Exhibition History"Still Life," The Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico
"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," organized by the Waterloo Municipal Galleries, sponsored by the National Bank of Waterloo, Oct. 24-Nov. 20, 1983, (circulated to: Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Jan. 15 - Feb. 26, 1984; Muscatine Art Center, Apr. 1 - May 13, 1984; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, May 27 - July 1, 1984; Sioux City Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 26, 1984)
"Are the Contemporary Arts Traditional?" Fine Arts Festival, Art Department, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Jan. 4 - 8, 1955
"Walt Kuhn Retrospective," Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Aug. 3 - Sept. 10, 1978, (circulated to: Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Sept. 30 - Oct. 29, 1978; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Mar. 1 - Apr. 15, 1979)
"The Chosen Object: European and American Still Life," Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Apr. 23 - June 5, 1977
"The Kirsch Years 1936-1958," a testimonial exhibition assembled from the collections of the Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 7 - Feb. 10, 1974; University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, Feb. 25 - Mar. 31, 1974
"Painter of Vision, A Retrospective Exhibition of Oils, Watercolors and Drawings by Walt Kuhn," University of Arizona, Tuscon, Feb. 6 - Mar. 31, 1966
"Walt Kuhn Memorial Exhibition 1877 - 1949," Cincinnati Art Museum, OH, Oct. 5 - Nov. 9, 1960
"The Painting of Light," Des Moines Art Center, Mar. 3 - 31, 1960
"Works from the Permanent Collection of the Des Moines Art Center," Cedar Falls Art Association, Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Mar. 4 - 17, 1956
Maynard Walker Gallery, N.Y., 1954
"Realism in Painting and Sculpture," Des Moines Art Center, June 5 - July 12, 1953
Durand-Ruel Gallery, N.Y., 1946
Published ReferencesMahonri Sharp Young, AMERICAN REALISTS - HOMER TO HOPPER, Watson-Guptill Publication, N.Y., 1977, ill. p.192
DES MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER, Jan. 13, 1974
Philip Rhys Adam, WALT KUHN, PAINTER-HIS LIFE AND WORK, Ohio State University Press, Columbus, 1978, no. 497, p. 272 in catalog raisonne, b/w ill. p.225
DES MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER, July 19, 1953
"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collections," Waterloo Municipal Galleries, 1983, exh. cat. no.19, color ill.
Walt Kuhn Memorial Exhibition: 1877 - 1949," Cincinnati Art Museum, OH, 1960, exh. cat. no.103, ill.
"Walt Kuhn Retrospective," Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX, 1978, exh. cat. no.57
"The Chosen Object: European and American Still Life," Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 1977, exh. cat. no.71, ill. p.37
Durand-Ruel Gallery, N. Y., 1946, exh. cat. no.8
"Silent Things, Secret Things," Albuquerque Museum, NM, 1999, color ill. p.83
"The Kirsch Years 1936 - 1958," Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, 1974, exh. cat. no.27
"Painter of Vision, A Retrospective Exhibition of Oils, Watercolors and Drawings by Walt Kuhn," University of Arizona, Tuscon, 1966, exh. cat. no.104, p.46
Maynard Walker Gallery, N. Y., 1954, exh. cat. no.14
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.133 & 134, b/w ill. pl.73, p.134
"The Painting of Light," Des Moines Art Center, 1960, exh. cat. no.53
Albuquerque Museum, "Silent Things, Secret Things: Still Life from Rembrandt to the Millennium" (exh. cat.). Albuquerque, N.M.: The Albuquerque Museum, 1999. color, pg.83.
"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," organized by the Waterloo Municipal Galleries, sponsored by the National Bank of Waterloo, Oct. 24-Nov. 20, 1983, (circulated to: Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Jan. 15 - Feb. 26, 1984; Muscatine Art Center, Apr. 1 - May 13, 1984; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, May 27 - July 1, 1984; Sioux City Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 26, 1984)
"Are the Contemporary Arts Traditional?" Fine Arts Festival, Art Department, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Jan. 4 - 8, 1955
"Walt Kuhn Retrospective," Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Aug. 3 - Sept. 10, 1978, (circulated to: Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Sept. 30 - Oct. 29, 1978; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Mar. 1 - Apr. 15, 1979)
"The Chosen Object: European and American Still Life," Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Apr. 23 - June 5, 1977
"The Kirsch Years 1936-1958," a testimonial exhibition assembled from the collections of the Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 7 - Feb. 10, 1974; University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, Feb. 25 - Mar. 31, 1974
"Painter of Vision, A Retrospective Exhibition of Oils, Watercolors and Drawings by Walt Kuhn," University of Arizona, Tuscon, Feb. 6 - Mar. 31, 1966
"Walt Kuhn Memorial Exhibition 1877 - 1949," Cincinnati Art Museum, OH, Oct. 5 - Nov. 9, 1960
"The Painting of Light," Des Moines Art Center, Mar. 3 - 31, 1960
"Works from the Permanent Collection of the Des Moines Art Center," Cedar Falls Art Association, Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Mar. 4 - 17, 1956
Maynard Walker Gallery, N.Y., 1954
"Realism in Painting and Sculpture," Des Moines Art Center, June 5 - July 12, 1953
Durand-Ruel Gallery, N.Y., 1946
Published ReferencesMahonri Sharp Young, AMERICAN REALISTS - HOMER TO HOPPER, Watson-Guptill Publication, N.Y., 1977, ill. p.192
DES MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER, Jan. 13, 1974
Philip Rhys Adam, WALT KUHN, PAINTER-HIS LIFE AND WORK, Ohio State University Press, Columbus, 1978, no. 497, p. 272 in catalog raisonne, b/w ill. p.225
DES MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER, July 19, 1953
"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collections," Waterloo Municipal Galleries, 1983, exh. cat. no.19, color ill.
Walt Kuhn Memorial Exhibition: 1877 - 1949," Cincinnati Art Museum, OH, 1960, exh. cat. no.103, ill.
"Walt Kuhn Retrospective," Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX, 1978, exh. cat. no.57
"The Chosen Object: European and American Still Life," Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 1977, exh. cat. no.71, ill. p.37
Durand-Ruel Gallery, N. Y., 1946, exh. cat. no.8
"Silent Things, Secret Things," Albuquerque Museum, NM, 1999, color ill. p.83
"The Kirsch Years 1936 - 1958," Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, 1974, exh. cat. no.27
"Painter of Vision, A Retrospective Exhibition of Oils, Watercolors and Drawings by Walt Kuhn," University of Arizona, Tuscon, 1966, exh. cat. no.104, p.46
Maynard Walker Gallery, N. Y., 1954, exh. cat. no.14
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.133 & 134, b/w ill. pl.73, p.134
"The Painting of Light," Des Moines Art Center, 1960, exh. cat. no.53
Albuquerque Museum, "Silent Things, Secret Things: Still Life from Rembrandt to the Millennium" (exh. cat.). Albuquerque, N.M.: The Albuquerque Museum, 1999. color, pg.83.
DimensionsOverall: 20 1/4 × 16 1/8 in. (51.4 × 41 cm)
Accession Number 1953.32
Classificationspainting
SignedWalt Kuhn 1946 (l,r oil paint)
ProvenanceArtist; Maynard Walker Gallery, New York [purchased from the estate of the previous, ca. 1949]; Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 1953]
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
ca. 1857
