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Premier Auction - Session II

Sat, Apr 10, 2021 09:00AM EDT
Lot 814

Walt Francis Kuhn

Estimate: $35,000 - $55,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
(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