American Art
American Art
Henry Koerner
The Pigeons
Auction Closed
November 22, 10:23 PM GMT
Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Henry Koerner
1915 - 1991
The Pigeons
oil on Masonite
Masonite: 39 ⅛ by 47 ½ inches (99.3 by 120.6 cm)
framed: 48 ⅞ by 57 ¼ inches (124.1 by 145.4 cm)
Painted in 1948-49.
The artist
Dr. Bernard Grossman (acquired from the above)
By descent to the present owner
Dr. Bernard Grossman (acquired from the above)
By descent to the present owner
"Storyteller," TIME, March 27, 1950, vol. 55, no. 13, pp. 56, 58-61, illustrated
Bram Dijkstra, American Expressionism: Art and Social Change 1920-1950, New York, 2003, no. 216, p. 248, illustrated
Bram Dijkstra, American Expressionism: Art and Social Change 1920-1950, New York, 2003, no. 216, p. 248, illustrated
Greensburg, Pennsylvania, The Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Henry Koerner Retrospective Exhibition: Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, and Prints, May-June 1971, no. 9
New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University Art Gallery; Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts; College Park, Maryland, University of Maryland Art Gallery, Realism and Realities, January-October 1982, no. 82, pl. 5, n.p., illustrated
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Museum of Art, From Vienna to Pittsburgh: The Art of Henry Koerner, May-July 1983, no. 21, pp. 30, 50, illustrated
Vienna, Austria, Unheimliche Heimat Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Henry Koerner: 1915-1991, January 1997, pp. 49, 91, 99, illustrated
Point Breeze, Pennsylvania, The Frick Art & Historical Center, The Early Work of Henry Koerner, September-November 2003, no. 16, pp. 50-51, illustrated
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016-2018 (on loan)
New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University Art Gallery; Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts; College Park, Maryland, University of Maryland Art Gallery, Realism and Realities, January-October 1982, no. 82, pl. 5, n.p., illustrated
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Museum of Art, From Vienna to Pittsburgh: The Art of Henry Koerner, May-July 1983, no. 21, pp. 30, 50, illustrated
Vienna, Austria, Unheimliche Heimat Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Henry Koerner: 1915-1991, January 1997, pp. 49, 91, 99, illustrated
Point Breeze, Pennsylvania, The Frick Art & Historical Center, The Early Work of Henry Koerner, September-November 2003, no. 16, pp. 50-51, illustrated
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016-2018 (on loan)