Loren MacIver (American, 1909-1998), "Green Votive Lights"

Sold for $17,000 at New Orleans Auction Galleries on Apr 11, 2021.

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Lot description

Loren MacIver (American, 1909-1998) "Green Votive Lights", 1946 oil on canvas signed lower right, verso with multiple exhibition labels including: "Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York", "Whitney Museum of American Art, New York", "La Biennale di Venezia, 1962" and "Museum of Modern Art, New York". Framed. 22-3/4" x 32", framed 23-1/2" x 32-1/2" Provenance: Estate of Carol A. Straus, Houston, Texas. Exhibited: 31st Venice Biennale, Venice, June 6-Oct. 7, 1962, in conjunction with the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of Art, 1962; Loren MacIver, Five Decades, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California, April 14-June 12, 1983; Star from the Lone Star, Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York, May 26-June 24, 1994 Literature: Illustrated in situ of the Straus' River Oaks home, House & Garden, March, 1950, p. 96

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