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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 18, 2024 | Christie's | New York | Modern American Art | 99 | $****** - ****** | Abstract #5 | |||
Dec 3, 1997 | Sotheby's | New York | American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture | 178 | $****** - ****** | Abstract No.5 |
paintings
73.7 x 91.4 cm (29 x 36 in)
oil on canvas
signed and dated "Ferren/1937" and inscribed with title (on a piece of the original stretcher)
The artist.
Estate of the above.
Rae Ferren, wife of the artist.
AM Sachs Gallery, New York.
Arthur E. Smith.
Andrew Crispo, New York, acquired from the above, 1982.
Sotheby"s, New York, 3 December 1997, lot 178, sold by the above.
(Probably) Acquired by the present owner from the above.
(Probably) New York, Squibb Galleries, American Abstract Artists, April 3-17, 1937.
(Probably) San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Art, Oils and Pastels by John Ferren , May 10-31, 1939.
(Probably) Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, John Ferren: Oils, 1940.
(Probably) Easthampton, New York, Guild Hall, John Ferren Memorial Exhibition , S ummer 1971.
New York, Andrew Crispo Gallery, Paris/New York, 1910-1930s: The Influences of Paris on New York and American Artists in the 20th Century, June-August 1977, no. 24.
New York, City University of New York, Ferren: A Retrospective, May 15-June 22, 1979, p. 23, no. 21.
New York, Andrew Crispo Gallery, American and European Paintings: 19th and 20th Century, July-September 1984.
New York, Andrew Crispo Gallery, American Masters of the 20th Century, January-February 1985, no. 18.
(Probably) New York, Canova and Rittenhouse Fine Art Gallery, A Selection of 20th Century Art: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, November 1991-January 1992, no. 12.
JOHN FERREN (1905-1970)
Abstract #5
signed and dated "Ferren/1937" and inscribed with title (on a piece of the original stretcher)
oil on canvas
29 x 36 in. (73.7 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1937.
