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Walt KuhnPortrait of Bert Lahr as Burlesque Clown - The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz1947
1947
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Bert Lahr shined in the role of The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of OZ. Here he is depicted in his comedian's costume which he wears while staring in Jean Dalrymple's production of " Burlesque". Walt Kuhn was an American painter and an organizer of the famous Armory Show of 1913, which was America's first large-scale introduction to European Modernism. He had a personal affinity for painting circus performers
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- Creator:Walt Kuhn (1877-1949, American)
- Creation Year:1947
- Dimensions:Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)
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- Condition:There is some loss in the frame and some frame burn. Otherwise, work is in very good condition.
- Gallery Location:Miami, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU38537140052
Walt Kuhn
Walt Kuhn (1877-1949) He was associated with "The Eight" and with Arthur B. Davies, was a the key figure in forming the American Association of painters and Sculptors that organized the Armory Show of 1913 that introduced modernist European art to America. Kuhn was executive secretary of the Association and traveled abroad to select entries for the Armory Show. He was strongly influenced by Cezanne which is evident in many of his paintings. Like Cezanne, he destroyed many of his paintings, keeping only about a dozen a year. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and in 1900 first used the name Walt when illustrating magazines in San Francisco. He studied at the Royal Academy in Munich from 1901 to 1903 and returned to New York where he worked as a cartoonist and magazine illustrator. In the permanent collection of most major museums worldwide. His record price for a painting to date is 1.6 Million dollars.
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