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Walt Kuhnuntitled (Dancing Figure)c. 1913
c. 1913
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Dancing Figure
Wood carving with pigment, c. 1913
Unsigned
Provenance: Kuhn Heirs, Maine
Kennedy Galleries, New York, until 1983
Salandar O'Reilly Galleries (1983-2010)
The Orange Chicken (Don Joint)
Inspired by Alexander Archipenko, Blue Dancer and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Loie Fuller color lithograph
Note:
Kuhn’s sculptures were collected by the noted early modernist collector John Quinn (1870-1924). Among the works in Quinn’s collection was the icon Brancusi Portait of Mlle Pogany, the work that inspired Kuhn to create the wood carving “Mask” (FA10815). Mlle Pogany was chosen by Kuhn for exhibition at the Armory Show, 1913. Other sculptures by Kuhn are in the collections of the Smithsonian Museum and the Heckscher Museum.
The group of 15 wood carvings came from the estate of the artist to his daughter Brenda Kuhn.
The Kuhn Estate (Brenda) originally worked with Kennedy Galleries of New York who published a detailed illustrated catalog of offerings from the estate in 1967. The estate left Kennedy Galleries some time prior to 1983. They established estate representation with Barridof Galleries of Portland, Maine in partnership with Salander O’Reilly Galleries Inc. of New York.
This partnership published a monograph catalog on the artist in 1984.
Of our group of 15 works, three of the early c. 1913 examples have Salander O’Reilly labels affixed to them. The group of works were involved in the Salander O’Reilly bankruptcy liquidation where they were bought from. There have been several related examples that have come to auction since the year 2000.
The Heckscher Museum acquired a sister example to one of this Kuhn grouping entitled “Dancing Figure” which was also inspired by Archipenko’s sculpture entitled “Blue Dancer” and Henri de Touloouse-Lautrec, Loie Fuller color lithograph.
“Dancing Figure” was a gift of American Art Scholars Ronald Pisano and D. Frederick Baker, who acquired it from the same source as this example.
In 1912, Kuhn was one of the founders of the organization Association of American Painters and Sculptors, the organizing body for what became known as The Armory Show, 1913. The Heckscher Museum exhibition, European Modernism, as Told by Americans, gives insight in to Kuhn’s travels, artistic associations and the influences on his artwork.
“In 1912 Kuhn traveled through Europe securing loans from artists and dealers to represent Impressionism, Post Impressionism and the newer strains of art like Fauvism and Cubism. Inspired by these developments, Kuhn tried out Fauvism and Cubism for himself.”
“Kuhn would later become an adviser to collectors like John Quinn and Lillie Bliss, a supporter of the Armory Show and later one of the founders of the Museum of Modern Art.
Quinn acquired seven Kuhn sculptures in wood, bronze and gilt bronze which are listed in his estate inventory.
- Creator:Walt Kuhn (1877-1949, American)
- Creation Year:c. 1913
- Dimensions:Height: 8 in (20.32 cm)Width: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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- Condition:Chip and minor abrasions asociated with age.
- Gallery Location:Fairlawn, OH
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Walt Kuhn
Walt Kuhn (1877-1949) He was associated with "The Eight" and with Arthur B. Davies, was a the key figure in forming the American Association of painters and Sculptors that organized the Armory Show of 1913 that introduced modernist European art to America. Kuhn was executive secretary of the Association and traveled abroad to select entries for the Armory Show. He was strongly influenced by Cezanne which is evident in many of his paintings. Like Cezanne, he destroyed many of his paintings, keeping only about a dozen a year. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and in 1900 first used the name Walt when illustrating magazines in San Francisco. He studied at the Royal Academy in Munich from 1901 to 1903 and returned to New York where he worked as a cartoonist and magazine illustrator. In the permanent collection of most major museums worldwide. His record price for a painting to date is 1.6 Million dollars.
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