PROPERTY OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, SOLD TO BENEFIT ITS ACQUISITIONS PROGRAM
Richard Munsell
Posing for the First Time
No reserve
Lot Closed
March 5, 04:23 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program
Richard Munsell
1903 - 1963
Posing for the First Time
signed Munsell (upper left)
oil and tempera on canvas
17 ½ by 8 ¼ in.
44.5 by 21.0 cm.
Executed in 1939.
[with] Associated American Artists Inc., New York
Acquired from the above in 1941 by the present owner
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, New Acquisitions: American Painting and Sculpture, March - May 1941
“Museum Collection: Acquisition since July 1, 1940,” The Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art, 1941, vol. 8, no. 3, p. 14
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., ed., Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1942, no. 449, p. 63
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., ed., Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1948, no. 552
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., ed., Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1958
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