WALT KUHN (1877-1949)

Lot 22
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ID 1401043
Lot 22 | WALT KUHN (1877-1949)
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$ 120 000 – 180 000
WALT KUHN (1877-1949)
The Grenadier
signed and dated 'Walt Kuhn/1930' (lower right)—dated again 'April 1930' (on the overlap)—signed again and inscribed with title (on a label affixed to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
Painted in 1930.




Provenance

The artist.
Estate of the above.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, 1983.
Edward W. Downe, Jr., New York, acquired from the above.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 1987.
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 1989.
Private collection, Michigan, acquired from the above, 1989.
Christie's, New York, 19 November 2014, lot 98, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.



Literature

New York Herald Tribune, November 2, 1930, illustrated.
“Walt Kuhn,” New York Times, November 9, 1930, p. 12X.
P.R. Adams, Walt Kuhn, Painter: His Life and Work, Columbus, Ohio, 1978, p. 256, no. 264.



Exhibited

New York, Marie Harriman Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by Walt Kuhn, November 1-26, 1930, no. 3.
Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum of Western Art; Omaha, Nebraska, Joslyn Art Museum; Wichita, Kansas, Wichita Art Museum; Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Walt Kuhn: A Classic Revival, August 6, 1978-April 15, 1979, n.p., no. 13.
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes College, Sordoni Art Gallery, 1933 Revisited: American Masters of the Early Thirties, March 20-April 24, 1983, pp. 14, 19, 38, no. 22, illustrated.
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