Lot Essay
The present work is a study for a painting, now in the collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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LYRICAL MODERNISM: THE COLLECTION OF LOIS & IRVIN COHEN
OSCAR FLORIANUS BLUEMNER (1867-1938)
Study for 'Morning Light (Dover Hills, October)'
Details
OSCAR FLORIANUS BLUEMNER (1867-1938)
Study for 'Morning Light (Dover Hills, October)'
signed, dated and inscribed 'studio zum/bild/Dover/-16/O Bluemner' (lower left)
charcoal on paper
21 ¾ x 30 in. (55.2 x 76.2 cm.)
Executed in 1916-17.
Study for 'Morning Light (Dover Hills, October)'
signed, dated and inscribed 'studio zum/bild/Dover/-16/O Bluemner' (lower left)
charcoal on paper
21 ¾ x 30 in. (55.2 x 76.2 cm.)
Executed in 1916-17.
Provenance
The artist.
Private collection, by descent from the above.
Martha Parrish & James Reinish, Inc., New York, 2000.
Acquired by the late owners from the above.
Private collection, by descent from the above.
Martha Parrish & James Reinish, Inc., New York, 2000.
Acquired by the late owners from the above.
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Oscar Bluemner: A Passion for Color, October 7, 2005-February 12, 2006, pp. 66, 70, fig. 57, illustrated.
New York, Menconi + Schoelkopf, Bluemner and the Critics, November 9–December 17, 2021, pp. 34-35, 71, no. 4, illustrated.
New York, Menconi + Schoelkopf, Bluemner and the Critics, November 9–December 17, 2021, pp. 34-35, 71, no. 4, illustrated.
Further details
The present lot is accompanied by three sheets of notes and a sketch by the artist, measuring approximately 7 1⁄4 x 4 3⁄4 inches and 8 1⁄2 x 5 1⁄4 inches, respectively.
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