LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on canvas

Measurements:

59.02 in. (149.90 cm.) (height) by 80.75 in. (205.10 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed "Rebay" lower left; also signed, titled and dated "Hilla Rebay, Crosses, 1944" on the reverse and stamped "H.R" on the reverse and on the stretcher.

Exhibited:

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Scranton, Pa., 1945 no. 32; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Zurich, Switzerland 1945, no. 29

Literature:

Art Digest, Vol. 18, July 1, 1944, p. 21 (illustrated); F. Roh, Bemerkungen zu Compositionen von Hilla Rebay, Die Kunst und das Schöne Heim, Vol. 2, Nov. 1960, p.49, fig 6 (illustrated); A. Z. Rudenstine, Guggenheim Museum Collection: Paintings 1880-1945, Vol. 11, New York 1996, no. 220 (illustrated)

Provenance:

Hilla Rebay, Green Farms, Connecticut, 1967; Estate of Hilla Rebay, 1967-1971; Private Collection, 1971; Sale, New York, Phillips Fine Art Auctioneers, Post-War Contemporary Art, November 15, 1988, Lot 220; Private collection, Switzerland