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A Legacy of Innovation: Works From The Collection of William S. Paley Sold to Benefit the Museum of Modern Art and other Charitable Organizations

Morris Louis

Number 4-31

Auction Closed

November 17, 01:40 AM GMT

Estimate

2,500,000 - 3,500,000 USD

Lot Details

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A Legacy of Innovation: Works From The Collection of William S. Paley Sold to Benefit the Museum of Modern Art and other Charitable Organizations

Morris Louis

1912 - 1962


Number 4-31

signed Louis and numbered #431 (on the reverse)

Magna on canvas

82 ½ by 58 in.

209.5 by 147.3 cm.

Executed in 1962.


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薪火相傳:威廉・佩利收藏,收益惠澤紐約現代藝術博物館及其他慈善機構

莫里士・路易斯

1912 - 1962年

《第4-31號》


款識:藝術家簽名Louis並標記#431(背面)

Magna 壓克力彩畫布

82 ½ x 58 英寸

209.5 x 147.3 公分

1962年作



Park International, New York 
Giacomina Dusio, Rapallo, Italy 
William S. Paley, New York (acquired from the above in October 1968) 
Acquired by bequest in 1990 by the William S. Paley Foundation
Diane Upright, Morris Louis: The Complete Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York 1985, no. 635, p.189 (text) 

New York, The Museum of Modern Art (on loan from 1990)
New York, The  Museum of Modern Art; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Seattle Art Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Diego Museum of Art; Baltimore Museum of Art; New Orleans Museum of Art, The William S. Paley Collection, February 1992-April 1994, no. 34, pp. 70-71, illustrated in color, pp. 158-159, illustrated
San Francisco, de Young Museum; Portland Museum of Art; Quebec, Fine Arts Museum; Bentonville, Crystal Bridges, The William S. Paley Collection: A Taste for Modernism, September 2012-July 2014, no. 34, pp. 70-71, illustrated in color, p. 162, (text)