Jun 15, 2017 - Sale 2452

Sale 2452 - Lot 120

Unsold
Estimate: $ 30,000 - $ 50,000
WALT KUHN
Muriel King.

Oil on canvas, 1927. 305x610 mm; 12x24 inches. Signed and dated in oil, lower right recto.

Ex-collection the estate of the artist; Midtown Payson Galleries, Inc., New York; private collection.

Exhibited "Walt Kuhn, 1877-1949," Midtown Payson Galleries, Inc., New York, November 11-December 30, 1989 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, page 8, color); and "19 Americans: A Tribute to Alfred H. Barr, Jr.," Forum Gallery, New York, February 7–March 10, 1990.

Initially trained as a fashion illustrator, Muriel King (1900-1977) was a New York-based fashion designer who gained prominence for designing costumes for 8 major films in the 1930-40s, including two Katharine Hepburn fillms.