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THBWalt Kuhn O/B Portrait of Elizabeth Bliss Parkinson
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Knoxville, TN 37909
United States
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LiveJul 12, 2025
Live Auction at our Knoxville Gallery featuring 1,175 lots from fine Southern estates and private and museum collections. Sale begins Sat. July 12 at 9 AM with lots #1-753 and continues Sun. July 13 at 1 PM with lots #754-1175 (scroll down for separate catalog). Estates represented include Ervin and Jane Entrekin, Nashville; Walter and Dr. Mary Schatz, Nashville; Dr. Lawrence Wolfe, Nashville; John Z. C. Thomas, Knoxville; Florence F. Johnston, Knoxville; plus deaccessioned objects from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Arkansas Museum of Art, and the Hunter Museum of Art. Case Auctions bid@caseantiques.com
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- Lot Description
Walter Francis Kuhn (American, 1877-1949), "Mrs. Elizabeth B. Parkinson, 1944," oil on board painting depicting a woman with short dark hair and bright red rouge and lipstick. The bust-length portrait highlights the straps and bodice of her lacy black dress, pearl choker necklace and bare arms, while her neck and hollows of her cheeks are portrayed in shadows before an indistinct gray background. Signed center right, "Walt Kuhn" and dated 1944. Titled and dated en verso along with two Walt Kuhn Gallery, Cape Neddick, Maine labels, additional Christie's Auction labels, and several numerical inscriptions. Wide molded giltwood frame. Board 21 in H x 15 in W. Frame: 27 in H x 21 in W.
Note: This painting is #456 in the Walt Kuhn catalog raisonne, "Walt Kuhn, Painter: His Life and Work" by Philip Rhys Adams (Ohio State Univ. Press, , 1978, see p. 272), which states that it was exhibited at the CSFAC Traveling Show, 1947, No. 21, illus p. 5. Elizabeth Bliss Parkinson (1907-2001) was an art collector and patron from New York City. She was a trustee of the Museum of Modern Art for the majority of her life.
Condition
Overall excellent condition. UV light inspection reveals a couple of small minor spots of retouch to background and to two very tiny flakes to chin area.
- Provenance
The Entrekin Family Trust, estates of Jane and Ervin Entrekin, Nashville, ex-Christie's Auction, lot 345, Dec. 2, 1988.
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