John Bernard Flannagan
(American, 1895-1942)
Pelican
, 1941
Sale 972 - American & European Art
Dec 13, 2021
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$2,000 -
$4,000
Sold for $4,063
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
John Bernard Flannagan
(American, 1895-1942)
Pelican
, 1941bronze
Height: 17 1/2 inches.
Property belonging to the JFM Foundation Collection, Denver, Colorado
Provenance:
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York
Charles Rand Penney Collection, Buffalo New York (label)
Exhibited:
New York, Museum of Modern Art, From Sketch to Sculpture, 1952-54 (circulating exhibition)
Rochester, New York, The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, The Charles Rand Penney Collection: Twentieth Century Art, November 12, 1983 - January 8, 1984, no. 42, pp. 24-25, illus.
Literature:
Museum of Modern Art, The Sculpture of John B. Flannagan, New York, 1942, p. 35, another example illustrated
W.R. Valentiner, The Letters of John Flannagan, New York, 1942, p. 90
J.B. Flannagan, "The Image in the Rock," Magazine of Art, March, 1942, vol. 35, no. 3, p. 92, another example illustrated
R.J. Forsyth, John B. Flannagan: His Life and Works, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Minnesota, 1965, pp. 188, 257, 265, 315, 320, fig. 86, another example illustrated
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