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

Matthew Rackham Barnes

High Peak

Lot closes

October 21, 07:26 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 USD

Current Bid

3,200 USD

25 Bids

No reserve

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Lot Details

Description

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

Matthew Rackham Barnes

1880 - 1951


High Peak

oil on canvas

36 ¼ by 42 ⅛ in.

92.7 by 107 cm.

Executed in 1936.


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 Natalie Alford at Natalie.Alford@sothebys.com. 

Acquired directly from the artist in 1945 by the present owner

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Romantic Painting in America, 1943-44, no. 15, p. 129

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Twelve New Acquisitions of American Painting, 1944

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, American Paintings from the Museum Collection, 1948-49

Brooklyn Museum, San Francisco Museum of Art and Minneapolis Art Institute, Symbolism in Painting, 1947-48