An American Album Masterworks on Paper 1870-2020 40th Anniversary Exhibition
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Keny Galleries cordially invites you to preview
An American Album: Masterworks on Paper 1870-2020 Friday, May 29, 2020 12:00 - 8:00 pm
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On view through July 1, 2020 Timothy C. Keny and James M. Keny 300 East Beck Street Columbus, Ohio 43206 www.kenygalleries.com 7
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RSVP: 614-464-1228 or rsvp@kenygalleries.com Valet Parking available
As Tim and I mark the gallery’s 40th Anniversary, we are thankful that America is beginning to emerge from this harrowing pandemic. Pausing to reflect on the hardship endured by so many individuals, we are deeply respectful of the steadfast leadership of our Governor and for the expertise of the care providers during this time of duress. We also greatly appreciate the dedication of our staff and the kind support of our clientele at this time. Since its founding in 1980, the gallery has consistently championed the art of America, especially the superb contributions of its practitioners on paper. Over the years, we have been fortunate to have placed works by some of the iconic masters of this medium including Charles Burchfield, Arthur Dove, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, John Marin, John Singer Sargent and Charles Sheeler in museum and private collections across the country. Just as importantly, we are happy to have re-introduced several lesser known masters of the medium to the public through 40 years of exhibitions curated for venues throughout the country and abroad. And now it is a pleasure to share some of these memorable works with the artistic community that has supported the gallery over the the years. Thank you! Tim and I hope you have a moment to visit and savor this diverse array of aesthetic creativity. James M. Keny
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URBAN AMERICA
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RURAL AMERICA
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C H E C K L I S T 1.
John Marin (1870-1953) New York Series, 1927 Tempera, watercolor, 26 ¼ x 21 ¼ inches Permanent Collection, Columbus Museum of Art Museum Purchase, Howald Fund and Derby Fund with additional funds made available through exchange from General Edward Orton, Jr., Talfourd P. Linn, Frederick W. Schumacher, Orlando A. Miller, & John R. Gobey, by exchange, 2010.001 2. Childe Hassam (1859-1935) Poppies, Isle of Shoals, 1891 Pastel, 9 ¾ x 12 ¾ inches Signed, dated, inscribed lower right: Childe Hassam, Isles of Shoals 1891 3. Winslow Homer (1836-1910) Girl Picking Clover (Houghton Farm), c. 1878 Watercolor, 7 x 12 ¾ inches Signed lower right: Homer Permanent Collection, Canton Museum of Art From the James C. and Barbara J. Koppe Collection, Canton Museum of Art 992.4 4.
Maurice Prendergast (1858-1924) New England Cottages, circa 1913-15 Pastel, watercolor, gouache, pencil, 13 5/8 x 20 5/8 inches Signed lower right: Prendergast
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Lowell Tolstedt, Contemporary Broken Branch with November Leaves, 2020 Colored pencil, 35 x 52 inches
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Claude Raguet Hirst (1855-1942) A Rare Old Volume, circa 1895 (Detail) Watercolor, gouache, pencil, 10 3/8 x 12 5/8 inches Signed lower right: Claude Raguet Hirst N.Y. Signed and titled on reverse: A Rare Old Volumne [sic] Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) The Steerage, 1907 (Detail) Photogravure, 7 ¾ x 6 ½ inches Printed 1911, From Camera Work, Oct. 1911, 36:37
