2024 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 230176 / 373  •  View Catalog  •   • 

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W. H. D. Koerner (1878 – 1938)
The Matriarch (1923)
oil on canvas
30 × 36 inches
40 × 46 × 3 inches (framed)
signed and dated lower right

VERSO
Label, Fenn Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico

PROVENANCE
Red McCombs Collection, San Antonio, Texas

LITERATURE
Ben Ames Williams, “The Rational Hind.” The Saturday Evening Post, April 5, 1924, illustrated

230

W. H. D. Koerner

1878 – 1938

The Matriarch (1923)
oil on canvas
30 × 36 inches
40 × 46 × 3 inches (framed)
signed and dated lower right
Sold at Auction: $7,260
Condition ReportSurface is in good condition. Canvas is lined. Small spots of inpainting in tree trunk and woman’s dress. Large spot of inpainting in lower-left corner, and bottom at edges of frame. Spots of inpainting in grass, and in trees along right side.

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