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
Maurice Richard Grosser
Eggs
Lot Closed
March 5, 04:31 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program
Maurice Richard Grosser
1903 - 1986
Eggs
signed Grosser and dated 39 (lower left)
oil on canvas mounted on panel
15 ⅝ by 22 ½ in.
39.7 by 57.2 cm.
Executed in 1939.
Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale please contact Montserrat Palacios at Montserrat.Palacios@sothebys.com
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., ed., New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired from the above in 1939 by the present owner
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1942, no. 265
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, New Acquisitions: American Painting and Sculpture, July - October 1940, n.p.
Macon, Georgia, Mercer University (and traveling), The Inflated Image, 1969-70