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Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) Two Towers-New York, 1913 (Detail) Photogravure, 7 5/8 x 6 ¼ inches Camera Work October 1913:44:7
9. George Bellows (1882-1925) A Stag at Sharkey’s, 1917 (Detail) Lithograph, 18 ¾ x 23 ¾ inches Signed in pencil lower left 10. Edward Hopper (1882-1967) Evening Wind, 1924 (Detail) Etching, 6 7/8 x 8 ¼ inches Signed in pencil lower right: Edward Hopper 11. James Thurber (1894-1961) Feeding Ink on board, 9 x 14 inches Annotated verso: Feeding 12. Grant Wood (1891-1942) February, 1940 (Detail) Lithograph, 9 x 12 inches Signed lower right: Grant Wood 13. John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) Façade of a Palazzo, Girgenti, Sicily, circa 1901 Watercolor, 10 x 7 inches Inscribed lower right: Girgenti 14. James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) Nocturne Palaces, 1879-1880 Etching and drypoint, 11 ½ x 7 ¾ inches Signed on tab w/artist’s butterfly; inscribed “imp” lower left
15. Robert Blum (American, 1857-1903) To the Lido, Venice, 1880 Watercolor, 10 ¾ x 14 ¾ inches Signed, dated, inscribed upper right: Blum 1880 Venice Inscribed lower left: To Lido 16. John Twachtman (1853-1902) Hillside, circa 1889-91 Pastel on board, 15 x 18 inches Signed lower right: J.H Twachtman 17. Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) The Monongahela, block cut 1919 White Line color woodcut, 12 x 11 ½ inches Signed lower left: The Monongahela Signed and dated lower right: Blanche Lazzell 1926 18. Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) Boats and Water, 1918 Color woodcut, 9 ⅛ x 9 ⅛ inches Signed lower right: Blanche Lazzell, Titled lower left 19. Jane Peterson (1876-1965) The Boat Landing (The White Boat), c.1915 Gouache and charcoal, 18 x 24 inches Signed lower right: Jane Peterson; Inscribed w/ title reverse 20. Maud Squire (1873-1954) Baiting Up (Baiting Up, Provinvcetown), circa 1917-18 Color woodcut, 9 ¾ x 12 inches Signed and dated lower right: M.Squire/1918 21. Ethel Mars (1876-1956) Girls in a Garden, c. 1916 Color woodcut, 10 x 9 inches Signed lower right on mount: E. Mars Permanent Collection: The Schumacher Gallery at Capital University 22. William Sommer (1876-1949) The Rooster, circa 1915 Watercolor and gouache, 15 ¼ x 11 ½ inches Signed lower right: William Sommer 23. Childe Hassam (1859-1935) Bleakhouse, Broadstairs, c. 1890 Watercolor, 13½ x 9¾ inches Signed lower left: Childe Hassam Permanent Collection, Canton Msueum of Art Purchased by the Canton Museum of Art 2017.83 24. Laura Coombs Hills (1859-1952) Summer Roses, c. 1920 Pastel, 17 ½ x 13 ½ inches Signed upper left: Laura Hills 25. Edna Boies Hopkins (1872-1937) Trumpet Vine, circa 1915 Color woodcut, 9 x 8 inches Signed lower left: Edna Boies Hopkins Numbered lower right: No. 5 26. Gustave Baumann (1881-1971) Summer Clouds, 1926 Color woodcut, 10 ¾ x 9 5/8 inches Signed, numbered 53/100, Samped w/artist’s heart in hand 27. Gustave Baumann (1881-1971) Wild Horse Mesa, 1924 Color woodblock print, 13 ¾ x 13 ¾ inches Signed and stamped lower right: Gustave Baumann 28. Gustave Baumann (1881-1971) A Lilac Year, 1951/61 Color woodcut, 12 ¼ x 13 ¼ inches Signed lower right, Titled lower left
C H E C K L I S T 29. Alice Schille (1869-1955) Sunlight and Shadow, The Tidal Bridge, Bass Rocks (Gloucester) 1916-18 Watercolor, 17 x 20 inches Signed lower right: A. Schille 30. Alice Schille (1869-1955) Joyous Color of the East Side, 1915 Watercolor, 24 x 20 inches Signed lower left center: A. Schille 31. Alice Schille (1869-1955) The Blue Door, Tunis (North African Street Scene), 1922 Watercolor, 20 ¼ x 17 inches Signed lower center: A. Schille 32. George Luks (1867-1933) Fisherman and Boulders, 1919 Watercolor and tempera, 14 x 20 inches Signed lower center 33. Edward Hopper (1882-1967) The Cat Boat, 1922 Etching, 7 13/16 x 9 ⅞ inches Signed in pencil 34. Winslow Homer (1836-1910) The Life Line, 1884/1887 Etching printed in green ink; second state 12 ⅞ x 17 ¾ inches (plate), 16 ⅞ x 22 15/16 inches (sheet) Signed lower right: Winslow Homer
