Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: c. 1890-1960

Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: c. 1890-1960

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PROPERTY OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, SOLD TO BENEFIT ITS ACQUISITIONS PROGRAM

James McBey

Five Prints

No reserve

Lot Closed

March 5, 04:09 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 USD

Lot Details

Description

James McBey

1883 - 1959


Five Prints

four drypoints on various papers

largest plate: 6¾ by 14⅜ in. (17.1 by 36.5 cm.)

largest sheet: 8⅜ by 18 in. (21.1 by 45.7 cm.)

Executed circa 1920.

Unknown FrenchmenThe Mid-Day HaltJerusalem from Oliviet and The Somme Front.

The artist

Keppel & Co., New York

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, (purchased from the above)

Acquired as a gift from the above in 1940 by the present owner


The Story Teller

Burt Freidus

Acquired as a gift from the above in 1982 by the present owner

The present lot comprises: Unknown Frenchmen; The Mid-Day Halt; Jerusalem from Oliviet; The Somme Front; and The Story Teller.