(American, 1877-1949) Nude, 1914, signed lower left "Walter Kuhn/1914-", oil on canvas, 28 x 30 in.; carved gilt wood and composition frame, 32-3/4 x 34-1/2 in.Literature: Adams, Philip R. Walt Kuhn, Painter: His Life and Work. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1978, cat. no. 20 (dimensions shown as 30 x 28 in.). - Provenance: E.L Backes (Gallery), Nuremberg, Germany, c. 1966, advertised in The Connoisseur magazine, copy of ad accompanies this lot; Anthony McNaught Fine Art, Santa Cruz, California; Private Collection, Connecticut
Condition
some crackle with some cupping, original stretcher and tacking edge, light surface dirt, verso tide lines at bottom of canvas; frame with abrasions