Lot 74: RARE AND IMPORTANT PAINTING LIBRARY STAND FOR THE ART OF THIS CENTURY GALLERY, 1942

RARE AND IMPORTANT PAINTING LIBRARY STAND FOR THE ART OF THIS CENTURY GALLERY, 1942

main unit: 35 1/4 x 36 x 21⅞ in. (89.5 x 91.4 x 55.6 cm) with glass rods: 63 1/2in. (161.3 cm) high

Susan Davidson and Philip Rylands, eds., PEGGY GUGGENHEIM AND FREDERICK KIESLER: THE STORY OF THE ART OF THIS CENTURY, NEW YORK, 2004, pp. 198-199 for a similar example in a period photo with Peggy Guggenheim, illustrated p. 248, pp. 264-267 for studies of the stands
Peggy Guggenheim, OUT OF THIS CENTURY: CONFESSIONS OF AN ART ADDICT, NEW YORK, 1979, p. 100 for mention of the stands
Lisa Phillips, FREDERICK KIESLER, exh. cat., Whitney of American Art, NEW YORK, 1989, p. 67 for period photos of the stands

Peggy Guggenheim, NEW YORK
Mr. & Mrs. William Feinberg, NEW YORK

pine, glass rods