Celebrating Ohio Artists
September 27 to November 8, 2024
FRONT COVER, From left to right: WILLIAM HAWKINS, Statue of Liberty, 1987, enamel on plywood with collage, 48” x 25”; ETHEL COOKE, Gertrude, Boston, 1915, 1915, oil on canvas laid on board, 12” x 9”; MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE, Ladle B, Otis Steel Mill, Cleveland, c. 1927-28, gelatin silver print; printed c. 1927-28,
x 10
EMERSON BURKHART
Luxury, 1934
Watercolor
15” x 19”
Signed lower left: Emerson C. Burkhart
Celebrating HISTORIC Ohio Artists
EMERSON BURKHART
Don’t be Afraid of the Shape of Things to Come, 1951
Oil on Masonite 30 ½” x 40 ½”
Signed lower right: EMERSON BURKHART
Since its opening in 1980, Keny Galleries has specialized in the research, exhibition and sale of American art. And during this time the legacy of Ohio’s historic artists as well as the ongoing representation of leading contemporary artists from Ohio has been central to our mission. The current exhibition reflects that focus. Major works by such well-known historic Ohio artists as George Bellows, Alice Schille, Edward Potthast, Emerson Burkhart, William Hawkins, Elijah Pierce, and Margaret Bourke-White are included in the show as are fine examples by 12 contemporary artists that we have been honored to represent over the years.
As this presentation begins, another exciting exhibition is taking place at Capital University’s Schumacher Gallery entitled Masterworks by Ohio Artists. Curated by James M. Keny, it showcases the outstanding collection of Ohio art the museum has built over the past 50 years. The show is comprised of 70 outstanding works, 20 of which are analyzed in depth in the exhibition catalog.
Fortunately, the gallery has been able to place major examples by Ohio artists in museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Atlanta’s High Museum of Art, and eight Ohio institutions. It has also loaned work by Ohio artists to international venues in Mexico City, Tokyo, Santiago, Berlin and Paris, and dozens of major museums from Boston to Los Angeles.
We hope you can join us at the gallery to experience these works and are also able to visit Capital University’s show which is on display until December 7.
James M. Keny
Timothy C. Keny
GEORGE BELLOWS
Clockwise from Top Left:
Emma in a Black Hat, lithographic crayon on paper, 12” x 7 ½”, unsigned; Sixteen East Gay Street, 1923-24, lithograph, 9 ½” x 11 ¾”, inscribed and signed lower left to right; Figure Study for Riverfront – Boy in Sand, c. 1915, crayon drawing on paper, 10” x 8”, signed on the reverse: “Geo. Bellows, E.S.B.”;
ROMAN JOHNSON
Houses, 1943 Oil on canvas
22” x 29”
Signed and dated lower left: 1943 ROMAN
The Fire Escape, New York, March, 1951 Oil on canvas
24” x 16”
Signed and dated lower left: ROMAN 51
LUCIUS KUTCHIN
Still Life with Guitar Oil on canvas
36 ⅝” x 34 ½”
Signed lower right: Lucius Kutchin
ALICE SCHILLE
The Hillside, 1910 Oil on canvas 29 ⅝” x 37 ⅝”
Signed lower right: A. Schille
EDWARD POTTHAST
A Breezy Day at the Beach, c. 1915 Oil on panel
4” x 6”
Signed lower right: E Potthast
ADDISON MILLAR
Madison Square Garden Tower at Night, Lighted by Fire, c. 1890S
Oil on canvas mounted on board
5 ½” x 3 ⅜”
Signed lower left
Titled in the artist’s hand, verso
Late Afternoon Sun, Central Park (Cartier Building on 5th Avenue) c. 1890S
Oil on canvas
5 ¾” x 3 ½”
Signed lower left
O’Neill Department Store on the Women’s Mile, Sixth Avenue El., c. 1890S
Oil on canvas
5 ⅜” x 3 ⅜”
Signed lower left
The Last Poem, circa 1900
Oil on canvas
10” x 7 ½”
Signed lower right: Claude Raguet Hirst NY
JAMES
The Shining Gown, c. 1907
32 x 26 inches
Signed lower right: James R Hopkins
7 ¾” x 3 ¾”
Estate stamped verso
CLAUDE RAGUET HIRST
ROY HOPKINS
ETHEL MARS
Flamingos, c. 1903-04
Color woodcut
from
Clockwise
top left: Bramble, c. 1907-08, color woodblock print. 10 ⅞” x 7 ¼ “, signed lower left: “Edna Boies Hopkins”; Hollyhocks, c. 1910-13, color woodblock print, 10 ⅞” x 7 ⅜”, signed in pencil lower left in margin; Yellow Dahlia (Yellow Splendor), circa 1915, color woodcut, 7 ¾” x 9”, signed lower left; Saucy Dahlia, circa 1915, color woodcut, 7 ¼” x 9”, signed lower left; Daisies and Snapdragons, c. 1915, watercolor, 8 ¼” x 7 ¼”, estate stamped lower right; Purple Daisy, color woodblock print, 11” x 7 ¼”
EDNA HOPKINS
Signed in pencil
Mary and her Grandmother, 1917 Color woodcut
10” x 9”
Signed lower left: Edna Boies Hopkins