42 Joan Mitchell (1925-1992) Pastel #34, 1991 Pastel, 48 x 31 ½ inches 43. John Marin (1870-1953) Deer Isle, Maine, 1921 Watercolor, 16 x 19 inches Signed and dated lower right “Marin 21” 44. Arthur Dove (1880-1946) Swans, Circa 1940 Watercolor, 5 x 6 ½ inches Signed lower center: Dove 45. Andrew Dasburg (1887-1976) Taos, New Mexico, 1933 Watercolor, 12 ⅜ x 24 ⅛ inches Signed and dated lower right: Dasburg ‘33 46. Gene Kloss (1903-1996) Penitente Fires, 1939 Drypoint and aquatint, 10� x 11�inches; Edition of 50 Inscribed and signed lower left/right 47. Gene Kloss (1903-1996) Penitente Prayer, 1937 Drypoint and aquatint, 11 x 14 inches; Edition: 25 Titled lower left, Signed lower right Catalogue raisonne no. 349 48. Hughie Lee-Smith (1915-1999) Industrial Scene, 1953 Watercolor, 15 ½ x 22 inches Signed lower right: Lee-Smith ‘53 Permanent Collection, Canton Museum of Art Purchased by the Canton Museum of Art in memory of Austin Lynch and Mary JK. Lynch 2011.19
35. George Bellows (1882-1925) A Knockout (Second State), 1921 Lithograph, 15 ¼ x 21 ¾ inches Lower left: Bolton Brown-imp.; lower center: A Knockout; lower right: Geo Bellows Permanent Collection, Columbus Museum of Art. Museum Purchase with funds provided by a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Jones, by exchange. 2002.018.001 36. Martin Lewis (1881-1962) Chance Meeting, 1941 Drypoint and etching, 10 ½ x 7 ½ inches Signed lower right margin: Martin Lewis Edition: 105, McCarron #131
49. Chuck Close (b. 1940) Self Portrait/Scribble/Etching, 2001 Etching, 11 ¼ x 9 inches
37. George Bellows (1882-1925) Watermelon Man, 1906 Crayon, charcoal, pen and ink, 14 x 17 inches Signed lower left: Geo. Bellows 38. Louis Lozowick (1892-1973) New York, 1923 Lithograph, 13 ½ x 11 inches Signed in pencil in the image, lower left: Louis Lozowick
51. Brice Marden (b. 1938) Han Shan Exit 6, 1992 Etching with aquatint, Paper size: 15 x 11 ¼ inches Signed and dated lower right
39. Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) Otis Steel Co., printed c. 1928 Gelatin Silver Print, 13 ¼ x 9 ¾ Signed lower right: Bourke White Titled lower left: Otis Steel Co Signed and dated in pencil on mount recto 40. Joseph Stella (1877-1946) Pittsburgh Steel Mill, 1908 Charcoal, 14 ¾ x 20 ¾ inches Signed lower left: J. Stella 41. Edward Weston (1886-1958) Armco Steel, Ohio. 1922 (Pipes and Stacks), 1922 Gelatin Silver Print, 9 3/8 x 7 ½ inches Stamped verso: Negative by Edward Weston Printed later by Cole Weston
50. Jim Dine (b. 1935) Untitled (Hearts), 1976 Graphite, watercolor, charcoal, 16 x 20 inches Signed and dated lower right: Jim Dine Permanent Collection, Canton Museum of Art Purchased by the Canton Museum of Art in memory of the Ted Luntz Family 2011.7
52. Romare Bearden (1912-1988) Nite Station, c 1985 Watercolor, 14 x 19 ½ inches Signed upper right: Romare B. Permanent Collection, Canton Museum of Art Purchased by the Canton Museum of Artr with funds from the Margaret Bockius Wilson Fund 2007.9 53. Charles Burchfield (1893-1967) First Snow, 1947 Watercolor, 28 x 34 ½ inches 54. Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) Pitch Fork, 1975 Watercolor, 21 ¼ x 29 ¼ inches Signed lower right: Andrew Wyeth
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