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Harry Lane
1939 World’s Fair NYC, 1000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects

1939

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1,000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects from NYC 1939 Worlds Fair Harry Lane (1891-1973) "1939 World’s Fair Construction," 30 x 40 inches, Oil on canvas, signed lower right, frame by Heydenryk. This painting is part of our 1,000 piece museum quality collection from the 1939 World’s Fair. The collection as a whole is available for sale. Lane, a native of New York City, studied in the US and thruoghout Europe. After living in NYC for years, he moved to the Berkshires in 1949, where he established his studio. He had many one-man shows by various galleries including the Kennedy. Lane is represented in the Metropolitan Museum of Art; in the permanent collections of the Worcester Museum; the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston; the Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield, Mass., and the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Mass. He did murals also in United States Post Offices at Port Washington, N.Y., and at Oakdale, La. He is represented in the corporate collection of the Standard Oil Co. and in numerous private collections. This painting is part of our 1,000 piece museum quality collection of works from New York City’s 1939 World's Fair. The collection as a whole is available for sale. Inquiries invited.

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