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Loren Maciver (1909-1998) American Artist

Sold for $40 at East Coast Books on Aug 5, 2021.

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LOREN MACIVER (1909-1998) American Artist/Painter. When Alfred Barr, director of the Museum of Modern Art, bought one of her paintings in 1935, her career was launched. She worked on the WPA federal art project. Her work is found in numerous public collections: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Yale University Art Gallery; Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Brooklyn Museum of Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art; Smith College Museum of Art. She known for semi-abstracts. She was one of the most highly regarded women painters of the 1940's-50's. ALS, 1984, 1p.

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