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Lot 389

Max Kuehne Silver Gilt Screen

Estimate: $3,400 - $3,800

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Max Kuehne (American, 1880 - 1968) four-panel redwood, silver gilt and gesso screen with elaborate incised floral and foliate decoration. Signed on the lower left side of the far right panel. 66 in. H x 53 in. total W (13 in. each panel). Circa 1930's. Note: The screen retains the original sales receipt, a letter from Max Kuehne's son Richard, and a 1997 Cape Ann Historical Museum catalog featuring Max Kuehne's paintings, furniture, and sculpture.

Biographical Note: "Max Kuehne was a German-American artist best remembered for his Impressionist style and vivid rendering of light and color...Kuehne was born in Halle, Germany, in 1880. He moved to Flushing, New York, in 1894... [Kuehne] began formal art training at age 27 and studied with William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri...Kuehne set up a studio in Rockport, Massachusetts, and spent his summers in Cape Ann, Massachusetts...To make ends meet he developed a career creating decorative screens, panels, and furniture in gesso and silver leaf, skills he acquired while making his own frames." (Source: Syracuse University Libraries, adapted from Kristian Davies, ARTISTS OF CAPE ANN: A 150 YEAR TRADITION)

Condition

Overall very good condition with very light scattered abrasions and wear.

Provenance

The estate of Billie Ann Smith, Nashville, TN

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