Yet another Czech (mostly) pre-war artist's painting was sold this week for  a record sum. This time it was the abstract artist and cubist František Kupka.

Czech painter Kupka's painting auctioned for record 22.1 million

Prague- The painting Elevation IV by Czech painter František Kupka fetched 22.1 million crowns at today's auction in Prague-Zofin, setting a new domestic auction record.

The painting pushed to second position another work by the same author that was auctioned for 13.4 million in May.

Kupka (1871-1957), one of the founders of abstract arts, spent a large part of his life in France where he also died.