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Walt Kuhn

Pumpkins, 1941

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 101.6 x 127.7 cm (40 x 50 1/4 in.)

framed: 120.3 x 145.7 x 5.7 cm (47 3/8 x 57 3/8 x 2 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Avalon Foundation

Accession Number

1968.3.1

Artists / Makers

Walt Kuhn (painter) American, 1877 - 1949

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Inscription

lower left: Walt Kuhn / 1941

Provenance

The artist [1877-1949]; his estate; his daughter, Brenda Kuhn [1911-1993], Cape Neddick, Maine; (Kennedy Galleries, New York); purchased 1968 by NGA.

Associated Names

Kennedy Galleries

Exhibition History

1947: Walt Kuhn, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center; San Francisco Mus. of Art; Santa Barbara Mus. of Art; Los Angeles County Mus. of History, Science and Art; Joslyn Memorial, Omaha; Mus. of Cranbrook Acad. of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1947, no. 15, repro.

1967: Walt Kuhn 1877-1949, Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, 1967, no. 26, repro.

1969: In Memoriam, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, unnumbered checklist.

1983: Extended loan for use by Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, U.S. Embassy residence, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1983-1987.

1987: Extended loan for use by Ambassador John Shad, U.S. Embassy residence, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1987-1989.

1989: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Howard Wilkins, U.S. Embassy residence, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1989-1992.

1993: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Robert H. Pelletreau, U.S. Embassy residence, Cairo, Egypt, 1993-1994.

1996: Extended loan for use by Secretary Robert E. Rubin, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C., 1996-1998.

2001: Extended loan for use by Ambassador William Stamps Farish III, U.S. Embassy residence, London, England, 2001-2004.

2005: Extended loan for use by Secretary Mike Johanns, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 2005-2008.

Bibliography

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 76, repro.

1978: Adams, Philip Rhys. Walt Kuhn, Painter: His Life and Work. Columbus, OH, 1978: 193-194, 269, no. 413, pl. 127.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 190, repro.

1981: Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: color repro. 219, 225.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 224, repro.

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