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Title:The Willow Tree and the Cow
Artist:Walt Kuhn (American, New York 1877–1949 White Plains, New York)
Date:1923
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:30 1/8 × 25 in. (76.5 × 63.5 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of Jane and Robert E. Carroll, 1991
Object Number:1991.175.3
Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): Walt Kuhn / 1923
the artist (1923–d. 1949; his estate, 1949–88; sold in 1988 through the Salander O'Reilly Galleries, Inc., New York to Carroll]; Jane and Robert E. Carroll, New York (1988–91; their gift to MMA)
Tucson. University of Arizona Art Gallery. "Painter of Vision: A Retrospective Exhibition of Oils, Watercolors and Drawings by Walt Kuhn 1877–1949," February 6–March 31, 1966, no. 35 (as "Willow Tree and Cow," lent by the Kuhn Estate).
New York. Maynard Walker Gallery. "Walt Kuhn: Early Works 1904–1929," April 18–May 7, 1966, no. 7 (as "Willow Tree and Cow").
New York. Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc. "Walt Kuhn (1877–1949): The Landscapes," January 8–February 27, 1988, no. 3 (as "Willow Tree and Cow").
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Landscape Painting," April 4–August 13, 1989, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "14 Americans," July 16, 1990–January 2, 1991, no catalogue.
Tulsa, Okla. Philbrook Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 14–June 9, 1991, no. 19 (lent by Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Carroll).
Miami. Center for the Fine Arts. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 29–August 24, 1991, no. 19.
Omaha. Joslyn Art Museum. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 14–November 10, 1991, no. 19.
Tampa Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," December 14, 1991–February 8, 1992, no. 19.
Greenville, S. C. Greenville County Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 17–May 10, 1992, no. 19.
Madison, Wisc. Madison Art Center. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 6–August 2, 1992, no. 19.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids Art Museum. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 11–November 8, 1992, no. 19.
Albany. New York State Museum. "20th Century American Landscapes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 31–October 14, 2001, not in brochure.
Philip Rhys Adams. Painter of Vision: A Retrospective Exhibition of Oils, Watercolors and Drawings by Walt Kuhn 1877–1949. Exh. cat., University of Arizona Art Gallery. Tucson, 1966, pp. 28, 43, no. 35.
Philip Rhys Adams. Walt Kuhn, Painter: His Life and Work. Columbus, 1978, p. 247, no. 127, calls it "Willow Tree and Cow".
Lisa M. Messinger inThe Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., American Federation of Arts. New York, 1991, p. 67, no. 19, ill. p. 66 (color).
John Brandenburg. "Art Review: Philbrook Show Features 60 Landscape Paintings." Daily Oklahoman (May 29, 1991), p. 13.
Lisa M. Messinger in "Recent Acquisitions. A Selection: 1991–1992." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 50 (Fall 1992), p. 64, ill.
Walt Kuhn (American, New York 1877–1949 White Plains, New York)
1944
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