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

Christian Bérard

Promenade

No reserve

Lot Closed

March 5, 03:34 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program

Christian Bérard

1902 - 1949


Promenade

signed Bérard and dated 28 (lower left)

oil on canvas

16 ⅛ by 10 ⅝ in.

41 by 27 cm.

Executed in 1928.

Pierre Colle, Paris (acquired by December 1929)

Galerie Renou & Colle, Paris

Helen Bayless Lansdowne Resor, New York (purchased from the above through Alfred H. Barr circa 1938-39)

Acquired from the above at the Art Sale for the Armed Services by the present owner on 7 May 1942

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture, 1942

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture, 1945-46

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 25th Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection, 1954-55

Alfred H. Barr, Jr., ed., Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, 1942, no. 677, p. 83

Alfred H. Barr, Jr., ed., Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, 1948, no. 50

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

Alfred H. Barr, Jr., ed., Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, 1977, p. 194, illustrated