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The Conquest of the Air
Roger de La Fresnaye (French, 1885–1925)
1913. Oil on canvas, 7' 8 7/8" x 6' 5" (235.9 x 195.6 cm). Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.
222.1947
The artist
Louis Süe (1875-1968), Paris. Gift from the artist
Galerie Pierre (Pierre Loeb), Paris. By 1926
René Gaffé, Brussels, Belgium, and Cagnes-sur-Mer, France. Purchased from Pierre Loeb, December 1926 – 1947. (On extended loan at MoMA, 1939-1947)
(Justin K. Thannhauser, New York. Agent for Gaffé, 1946-47)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchased from Gaffé, through Thannhauser, 1947
[La Conquête de l'air]
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