Sold by Order of the Trustees of the HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN to benefit its Acquisition Program
Sold by Order of the Trustees of the HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN to benefit its Acquisition Program

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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)
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.

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