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Title:Girl in White and Silver
Artist:Walt Kuhn (American, New York 1877–1949 White Plains, New York)
Date:1943
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:40 x 30 1/4 in. (101.6 x 76.8 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:George A. Hearn Fund, 1950
Object Number:50.28.4
Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): Walt Kuhn / 1943
[Maynard Walker Gallery, New York, until 1950; sold to MMA]
New York. Durand-Ruel Galleries. "Exhibition of Paintings by Walt Kuhn," November 8–December 2, 1944.
Pittsburgh. Carnegie Institute. "Painting in the United States," October 10–December 8, 1946, no. 206.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "20th Century Painters: A Special Exhibition of Oils, Water Colors and Drawings Selected from the Collections of American Art in the Metropolitan Museum," June 16–October 29, 1950, unnum. brochure (p. 8; as "A Girl in White and Silver").
Seattle Art Museum. "Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture," February 4–April 5, 1953, unnum. brochure.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Columbia Bicentennial Exhibition," October 28, 1954–April 18, 1955, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Feininger, Kuhn, Kuniyoshi, Marin and Nordfeldt," February 24–April 29, 1956, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Fourteen American Masters: Paintings from Colonial Times to Today," October 16, 1958–January 4, 1959, no catalogue.
Cincinnati Art Museum. "Walt Kuhn, 1877–1949: A Memorial Exhibition," October 5–November 12, 1960.
Fort Worth. Amon Carter Museum of American Art. "Walt Kuhn: A Classic Revival," August 6–September 10, 1978, brochure no. 53.
Omaha. Joslyn Art Museum. "Walt Kuhn: A Classic Revival," September 30–October 29, 1979, brochure no. 53.
Wichita Art Museum. "Walt Kuhn: A Classic Revival," November 18, 1978–January 6, 1979, brochure no. 53.
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. "Walt Kuhn: A Classic Revival," March 1–April 15, 1979, brochure no. 53.
Roslyn Harbor, N.Y. Nassau County Museum of Art. "Art and Entertainment," November 18, 2007–February 3, 2008, no catalogue.
"In the Art Galleries." New York Herald Tribune (November 12, 1944), p. C7.
Robert Beverly Hale. 100 American Painters of the 20th Century: Works Selected from the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1950, ill. p. 67, calls it "A Girl in White and Silver".
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Miniatures. Vol. 17, album W, Twentieth-Century American Painters. New York, 1950, unpaginated, no. 20, ill. (color), as "A Girl in White and Silver".
Emily Genauer. "Works of 2 Americans at Museum: A Retrospective Painting Show." New York Herald Tribune (February 24, 1956), p. 13.
L[awrence]. C[ampbell]. "Reviews and Previews: Feininger, Kuhn, Kuniyoski [sic], Marin, Nordfeldt." Art News 55 (April 1956), p. 80, dates it 1942.
Stuart Preston. "Art: 'Fourteen American Masters'." New York Times (October 16, 1958), p. 41.
Philip Rhys Adams. Walt Kuhn, Painter: His Life and Work. Columbus, 1978, pp. 211, 270–71, no. 438.
Walt Kuhn (American, New York 1877–1949 White Plains, New York)
1944
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