PROPERTY OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, SOLD TO BENEFIT ITS ACQUISITIONS PROGRAM
Sydney Glen Fossum
Bureau of Relief
Lot Closed
March 5, 03:16 PM GMT
Estimate
300 - 500 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program
Sydney Glen Fossum
1909 - 1978
Bureau of Relief
signed Fossum and dated -37 (center left)
oil on canvas
28 by 36 in.
71.1 by 91.4 cm.
Executed in 1937.
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
New York World's Fair (acquired by 1939)
Acquired as a gift from the above in 1940 by the present owner
New York World's Fair, American Art Today, 1939, no. 158
National Art Society Traveling, American Art Today, 1939 - 1940
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, New Acquisitions: American Painting and Sculpture, March - May 1941
“Museum Collection: Acquisitions Since July 1, 1941,” 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. 216
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