Lot 281

Maude Irvine Kerns (1876-1965) Original Oil

Estimate: $2,500 - $5,000

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This is an original oil on canvas attributed to Maude Irvine Kerns (American, 1876-1965) from circa 1930-1940’s. of the Tahitian Mountains done after Paul Gauguin. Maude Irvine Kerns (1876 - 1965), was an American artist and art educator, known for her avant-garde paintings. Her works were exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum, National Gallery of Art, and the Salon des Realites Nouvelles and earned Kerns considerable notoriety among the abstract art movement in New York. From the 1930s through the 1950s, Kerns made a name for herself in the world of abstract art, painting in what was called at the time the "non-objective" art movement, being widely known for modernist landscapes. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Guggenheim Museum, the Portland Art Museum, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, and the Seattle Art Museum, among others, and is owned by the Microsoft Corporation and many private collectors. The original is from the same Santa Fe art collection as the previous listed Maude Irvine Kerns original oil and titled “Sketch From Gauguin Tahitian Mts.” Paul Gauguin’s “Tahitian Mountains” was an oil on canvas, painted in 1893 before his eventual death in 1903 and is in the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. This original by Maude is an oil on canvas done in circa 1930-1940’s, likely circa 1940 the same year as the other piece in the same hand signed Kerns, is a faithful representation of Gauguin’s piece. This matted oil on canvas painting is in good overall condition, no obvious marring noted, gold gilt solid wood frame is in good overall condition, scuffing noted on edges. Visible art measures 17.5"W x 23.5"L, frame is 28.5"W x 34.5"L. The piece is not signed, but is from the exact same collection as the other Kerns, done by the same hand and definitely by Maude Irvine Kerns.
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