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The Arensberg Collection for Philadelphia
11/1954 | 620 | 96
Pages: 350+352-353
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Author:
Goldwater, Robert (Goldwater, Robert)
Subjects
artists:
Brancusi, Constantin
artists:
Duchamp, Marcel
collectors and dealers:
Arensberg, Louise S.
collectors and dealers:
Arensberg, Walter C.
dates:
1950-1959
museums and institutions:
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, United States
places:
United States / Philadelphia
subjects:
Art museums / Collections, Private
subjects:
Gifts
subjects:
French painting / Surrealism / Avant-garde
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. Penguins, by Brancusi. 1914. Marble. (Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art.)
Non-western art unattributed:
23. Bird Pecking a Human Skull. Maya, Post-Classical Period. (Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art.)