Contemporary Day Auction

Contemporary Day Auction

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Property from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Proceeds to Benefit the Art Fund and Collection Care

Wojciech Fangor

New Jersey 5

Auction Closed

November 17, 10:15 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 400,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Proceeds to Benefit the Art Fund and Collection Care

Wojciech Fangor

1922 - 2015


New Jersey 5

signed FANGOR, titled NJ5 and dated 1965 (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

55⅞ by 55⅞ in.

141.9 by 141.9 cm.

Executed in 1965.

Mary M. Peer, Short Hills (acquired directly from the artist in 1965)
Acquired from the above as a gift in 1965 by the present owner

“Reviews and Previews” Art News 66, April 1967, p. 11 (text)

Margit Rowell and Linda Konheim, Selections from the Guggenheim Museum Collection, 1900-1970, New York, 1970, p.113, illustrated

Vivian Endicott Barnett, The Guggenheim Museum Collection 1900-1980: Handbook, New York, 1980, pp.500-501, illustrated