2015 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 284
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W. H. D. Koerner (1878 – 1938)
Train Wreck (1925)
oil on canvas
28 × 40 inches
signed and dated lower right
VERSO
Written in the artist’s hand: “Power #5, All of which were promptly commandeered by the white-faced workers.”
PROVENANCE
[Fenn Galleries, Santa Fe, NM]
[Arts, Ltd., Oklahoma City, OK]
Oklahoma Publishing Co., Oklahoma City, OK
Property from a Private Collection
LITERATURE
Arthur Stringer, “Power” Saturday Evening Post (March 21, 1925), illustrated half-tone