A wooden totem-like sculpture composed of a hollow circle stacked on a hollow diamond stacked on a semi-circle.
A wooden totem-like sculpture composed of a hollow circle stacked on a hollow diamond stacked on a semi-circle.

The Artist;
Estate of the Artist;
[Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL];
Jan T. and Marica Vilcek Collection, New York, NY, 2011;

New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. John Storrs, A Retrospective (December 11, 1986-March 22, 1987); Fort Worth. Amon Carter Museum (May 2-July 5, 1987); Louisville. J.B. Speed Art Museum (August 28-November 1, 1987); p. 111-112, 138.

Tulsa. Philbrook Museum of Art.  From New York to New Mexico: Masterworks of American Modernism from the Vilcek Foundation Collection (February 8-May 3, 2015); Phoenix. Phoenix Art Museum (June 5-September 6, 2015); Santa Fe. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum (September 25, 2015-January 10, 2016).

John Henry Bradley Storrs Papers, Personal Business Records: Lists of Artworks, 1923-1980, Box 7, Folder 32, Frames 14-15. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

John Henry Bradley Storrs Papers, Personal Business Records: Lists of Artworks, 1923-1980, Box 7, Folder 33, Frame 1. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Agee, William C. and Lewis Kachur. Masterpieces of American Modernism: From the Vilcek Collection. London: Merrell, 2013, pp. 12, 118-121, 268, ill. p. 119.

Pochoda, Elizabeth. “Freedom and the abstract truth: Jan and Marica Vilcek’s collection of American modernist art,” The Magazine Antiques (May/June 2013), ill. p. 99.

O’Hern, John. “Modern Manor,” American Fine Art Magazine, September/October 2013, ill. p. 61.

 

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