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WALT KUHN (1877-1949)

Lot 107
21.04.2023 11:00UTC -05:00
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ID 931809
Lot 107 | WALT KUHN (1877-1949)
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 100 000
WALT KUHN (1877-1949)

Acrobat with Cigarette

signed and dated 'Walt Kuhn/1930' (center right)—inscribed with title twice (on the tacking edges)

oil on canvas

24 x 20 in. (60.9 x 50.8 cm.)

Painted in 1930.





Provenance

The artist.

Estate of the above.

Maynard Walker Gallery, New York.

Private collection, Houston, Texas, acquired from the above, 1967.

Acquired by the present owner from the above.



Literature

Creative Arts, November 1931, p. 393, illustrated.

Formes, January 1932, pp. 200-01, fig. 7, illustrated.

Citizen, April 1935, Columbus, Ohio, n.p., illustrated.

Index, 1936, p. 347.

W. Kuhn, P. Bird, Fifty Paintings by Walt Kuhn, New York, 1940, p. 13, illustrated.

P.R. Adams, Walt Kuhn: Painter, Columbus, Ohio, 1978, pp. 129, 146, no. 254.



Exhibited

New York, Marie Harriman Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by Walt Kuhn, November 1-26, 1930, n.p., no. 12, illustrated.

New York, Marie Harriman Gallery, 1932.

Saint Louis, Missouri, City Art Museum, Paintings by Walt Kuhn, 1933.

Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Walt Kuhn, 1935.

Dayton, Ohio, Dayton Art Institute, Walt Kuhn Paintings, 1935.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum, Walt Kuhn (1877-1949): A Memorial Exhibition, October 1960, n.p., no. 45.

Springvale, Maine, Nasson College, 1964, no. 2.

Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum of American 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, no. 11.
Artist:Walt Kuhn (1877 - 1949)
Applied technique:Oil, Painted
Art style:Modern art
Auction house category:Paintings
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