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Property from The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund
Lot 10

Morris Kantor
(1896-1974)
South Truro Church 24 1/8 x 27in (61.3 x 68.6cm)

19 November 2019, 16:00 EST
New York

Sold for US$10,700 inc. premium

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Morris Kantor (1896-1974)

South Truro Church
signed and dated 'M. Kantor / 1934' (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 1/8 x 27in (61.3 x 68.6cm)
Painted in 1934.

Footnotes

Provenance
The artist.
Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above by exchange, 1936.

Exhibited
San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Art, The Face of America, September 15-October 4, 1942, no. 5658.42.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Romantic Painting in America, November 17, 1943-February 6, 1944, p. 137, no. 120.
Venice, Italy, XXIV. Biennale Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia, 1948, no. 508.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, American Paintings from the Museum Collection, December 23, 1948-March 13, 1949, p. 3, no. 367.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection, October 19, 1954-February 6, 1955, p. 10.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, America Seen: Between the Wars, April 25-August 7, 1961, p. 3.

Literature
ARTnews Annual, 1938, p. 110.
The New International Illustrated Encyclopedia of Art, vol. 12, New York, 1969, p. 2462.
R.A. Kuchta, D.G. Seckler, Provincetown Painters, 1890s-1970s, Syracuse, New York, 1977, p. 57.

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