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JFF.737
Modern Sculpture (Calder, Brancusi, Moore)
c.1951
Oil on masonite
14 x 10 in. (35.56 x 25.4 cm)
Signed lower left: John Folinsbee
The Century Association
Provenance
The Century Association, as a gift of several Centurions.
Exhibitions
1956 Century
The Century Association, New York, Art Work of the Vingage Festival in Honor of Charles Downing Lay, 1956.
1995 Century
The Century Association, New York, Sketches of Centurions from the Permanent Collection, 1995.
Published References
Mayor & Davis 1977
Mayor, A. Hyatt and Mark Davis. American Art at the Century. New York: The Century Association, 1977, p. 126.
Jensen 2013
Jensen, Kirsten M. Folinsbee Considered. Hudson Hills Press, 2013, p. 134, color ill.
Notes
Depicts a Centurion encountering modern art at the exhibition, "Modern Plastic Art," held at the Century Association, 28 January - 3 June 1951.
Record last updated June 3, 2014. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Jensen, Kirsten M. ""Modern Sculpture (Calder, Brancusi, Moore), c.1951 (JFF.737)." In John F. Folinsbee Catalogue Raisonné. www.johnfolinsbee.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=737 (accessed on May 2, 2025).