Sale 7904
New York, Park Avenue
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11 May 1994
Price realised
USD 37,950
Estimate
Sold by Order of the Trustees of the HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN to benefit its Acquisition Program MARIA ELENA VIEIRA DA SILVA (1908-1992) Composition signed and dated bottom right Vieira da Silva 55--oil on paper laid down on canvas 21½ x 17in. (54.6 x 43.2cm.) Painted in 1955
Provenance
Galerie Pierre, Paris The Hanover Gallery, London (to 1958) Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York (to 1966) Gift to the Hirshhorn Museum (1966)
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Exhibited
Hannover, Kestner Gesellschaft, Vieira da Silva, April-May, 1958, no. 67. The exhibition traveled to Bremen, Kunsthalle, and Wuppertal, Stadtisches Museum Kunst-und Museumverein, June, 1958.
Pre-Lot Text
Sold by Order of the Trustees of the HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN to benefit its Acquisition Program
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