PROPERTY OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, SOLD TO BENEFIT ITS ACQUISITIONS PROGRAM
Ahron Ben-Shmuel
Torso of a Boy
Lot Closed
March 5, 03:47 PM GMT
Estimate
200 - 300 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program
Ahron Ben-Shmuel
1903 - 1984
Torso of a Boy
inscribed AHRON and dated 1930 (on the base)
black granite
28 ¾ by 11 ⅝ by 8 in.
73.0 by 29.5 by 20.3 cm.
Executed in 1930.
Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale, please contact Caroline Elson at Caroline.Elson@sothebys.com
Private Collection, New York
Acquired as a gift from the above in 1941 by the present owner
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 46 Painters and Sculptors under 35 Years of Age, April 11-27, 1930, no. 1
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, New Acquisitions: American Painting and Sculpture, March - May 1941, p. 2
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection, May 1941
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Art in Progress: 15th Anniversary Exhibition, May - October 1944
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection, November 1944 - May 1945
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture, June 1945 - February 1946
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, The Museum Collection of Sculpture, February - April 1946
Boston, School of Museum of Fine Arts, Sculpture and Drawings by Ahron Ben-Shmuel, April - May 1946
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection, July - November 1951
"Sculptures and Constructions," The Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art, 1941, vol. 8, issue 3, p. 15