Rice Pereira, David Smith, Jacob Burck, Esther Shemitz, and many more. Matulka painted continuously and often in differing styles depending on the time of day. He was known to create abstract works in the morning and end the day with landscapes. He joined the Public Works of Art Project as well as the Federal Art Project, painting murals. As Matulka aged he withdrew more and more from society, more so as his health failed. Throughout the latter part of his life, his works were subject to much acclaim when they were exhibited. During his life, he exhibited frequently at the Frank K. M. Rehn Gallery in New York. His posthumous credits include, among others, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, the British Museum, and the Guggenheim.
Revere Auctions
Aug. 25, 2024
Jan Matulka (1890 - 1972) Antique Modernist Coastal Seascape Framed Signed Painting
Est: $1,000 - $3,000
Antique modernist landscape painting by Jan Matulka (1890 - 1972). Watercolor on paper. Signed. Framed. Measuring 24 by 28 inches overall and 15.5 by 19.5 painting alone. Please see all images for condition. Size is measured and written on the back of the painting. The first size is the overall size, the second size is the image size. For detailed condition questions please text 617-835-2496
Curated Gallery Auctions
Jun. 27, 2024
Jan Matulka, Untitled (Bather)
Est: $500 - $700
Jan Matulka Untitled (Bather) 1925 charcoal on paper sight: 11.625 h x 8.375 w in (30 x 21 cm) Signed to lower right 'Matulka'. This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
May. 29, 2024
Jan Matulka Central Park Landscape Painting
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Jan Matulka (Czech/American, 1890-1972). Gouache on paper painting depicting a view of Central Park, ca. 1925. Pencil signed along the lower right. Lot Essay: Jan Matulka was born in a small town in South Bohemia. While he took his first art classes in Prague, his family soon emigrated to New York City. He attended classes at the National Academy of Design and, upon his graduation, won a Joseph Pulitzer Traveling Scholarship. It was with this money that he traveled back to Europe, visiting Paris in 1919. He rented a studio and returned there throughout the 1920s. He began a long teaching career in 1925 at the Art Students League. Throughout his life, he taught artists such as Dorothy Dehner, Francis Criss, Brugoyne Diller, Irene Rice Pereira, David Smith, Jacob Burck, Esther Shemitz, and many more. Matulka painted continuously and often in differing styles depending on the time of day. He was known to create abstract works in the morning and end the day with landscapes. He joined the Public Works of Art Project as well as the Federal Art Project, painting murals. As Matulka aged he withdrew more and more from society, more so as his health failed. Throughout the latter part of his life, his works were subject to much acclaim when they were exhibited. During his life, he exhibited frequently at the Frank K. M. Rehn Gallery in New York. His posthumous credits include, among others, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, the British Museum, and the Guggenheim.
Revere Auctions
May. 29, 2024
Jan Matulka Watercolor Landscape with Nude Sketch
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Jan Matulka (Czech/American, 1890-1972). Watercolor on paper painting depicting a landscape. Signed along the lower center. Partial nude drawing in charcoal along the verso.
Revere Auctions
Mar. 23, 2024
Jan Matulka (American, 1880-1972) acrylic
Est: $200 - $400
Flowers in a Vase acrylic on illustration board, signed J. Matulka lower right. 10 5/8 x 10 1/2"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Mar. 20, 2024
Jan Matulka "Still Life w/ Ceramic Bird" Painting
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
Jan Matulka (Czech/American, 1890-1972). Oil on canvas painting titled "Still Life with Ceramic Bird" depicting a small table with two shells, a ceramic bird form vessel, and a lamp, ca. 1930. Signed along the lower right. Provenance: Alexander Raydon Gallery, New York; Private Collection, United States; Artnet, June 11, 2013, New York; Private Minnesota Collection. Exhibition: Collective Council Gallery, New York, May-December 2013. Lot Essay: Jan Matulka was born in a small town in South Bohemia. While he took his first art classes in Prague, his family soon emigrated to New York City. He attended classes at the National Academy of Design and, upon his graduation, won a Joseph Pulitzer Traveling Scholarship. It was with this money that he traveled back to Europe, visiting Paris in 1919. He rented a studio and returned there throughout the 1920s. He began a long teaching career in 1925 at the Art Students League. Throughout his life, he taught artists such as Dorothy Dehner, Francis Criss, Brugoyne Diller, Irene Rice Pereira, David Smith, Jacob Burck, Esther Shemitz, and many more. Matulka painted continuously and often in differing styles depending on the time of day. He was known to create abstract works in the morning and end the day with landscapes. He joined the Public Works of Art Project as well as the Federal Art Project, painting murals. Many of his works were influenced by the American Southwest. In his travels there, he frequented Native American dances and studied the art, ceremonies, and customs of the Pueblo tribes. He was drawn by the romanticized - and often exoticized - depiction of Native Americans during this time. This influence is visible in the present lot with the unique ceramic bird displayed in the still life. As Matulka aged he withdrew more and more from society, more so as his health failed. Throughout the latter part of his life, his works were subject to much acclaim when they were exhibited. During his life, he exhibited frequently at the Frank K. M. Rehn Gallery in New York. His posthumous credits include, among others, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, the British Museum, and the Guggenheim.
