Modern Day Auction
Modern Day Auction
Property from a Private Collection
Cândido Portinari
Portrait of Florence Horn
Auction Closed
November 14, 11:00 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection
Cândido Portinari
1903 - 1962
Portrait of Florence Horn
signed Portinari and dated 1940NY (lower right); inscribed F H (upper left and center right)
oil on canvas
22 by 18 in.
56 by 46 cm.
Executed in New York in 1940.
Florence Horn, Connecticut (acquired directly from the artist)
Private Collection, Washington (acquired as a gift from the above)
Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner
Private Collection, Washington (acquired as a gift from the above)
Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner
Anne Whelan, "Brazilian Artist Finds Movies do Best 'Good Will Work'," Bridgeport Sunday Post, 24 August 1941, illustrated
Robert Smith, Murals by Candido Portinari in the Hispanic Foundation of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 1943, p. 29
João Cândido Portinari, et al., Candido Portinari: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, Rio de Janeiro 2004, no. 1312 [FCO 4148], p. 175, illustrated
Robert Smith, Murals by Candido Portinari in the Hispanic Foundation of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 1943, p. 29
João Cândido Portinari, et al., Candido Portinari: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, Rio de Janeiro 2004, no. 1312 [FCO 4148], p. 175, illustrated
Milwaukee, Alverno College, March 1956