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American Art / Wolf Kahn (1927-2020) From Sword's Stand of Elms 44 1/4 x 58 1/8 in. (112.4 x 147.6 cm.) (Painted in 1981.)
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Wolf Kahn
(1927-2020)
From Sword's "Stand of Elms" 44 1/4 x 58 1/8 in. (112.4 x 147.6 cm.)
17 November 2022, 14:00 EST
New YorkSold for US$31,875 inc. premium
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Wolf Kahn (1927-2020)
From Sword's "Stand of Elms"
signed 'W Kahn' (lower left) and inscribed with artist's inventory number '#18 1981' and inscribed with title (on the stretcher) and inscribed with artist's inventory number again (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
44 1/4 x 58 1/8 in. (112.4 x 147.6 cm.)
Painted in 1981.
signed 'W Kahn' (lower left) and inscribed with artist's inventory number '#18 1981' and inscribed with title (on the stretcher) and inscribed with artist's inventory number again (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
44 1/4 x 58 1/8 in. (112.4 x 147.6 cm.)
Painted in 1981.
Footnotes
Provenance
Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Inc., New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1981.
Exhibited
New York, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Inc., Wolf Kahn: Paintings and Pastels, May 12-June 6, 1981, n.p., illustrated.
Literature
G. Glueck, "Art: Mérida, a Father of Mexican Modernism, Also in the galleries this week, Wolf Kahn," The New York Times, May 29, 1981, vol. CXXX, no. 44,963, p. C18.