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Louise Kruger (1924-2013)
Man Measuring the Sun

carved wood
45 x 26 x 14 in. (114.3 x 66 x 35.5 cm.)
Executed in 1952
Provenance
Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, acquired directly from the artist, 1953
Estate of Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1980
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
J. Barnitz, et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection, Volume II: Art of the Western Hemisphere, New York, 1988, pp. 188-189, no. 96  (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Museum of Modern Art, New Talent Exhibition in the Penthouse: Goto, Hultberg, Kruger, November 1952-January 1953, no. 13 (illustrated).
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