The Burning Glass
- Date
- 1961
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- probably made in
- New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 50 1/4 × 54 1/4 in. (127.6 × 137.8 cm)
framed: 51 1/4 × 55 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (130.2 × 140.3 × 3.8 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of John and Susan Horseman in honor of Hannah Klemm, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
- Rights
- © Richard Anuszkiewicz/Licensed by ARS, New York, NY
- Object Number
- 300:2021
Provenance
by 1963/05/22
The Contemporaries, New York, NY [1]
by 1977 -
William A. M. Burden & Co. [William A. M. Burden (1906–1984)], New York, NY [2]
1993/09/29
In sale at Sotheby’s Arcade, New York, NY [3]
by 2010 -
Bill Bird, Columbus, OH [4]
- 2019/01/03
Private collector
2019/01/03 - 2021
John and Susan Horseman, St. Louis, MO, purchased from private collector through the Michael Wolf (Wolfs Gallery, Cleveland, OH)
2021 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by John and Susan Horseman, St. Louis, MO [5]
Notes:
[1] The painting was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, from May 22 to August 18, 1963 as a loan from The Contemporaries gallery. Dorothy C. Miller, ed. Americans 1963 (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1963), 10.
[2] William A. M. Burden & Co. label on the painting verso. Karl Lunde. Anuszkiewicz (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1977), unpag.
[3] Modern and Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture: Sale 1445, Wednesday, September 29, 1993 (New York: Sotheby's Arcade Auctions) (lot. 315).
[4] David Madden and Nicholas Spike. Anuszkiewicz: Paintings & Sculptures 1945–2001 (Florence: Dentro Di, 2010), 130 (cat. 1961.6).
[5] Deed of Gift dated October 8, 2021 and signed by John and Susan Horseman [SLAM closed document files]. Inventory of sold works, Wolfs Gallery website [https://wolfsgallery.com/inventory/richard-anuszkiewicz-the-burning-glass]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 6, 2021.
The Contemporaries, New York, NY [1]
by 1977 -
William A. M. Burden & Co. [William A. M. Burden (1906–1984)], New York, NY [2]
1993/09/29
In sale at Sotheby’s Arcade, New York, NY [3]
by 2010 -
Bill Bird, Columbus, OH [4]
- 2019/01/03
Private collector
2019/01/03 - 2021
John and Susan Horseman, St. Louis, MO, purchased from private collector through the Michael Wolf (Wolfs Gallery, Cleveland, OH)
2021 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by John and Susan Horseman, St. Louis, MO [5]
Notes:
[1] The painting was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, from May 22 to August 18, 1963 as a loan from The Contemporaries gallery. Dorothy C. Miller, ed. Americans 1963 (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1963), 10.
[2] William A. M. Burden & Co. label on the painting verso. Karl Lunde. Anuszkiewicz (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1977), unpag.
[3] Modern and Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture: Sale 1445, Wednesday, September 29, 1993 (New York: Sotheby's Arcade Auctions) (lot. 315).
[4] David Madden and Nicholas Spike. Anuszkiewicz: Paintings & Sculptures 1945–2001 (Florence: Dentro Di, 2010), 130 (cat. 1961.6).
[5] Deed of Gift dated October 8, 2021 and signed by John and Susan Horseman [SLAM closed document files]. Inventory of sold works, Wolfs Gallery website [https://wolfsgallery.com/inventory/richard-anuszkiewicz-the-burning-glass]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 6, 2021.
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