2024 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 229177 / 373  •  View Catalog  •   • 

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W. H. D. Koerner (1878 – 1938)
Waiting for the Show to End (1927)
oil on canvas
28 × 40 inches
32 × 44 × 1.5 inches (framed)
signed and dated lower right

VERSO
Label, Fenn Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Stamp, Estate of W. H. D. Koerner

PROVENANCE
Red McCombs Collection, San Antonio, Texas

LITERATURE
Mary Roberts Rinehart, “Lost Ecstasy.” The Saturday Evening Post, May 21, 1927, illustrated

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W. H. D. Koerner

1878 – 1938

Waiting for the Show to End (1927)
oil on canvas
28 × 40 inches
32 × 44 × 1.5 inches (framed)
signed and dated lower right
Sold at Auction: $4,235
Condition ReportSurface is in good condition. Canvas is lined. Cracks and spots of inpainting in white paint in upper-right corner. Spot of inpainting in upper-left corner. Vertical line of inpainting along left side, near edge of the frame. Two spots of inpainting to left of the sitting woman.

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