This impressionistic genre scene was executed ca. 1930s -1940s by listed American figure painter Hilde Band Kayn (1903 - 1950). Honorable mention in the exhibition of the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh and first prize at the exhibition of the "Allied Artists of America" in New York. Collective Exhibition november 1945 , febr. 1948 and nov.1950 in the Milch Gallery, New York. Represented in the Museum of Art in Toledo.
Literature: Hans Vollmer "Artist Lexicon of 20th century" (in German), Leipzig, 1956; Monro "The art Index (N.Y.), 1943; www.artnet.com.
Inscription: signed lower right.
Technique: oil on cardboard, old gallery partially gold-plated frame.
Measurements: unframed 14" x 17 " (36 x 43 cm); framed w 19 " x h 21 " (47,5 x 54,5 cm).
Condition: in very good condition. |