Object number1968.9.1 DEACCESSIONED
Island in the North Sea
Date1928
Artist
Jean Lurcat
(French, 1892-1966)
CultureFrench
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: 35 3/16 x 55 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (89.38 x 140.34 x 6.35 cm)
Unframed: 38 x 50 1/2 in. (96.52 x 128.27 cm)
Unframed: 38 x 50 1/2 in. (96.52 x 128.27 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. T. Catesby Jones
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned (LR): Lucrat; (verso): Lucrat
InscribedInscribed (verso): NewYork 1928
MarkingsInscribed in black chalk (verso): NewYork 1928; (signed) Lurcat
On verso of frame:
1. Paper label reading: FROM/ THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART/ NEW YORK/ 730 Fifth Avenue/ To T. Catesby Jones;
2. Paper label reading: Museum of Modern Art/ LOAN/ 30.622;
3. Paper label reading: Museum No. 30.622 (61);
4. Paper label reading: “This picture was painted in New York/ during Lurcat’s visit/ in 1928. I gave it to my wife Louisa/ Brooke Jones, because/ she loved the picture.”/ T.C.J.;
5. Inscription reading: [M?] GRIEVE CO/ HAND CARVED/ NEW YORK & LONDON
Bibliography“College Museum Notes” (Patricia Elsen, ed.), Art Journal, XXVII (Summer, 1968), 412.ProvenanceCollection of T. Catesby Jones by 1930 [See Museum of Modern Art exhibition label]; gift to his wife Louisa Brooke Jones;Bequest to VC Art Gallery from the Estate of Louisa Brooke Jones, 1968.
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, Museum of Modern Art, 1930(?)
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Jean François de Troy
1733
Culture: French
