George Copeland Ault
Moonlight on Fifth Avenue

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Moonlight on Fifth Avenue
Date1932
PlaceUnited States
MediumGraphite on paper
DimensionsSheet: 12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation
Object number2011.404
Not on view

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Provenance[Christie's, New York, "Chopsticks," sale 2029, September 25, 3008, lot 174,]; [Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York]; FRIO Administrative Services, Houston, by 2011; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on a label, verso: 6845 / 2/2

Inscribed on a label, verso in red: 174
Lower right in graphite: G.C. Ault '32
Labels on verso:

25-SEP-08 / Sale 2029 / CHOPSTICKS / Lot 174 / CHRISTIES'S [label repeated three times]

174 [in red]

ROBERT SCHOELKOPF GALLERY / 825 Madison Avenue New York. N.T. 10021 / ARTIST George Ault / TITLE Moonlight on Fifth Avenue / MEDIUM pencil/paper / Size 12 x 9" Date 1933

CHRISTIE'S / KY733/5 / AMP [and bar code]

CHRISTIE'S / Stock # RY733 / Line # 5 / SALE: / Dept: AMP LOT: [and bar code]


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