Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program
Jean Messagier
Traversée de Juin
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Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program
Jean Messagier
1920 - 1999
Traversée de Juin
signed, titled and dated Juin 1956 (on the reverse); signed, titled and dated Juin 1956 (on the overlap)
oil on canvas
59 by 76 ½ in.
149.9 by 149.3 cm.
Executed 1956.
This work is registered in the Jean Messagier archives and will be included in the Catalogue Raisonné currently in preparation.
Lefebre Gallery, New York
Mr. and Mrs. David Kluger, New York (acquired from the above in 1964)
Acquired as a gift from the above in 1977 by the present owner
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune and Galerie André Schoeller Jr., Jean Messagier, Quinze Années de Peinture, November 1963, illustrated
New York, Lefebre Gallery, Jean Messagier: Paintings, 1952-1964, April - May 1964, illustrated
Kassel, Documenta III, June - October 1964, no. 3, p. 370
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