Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: c. 1890-1960
Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: c. 1890-1960
PROPERTY OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, SOLD TO BENEFIT ITS ACQUISITIONS PROGRAM
Dwelling, Maracaibo, Venezuela
No reserve
Lot Closed
March 5, 04:19 PM GMT
Estimate
200 - 300 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program
Rainey Bennett
1907 - 1998
Dwelling, Maracaibo, Venezuela
signed Rainey Bennett and with the artist's monogram and dated Venezuela 1939 (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on paper
22 ⅝ by 31 ¼ in.
57.5 by 79.4 cm.
Executed in 1939.
Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York
Acquired as a gift from the above in 1939 by the present owner
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., ed., Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, New York 1948, no. 42
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Rainey Bennett, 1940
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Recent Acquisitions of Works by American artists including an important sculpture by William Zorach, 1942
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, American Paintings from the Museum Collection, December 1948 - May 1949, no. 42
