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PROPERTY OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, SOLD TO BENEFIT ITS ACQUISITIONS PROGRAM

Jean Eve

The Cathedral at Mantes

No reserve

Lot Closed

March 5, 04:07 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

Jean Ève

1900 - 1968


The Cathedral at Mantes

signed Jean Eve and dated 1930. (lower right)

oil on canvas

18 ⅛ by 21 ⅛ in.

46 by 53.5 cm.

Executed in 1930.

Perls Galleries, New York (acquired by 1951)

Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Rübel, New York (acquired from the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner as a gift in 1951

"Painting and Sculpture Collections: July 1, 1951–May 31, 1953," The Museum of Modern Art Bulletin, vol. 20, nos. 3-4, p. 43, no. 1006

Alfred H. Barr, Jr., ed., Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1958, p. 24

Alfred H. Barr, Jr., ed., Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, 1929–1967, New York 1977, p. 541