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Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: c. 1900–1990- November 19, 2025

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Featuring a range of styles and movements, this selection of photographs, paintings, sculptures, and works on paper from The Museum of Modern Art’s holdings presents a rare opportunity to acquire works of impeccable provenance from one of the world’s preeminent art institutions.
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Lot 40

Gustaf Oscar Dalström (1893-1971): City Buildings

Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Starting Bid
$400

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Oil on board, 1935, signed 'Dalstrom' and dated lower left, with labels from The Museum of Modern Art.

 26 ¾ x 32 ¼ in., 31 1/2 x 37 1/2 in. (frame).

 

Exhibited: New York World's Fair, American Art Today, 1939, no. 111, p. 64; Art Institute of Chicago, Half Century of American Art, November 16, 1939-January 7, 1940; The Somerset Art Center, PA, The Face of America, July 7-31, 1940; [The University of Wisconsin, Madison, September 16-October 6, 1940; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, October 13-26, 1940; Art Association of New Orleans, November 3-18, 1940; State Teachers College, PA, January 27-February 10, 1940; The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, February 17-March 3, 1941; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, March 10-24, 1941;  American Association of University Women, Roanoke, VA, March 31-April 14, 1941; Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH, April 21-May 5, 1941; Nashville Art Gallery, May 12-26, 1941; Middlebury College, VT, September 22-October 6, 1941; Alexandria Art League, Tennessee, October 13-27, 1941; Kent State University, OH, November 3-17, 1941; Brown University, Providence , RI, November 27-December 18, 1941; Pennsylvania State College, January 5-26, 1942; Lake Forest Academy, IL, February 16-March 9, 1942].

 

Literature: Alfred H. Barr, ed., Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art. New York: 1942, no. 125; Alfred H. Barr, ed., Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art. New York: 1948, no. 161; Alfred H. Barr, ed., Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art. New York: 1958.

Condition

In very good condition.

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The Museum of Modern Art, New York, purchased from the New York World's Fair, 1939.