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196
Bob Kuhn (1920 – 2007)
Washing (1994)
acrylic on board
20 × 36 inches
27 × 43 × 2 inches (framed)
signed lower right

VERSO
Signed and dated
Label, J. N. Bartfield Galleries, New York, New York

According to Tom Davis, Kuhn sought to reduce the animals he painted to their essential forms: “I like a lion to look like a lion, but I want to do it with the absolute minimum of busy work, a minimum of concern about the less-important aspects. Number one, I don’t want to lose the form, because that’s what I love, but I want to totally control it.… The idea is to show just enough to say what you have to say, and get rid of the rest.”

196

Bob Kuhn

1920 – 2007

Washing (1994)
acrylic on board
20 × 36 inches
27 × 43 × 2 inches (framed)
signed lower right
$40,000 – 60,000
Condition ReportSurface is in excellent condition. No signs of restoration.

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