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Lot 72*

Marcel Janco
(Romanian/Israeli, 1895-1984)
Flight 607 (Flightline), 1950

29 February 2012, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £26,250 inc. premium

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Marcel Janco (Romanian/Israeli, 1895-1984)

Flight 607 (Flightline), 1950
signed 'Janco' (lower left)
oil on canvas
65 x 83cm (25 9/16 x 32 11/16in).

Footnotes

PROVENANCE:
Sale, Butterfield & Butterfield California, 21 October 1993, lot 2713
A private collection, USA

EXHIBITED:
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Abstract and Surrealism Paintings, 1955
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, New Horizons, 1955
San Paolo, The Museum of Modern Art, 1953-1954

LITERATURE:
M. Mendelson, Marcel Janco, (Massada, 1963) p.110, illustrated
G. Ballas, New Horizons, (Tel Aviv, 1980) no. 23, illustrated

"Flying forms, half birds, half machines, cover the skyline in their free and adventurous tour."

This lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, signed by the daughter of the artist, Mrs Dadi Janco, dated 11 January 2011.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
M. Mendelson, Marcel Janco, (Massada, 1963), pp 110-112

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