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

Alberto Viani

Torso

Lot Closed

March 5, 03:43 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program

Alberto Viani

1906 - 1989


Torso

marble

height: 37 ⅛ in.

94 cm.

Executed in 1945.

Leone Traverso, Florence (acquired by 1949)

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1949

“Painting and Sculpture Acquisitions from July 1, 1949 to July 1, 1950,” The Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art, vol. 18.2, 1951, p. 32

Alfred H. Barr, Jr., ed., Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1958

Alfred H. Barr, Jr., ed., Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1977, p. 298, illustrated

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Twentieth Century Italian Art, 1949, no. 133, p. 135, illustrated (titled Nude in the catalogue)

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Sculpture of the XXth Century, 1953, no. 101, p. 46

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