Lot 246
Lot 246
ALEXANDER LEYDENFROST (1888-1961)

MISSILE INCEPTION OVER EASTERN UNITED STATES

Price Realised USD 7,560
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USD 2,000 - USD 3,000
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ALEXANDER LEYDENFROST (1888-1961)

MISSILE INCEPTION OVER EASTERN UNITED STATES

Price Realised USD 7,560
Price Realised USD 7,560
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ALEXANDER LEYDENFROST (1888-1961)
MISSILE INCEPTION OVER EASTERN UNITED STATES
charcoal and tempera on paper
1734 x 3334 in. (45.1 x 85.7 cm.) (sight)
Executed circa 1950.
Provenance
Norman Brosterman (b. 1952), New York.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 2001.
Literature
Norman Brosterman, Out of Time: Designs for the Twentieth-Century Future (New York, 2000), pp. 82-83, illustrated.
Exhibited
Tacoma, Washington, Washington State Historical Society, Out of Time: Designs for the 20th Century Future, 11 November 2000-7 January 2001; also, Lansing, Michigan, Michigan Historical Museum, 27 January-25 March 2001; New York, New York Historical Society, 14 April-10 June 2001; Laramie, Wyoming, University of Wyoming Art Museum, 30 June-26 August 2001; Fargo, North Dakota, Plains Art Museum, 1 December 2001-27 January 2002; Springfield, Massachusetts, 5 October-1 December 2002.
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