Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program
Alan Davie
Magic Box
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October 21, 06:54 PM GMT
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40,000 - 60,000 USD
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30,000 USD
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Description
Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program
Alan Davie
1920 - 2014
Magic Box
signed and dated 55 (on the reverse)
oil on board
60 by 48 ⅛ in.
152.4 by 122.2 cm.
Executed in 1955.
Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York
Kate and Allan D. Emil, New York (acquired from the above in 1956)
Acquired as a gift from the above in 1956 by the present owner
New York, Catherine Viviano Gallery, Alan Davie, March - April 1956, no. 2
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Recent European Acquisitions, November 1956 – January 1957
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., “Painting and Sculpture Acquisitions July 1, 1955 through December 31, 1956,” The Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art, summer 1957, vol. 24, no. 4, p. 31, illustrated and p. 5 and p. 36
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