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Property of a New York gentleman WALT KUHN (1877-1949) Rowboats at Shore, with House, 1910-11...

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Property of a New York gentleman WALT KUHN (1877-1949) Rowboats at Shore, with House, 1910-11...
Property of a New York gentleman
WALT KUHN
(1877-1949)
Rowboats at Shore, with House, 1910-11
signed "Walt Kuhn" (lower right)
oil on canvas
16 x 20 in. (40.7 x 50.8 cm) <p>Estimate: $35,000-55,000 <p> Provenance
Estate of the artist Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York Private Collection, New York <p> Literature
Phillip Rhys Adams, Walt Kuhn, Painter, His Life and Work, Ohio State University Press, 1978, p. 239 (illustrated, pl. 8) <p> Walt Kuhn is known predominantly as a realist painter recording the harsh realities of the lives of circus entertainers. Prior to the groundbreaking "Armory Show" which he helped organize, Kuhn's work was characterized by Impressionist brushwork and working class subject matter, more akin to the themes addressed by the Ashcan School.