Vermont Cornfield

1969

Wolf Kahn

Associated Names
Wolf Kahn

Artist, American, born Germany, 1927 - 2020

The image shows a landscape view from an elevated perspective. The horizon is high in the composition, with distant hills stretching out below. The brushstrokes are loose and expressive, creating a pastel-like texture. The color palette includes warm earthy tones in the fields and vibrant blues and purples in the distant hills and sky.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York); The Honorable William H.G. FitzGerald, Mr. Desmond FitzGerald, and Mr. B. Francis Saul II, c/o The New York Studio School: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

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Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 235, no. 1570.

Inscriptions

lower right in green pastel: W Kahn; lower right in graphite by unknown hand N.Y.SS

Wikidata ID

Q64640543

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