PROPERTY OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, SOLD TO BENEFIT ITS ACQUISITIONS PROGRAM
Benjamin Kopman
The Ruin
No reserve
Lot Closed
March 5, 04:07 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program
Benjamin Kopman
1887 - 1965
The Ruin
signed B. Kopman (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 ⅝ by 36 ⅜ in.
65.2 by 92.4 cm.
Executed in 1930.
J.B. Neumann, New York (acquired by 1930)
Private Collection, New York (acquired by 1934)
Acquired as a gift from the above in 1935 by the present owner
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans, December 1930 - January 31, no. 59, p. 15, illustrated (titled Landscape)
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Modern Works of Art: Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, November 1934 - January 35, no. 96, pp. 17 and 30, illustrated
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, New Acquisitions: The Collection of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., January - February 1936, no. 73
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, American Paintings from the Museum Collection, December 1948 - March 49, no. 389
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., ed., Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1942, no. 332, p. 49, illustrated
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., ed., Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1948, no. 390, p. 166, illustrated
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., ed., Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, New York 1958