2025 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 267
267
Bob Kuhn (1920 – 2007)
Three Dudes
acrylic on board
17.5 × 36 inches
26 × 44 × 2 inches (framed)
signed upper left
VERSO
Signed and titled
The artist observed, “It’s like looking at a menu. You don’t have to put everything you see in a painting. You don’t have to explain everything to the viewer. It’s the artist’s job to control what you’re looking at.
“A painting that shows you everything isn’t a painting. A good artist distills the scene – he edits – he alludes to the scene and shows you only what he wants you to pay attention to.”
PROVENANCE
The artist
William “Bill” McRae, Great Falls, Montana