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LOT 22:
Wolf Kahn (1927-2020)
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Sold for: €30,000
Price including buyer’s premium:
€
38,400
Start price:
€
10,000
Estimate :
€20,000 - €30,000
Buyer's Premium: 28%
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Item Overview
Description:
Wolf Kahn (1927-2020) | Germany
Orange Forest
Oil on Canvas
Signed: Signed lower right in a magenta-pink pigment: “W. Kahn”.
Dimensions:
Artwork: 59.5 × 89 cm | 23.4 × 35 in
Provenance:
Acquired by the father of the current owner in New York in the 2010s.
Condition:
Good vintage condition; vibrant colors with a delicate, atmospheric surface; minor edge wear consistent with age; housed on its original wooden stretcher.
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This radiant oil on canvas is a quintessential example of Wolf Kahn’s unique synthesis of American Impressionism and Abstract Expressionism. The composition focuses on a dense stand of slender trees, rendered in a glowing palette of cadmium orange and golden yellow that suggests the peak of autumn or the intense light of a setting sun. Below the vibrant canopy, Kahn introduces a bold, horizontal band of shocking magenta, grounded by a thin strip of emerald green at the very base.
Kahn, a student of Hans Hofmann, was a master of using color to define space and mood. In this work, the trees are not merely subjects but vertical rhythms that break the field of color. The hazy, almost ethereal quality of the light is achieved through thin, layered glazes, creating a luminous “glow” that is the hallmark of his late, celebrated style.
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