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Joseph Stella — The Creche (The Holy Manger)
Joseph Stella

The Creche (The Holy Manger)

1929

Joseph Stella's The Creche (The Holy Manger) (1929) is an oil on canvas depicting a religious nativity scene. The work combines Stella's modernist aesthetic with spiritual subject matter from Christian iconography.

Medium
oil on canvas

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May 18, 2022

Estimate: $1,500,000$2,500,000

Lot 203

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Joseph Stella, The Creche (The Holy Manger), 1929

Joseph Stella's The Creche (The Holy Manger) (1929) is an oil on canvas depicting a religious nativity scene. The work combines Stella's modernist aesthetic with spiritual subject matter from Christian iconography.

Medium
oil on canvas
Year
1929
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

American, Spiritual, Religious, Expressionist, Modern, Earthy, Nativity, Figurative, Oil on Canvas, 1920s-1930s

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Collected by

Art Institute of Chicago