PROPERTY OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, SOLD TO BENEFIT ITS ACQUISITIONS PROGRAM
Carl Walters
Baby Hippo
No reserve
Lot Closed
March 5, 03:58 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program
Carl Walters
1883 - 1955
Baby Hippo
glazed earthenware
length: 19 in. (48.3 cm.)
Executed in 1936.
The Downtown Gallery
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York
Acquired as a gift from the above in 1938 by the present owner
Paris, Musée du Jeu de Paume, Three Centuries of American Art, May - July 1938, no. 224, p. 51
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection, October 1940 - January 1941
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Children’s Holiday Circus of Modern Art, December 1943 - January 1944
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Children’s Holiday Circus of Modern Art, December 1944 - January 1945
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Children’s Holiday Circus of Modern Art, December 1945 - January 1946
Westbury, New York, Country Art Gallery, Birds and Beasts from the Museum of Modern Art, December 1960 - January 1961, illustrated on the cover of the checklist
Albert H. Barr, Jr., ed., Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1942, no. 620, p. 79
Albert H. Barr, Jr., ed., Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1948, no. 767