The Mountaineer (The Way Home) c. 1917
Color woodcut
10” x 9”
Signed lower left: Edna Boies Hopkins
Studios in the Wharf, c. 1915-16 Color woodcut
7 ⅞” x 9”
Merry Xmas from Cape Cod, circa 1917-20, color woodcut, 4 ½” x 3 ½”
From top left:
EDMUND KUEHN
Opposite Page Clockwise from top
Clockwise
Still Life with Blue Jar, 1989, oil on canvas, 24” x 30”, signed lower right; Serenade, 1992, gouache and collage 8” x 10”, signed lower left; Proud Cat, 1993, gouache on paper, 8” x 10”, signed and dated lower left: E. Kuehn 93
left:
Still Life, Roses and Golden Bowl, 1993, acrylic, 20” x 15’, signed lower left; Grimaldi Castle, 1972, watercolor, 7 ½” x 10”, signed, dated and titled lower left: “E’ Kuehn Aug 1972 Grimaldi Castle”; Calligraphic Image, No. 9, 1983, acrylic, 5” x 8”, signed lower left; July 4, 5, 6, 1977, collage; 11” x 9
FOLK / OUTSIDER
WILLIAM HAWKINS
Left to Right:
Flying Owl, graphite drawing on back of greeting card, 5” x 3 ¾”; Lady Liberty, c. 1980-85, graphite on paper attached to paper board, 9” x 11 ¾”; Two Girls, graphite drawing on card, 5” x 3 ¾”
ELIJAH PIERCE
Left to Right:
Sulky Driver, c. Late 1970s, painted freestanding woodcarving, 10” x 17” x 2”, signed on bottom: Elijah Pierce; Lion, 1976, freestanding painted woodcarving, glitter, rhinestones, 7” h x 5 ¼”w x 8 ¼”l, signed on bottom of base: “E Pierce / 4. 1976”; Black Beauty (Lena Horne), circa
AMINAH ROBINSON
Rooster Dance (Pages in History), 1982
Charcoal, mixed media on handmade paper
5”x 7 ½”
Signed and dated lower center
Spiritual: No More Auction Block for Me, No More! - Study (Pages in History), 1988
Mixed media on handmade paper
9 ½ “ x 12 ¼”
Sgned and dated lower right
13”
Black Woman with Shells in Her HairMixed media on handmade paper, 11” x 9 ½ “
The Grocer, c. early 1980's Cloth, mixed media sculpture with music box
x 4 ¾” x 4”
Celebrating contemporary Ohio Artists
Signed lower right:
lowell tolstedt
Clouds Silverpoint
5” x 8 ¾ “
LOWELL TOLSTEDT
$2500
eric barth
Looking Back on Santa Fe, 2019
14”x 12”
Soft pastel and oil pastel on paper on panel
$1850
Up In Smoke, 2020
Oil pastel and soft pastel on paper
3 ¾” x 4 ½”
Signed and dated lower right: E Barth 2020
$650
alice carpenter
Landscape 23.4, 2023
Handprinted monotype w/sgraffito and gouache
6 ⅞” x 5 ¼”
Signed lower left: A. Carpenter
$900
Landscape 23.5, 2023
Handprinted monotype w/sgraffito and gouache
5 ½ “ x 3 ⅞”
Signed lower left: A. Carpenter
$800
alan gough
Along Rte #50, Just West of Chillicothe, January, 1967
Oil on canvasboard
10” x 14”
$1200
Post December, 2017
Oil on canvasboard
12” x 9”
Initialed lower right: AG
$1000
Porch Cat, September, 1965
Graphite on paper
8” x 13”
Dated and signed lower right: September 1965 A GOUGH
$850
paul hamilton
Simple Times Oil on canvas
12” x 12”
Signed lower right
$1950
Sunburst Oil on canvas
16” x 22 ½”
$2250
Poppies Oil on canvas
14” x 11”
Signed lower right
$1450
tamara jaeger
Signed verso
Signed verso
$950
Black Crest Bird, 2017
Found and painted wood assemblage
25” x 8” x 1 ½ “
$950
Klee Bird, 2015
Found and painted wood assemblage
22” x 11 ½” x 1 ⅜”
michael mcewan
August Sun, 2005
Oil on canvas
6” x 6”
Signed lower left
$2000
August Sunset/West Jefferson, 2005
Oil on canvas
24” x 30”
Signed lower left
$3800
stephen pentak
VII.IX, 2008 Oil on panel
14” x 18”
$2000
VII.IV, 2008
Oil on panel
14” x 18”
$2000
I.VII, 2012 Oil on panel
22
$2400
½” x 14”
willard reader
11 ⅜ x 8 ⅝ inches
Initialed lower left: WR
14 x 9 ¾ inches
Signed lower right: READER
The Door, 2024
Gouache
$450
Tree Portrait, 2015
Watercolor
$450
neil riley
Rivers Edge, 2014
Graphite on paper
5” x 5”
Signed titled, and dated vesro
$380
State Street, Montpelier, 2014
Watercolor on paper
4 ½ x 5 inches
Signed, titled, and dated verso
$700
Danville Winter, 2005
Oil on panel
5 ½” x 9”
Signed and titled verso
$850
elsie sanchez
Dialogue No. 13, 2015
Oil on canvas
32” x 28”
$2900
Drawing #22, 2023
Ink on paper
11” x 8 ½”
$200
carol snyder
Weeds
Handmade porcelain tile
11” x 3 1/4”
$300
Fence (wall tile)
Handmade porcelain tile
3 ¼” x 9”
$300
Wheelthrown high fired porcelain
2 1/4"h x 4 1/2"d
$350
Old Fence
Handbuilt porcelain, colored porcelain slip
2 5/8"h x 4 5/8"w x 2 1/8"d
$350
Soft Rime II
mary jane ward
7” x 5”
Initialed lower right
$650
6” x 8”
Initialed lower right
$750
Lemons and Leaves, 2021 Oi on panel
Yellow Persimmons, 2022 Oil on panel
For additional information on the exhibition: www.kenygalleries..com