Walt Kuhn

Kuhn, Walter Francis

American, 1877 - 1949

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Walt Kuhn, Pumpkins, 1941, oil on canvas, Gift of the Avalon Foundation, 1968.3.1

Pumpkins

Walt Kuhn · 1941 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1968.3.1

Walt Kuhn, Green Apples and Scoop, 1939, oil on canvas, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman, 1972.9.14

Green Apples and Scoop

Walt Kuhn · 1939 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1972.9.14

Walt Kuhn, Wisconsin, 1936, oil on canvas, Gift of Brenda Kuhn, 1968.25.1

Wisconsin

Walt Kuhn · 1936 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1968.25.1

Walt Kuhn, Dryad, 1935, oil on canvas, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman, 1972.9.13

Dryad

Walt Kuhn · 1935 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1972.9.13

Walt Kuhn, Zinnias, 1933, oil on canvas, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman, 1972.9.17

Zinnias

Walt Kuhn · 1933 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1972.9.17

A stocky, muscular man with his face painted white and wearing a skin-tight, oyster-white costume sits on a wooden chair, leaning forward toward us with his elbows resting on his knees in this vertical painting. The man nearly fills the canvas, and his feet are cropped by the bottom edge. His body is angled slightly to our left with his knees spread wide, but he looks out at us. He wears a pale, beige-colored cap and his cream-white bodysuit may have a loosely painted, wide collar. His nearly straight eyebrows and closed lips are painted black, and his narrow gray eyes are outlined in black, against the white oval of his painted face. His clasped hands, ears, and his skin visible along the edges of his makeup are pale peach. The background is earth brown. The artist signed and dated the work with red paint between one of the man’s legs and the leg of the chair, near the lower center: “Walt Kuhn 1929.”
Walt Kuhn, The White Clown, 1929, oil on canvas, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman, 1972.9.16

The White Clown

Walt Kuhn · 1929 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1972.9.16

Walt Kuhn, Hare and Hunting Boots, 1926, oil on canvas, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman, 1972.9.15

Hare and Hunting Boots

Walt Kuhn · 1926 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1972.9.15

Walt Kuhn, Head with Black Hair, c. 1925, drypoint in black on wove paper, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen, 2005.99.20

Head with Black Hair

Walt Kuhn · c. 1925 · drypoint in black on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2005.99.20

Walt Kuhn, Country Road, c. 1925, lithograph, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008.115.2967

Country Road

Walt Kuhn · c. 1925 · lithograph ·  Accession ID  2008.115.2967

Walt Kuhn, Ivoire, c. 1925, lithograph in black on wove paper, Gift of Jacob Kainen, 2002.98.138

Ivoire

Walt Kuhn · c. 1925 · lithograph in black on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2002.98.138

Bibliography

1978

  • Adams, Philip Rhys. Walt Kuhn, Painter: His Life and Work. Columbus, OH, 1978.