Nocturnal Space
Object Name
Category
Paintings
Date
1954
Medium
oil on canvas
Credit Line
Gift from the Women's Committee Fund, 1957
Object Number
56/39
Location
AGO, Gallery 135 Betty Ann & Fraser Elliott Gallery, Wall
Gallery Number
AGO, Gallery 135
Dimensions
Framed: 99.7 × 132.7 × 5.1 cm (39 1/4 × 52 1/4 × 2 in.)
Unframed: 97 × 129.4 cm (38 3/16 × 50 15/16 in.)
Unframed: 97 × 129.4 cm (38 3/16 × 50 15/16 in.)
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Signature
Signed LR:VIEIRA DA SILVA
Inscription
On back of stretcher frame in pencil LR: 55.1418; In pencil on top stretcher member: ESPACE NOCTURNE
Markings
TR Colourman's stamp: TOILES & COULEURS/EXTRA FINES/LUCIEN LEFEEVE FOINET/PARIS/19 RUE VAVIN O.L. RUE BREA; Paper label back of stretcher frame: MUSEUM OF MODERN ART/LOAN/55.1418; Label TL of stretcher: KUNSTHALLE BASEL/NO. 3081; Label middle R: R. LERONDELLE/EMBALLAGE/D'OBJECTS D'ART/76 RUE BLANCHE, PARIS; On vertical cross member: GALERIE CHARPENTER/76 RUE DU FG SAINT-HONORE - PARIS/ANJOU 57-61-3482/ECOLE DE PARIS/1954; Label RS: 16; Label RS: 3; Label on backing board: Galerie Pierre/2, rue des Beaux Arts/(angle Rue de Seine)/Danton 53-09/R.C. Seine 820.698; PARIS - FRANCE /VIEIRA DA SILVA 1954/130 x 97. "Nocturnal Space; Label: MUSEUM OF MODERN ART/11 WEST 53RD STREET NEW YORK/ARTIST: THE NEW DECADE/da Silva/TITLE: NOCTURNAL SPACE 1954 oil on canvas/Circulating Exhibition No.:/Museum No.: 55.1418; Label: COLUMBUS GALLERY OF FINE ART/519/59/B7; Label: MINNEAPOLIS ART INSTITUTE/No. L55.2621/Lent by MOMA