2024 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 231175 / 373  •  View Catalog  •   • 

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W. H. D. Koerner (1878 – 1938)
The Gun Cleaner (1923)
oil on canvas
35 × 31 inches
45 × 41 × 3 inches (framed)
signed and dated lower left

VERSO
Label, Fenn Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico

PROVENANCE
Red McCombs Collection, San Antonio, Texas

LITERATURE
George Pattullo, “Shots in the Dark.” The Saturday Evening Post, December 8, 1923, illustrated

231

W. H. D. Koerner

1878 – 1938

The Gun Cleaner (1923)
oil on canvas
35 × 31 inches
45 × 41 × 3 inches (framed)
signed and dated lower left
Sold at Auction: $7,260
Condition ReportSurface is in good condition. Canvas is lined. Spot of inpainting in the upper-left/right corners, at the edges of the frame. Spot of inpainting in man’s arm, and on curtain.

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