Revere Auctions
Feb. 15, 2024
Jan Matulka, Portrait of a Woman
Est: $600 - $800
Jan Matulka Portrait of a Woman c. 1925 graphite on paper 11.5 h x 8.75 w in (29 x 22 cm) Signed to lower right 'Matulka'. Estate stamp to verso. Provenance: Estate of the artist | McCormick Gallery, Chicago | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Feb. 15, 2024
Jan Matulka, Still Life with Shells and Blue Vase
Est: $1,800 - $2,400
Jan Matulka Still Life with Shells and Blue Vase c. 1935 oil on canvas 19.875 h x 26 w in (50 x 66 cm) Stamped signature to lower left 'Matulka'. Two stamped signatures to verso 'Matulka' with estate stamp. Provenance: Estate of the artist | McCormick Gallery, Chicago | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Feb. 15, 2024
Jan Matulka, Arrangement with Flowers
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Jan Matulka Arrangement with Flowers oil on canvas 26 h x 18 w in (66 x 46 cm) Signed to lower right 'Matulka'. Provenance: Col. Harry L. Tepper, East Orange, NJ | Donated by the previous to the Catskill Art Society, 1979 | Sotheby's, New York, Arcade Painting, 14 December 2005, Lot 139 | Private Collection This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Feb. 14, 2024
Matulka, Ink & Pencil/Paper, "Broadway" c.1925
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Jan Matulka (Czech-Am., 1890-1972), ink and pencil on paper, signed "J. Matulka" lower right. Frame size: 24 3/4" high, 20 3/4" wide; sight size: 15 1/2" high, 11 3/4" wide. Toning, rippling. Not examined out of frame. Provenance: Robert Carus Gallery, NYC. Exhibited: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1979-80; label verso.
Schwenke Auctioneers
Feb. 14, 2024
Matulka, Still Life With Gramophone O/C
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Jan Matulka (Czech-Am., 1890-1972), signed "Matulka" lower right. "Composition" circa 1927; catalogue number 11. Frame size: 38 1/2" high, 48 1/2" wide; sight size: 30" high, 40" wide. Crazing, frame losses. Provenance: Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, NYC. Exhibited: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1979-80; H. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 1990; Berry-Hill Galleries, NYC, 2006, labels verso. Literature: Jan Matulka 1890-1972; Smithsonian Institution Press, Patterson Sims et al; page 64.
Schwenke Auctioneers
Jan. 25, 2024
JAN MATULKA (1890-1972) Three Nudes in a Landscape.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
JAN MATULKA (1890-1972) Three Nudes in a Landscape. Drypoint, 1923. 360x274 mm; 14x10¾ inches, full margins. A richly-inked impression of this extremely scarce print. Flint 5.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 09, 2023
Jan MATULKA: "Toilette, Bather Wearing Slip, Seated"
Est: $500 - $700
Jan MATULKA (Czech-American, 1890-1972): "Toilette, Bather Wearing Slip, Seated". Lithograph printed on wove paper paper, circa 1925. Reference: Flint 10. One of a handful of impressions of this composition. Bearing the "Estate of Jan Matulka" stamp on the verso. Signed in pencil. Sheet size: 14 1/4 x 11 5/8 inches.
Armstrong Fine Art