Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: c. 1900–1990

Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: c. 1900–1990

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

Robert Richenburg

Uprising

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October 21, 06:56 PM GMT

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8,000 - 12,000 USD

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

Robert Richenburg 

1917 - 2006


Uprising 

signed and dated ‘59 (lower right); signed and dated 1959 (on the reverse) 

oil on canvas 

76 by 56 in.

193 by 142.2 cm.

Executed in 1959.

Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above in 1959 by the present owner

New York, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Robert Richenburg, November 1959

“Painting and Sculpture Acquisitions January 1 through December 31, 1959," The Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art, vol. 27, no. 3-4, 1960, p. 26, illustrated and p.38