American Art
American Art
Property from the Estate of S. Hallock du Pont, Jr.
William Henry Dethlef Koerner
Cornfield
Auction Closed
November 22, 10:23 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of S. Hallock du Pont, Jr.
William Henry Dethlef Koerner
1878 - 1938
Cornfield
signed W.H.D. Koerner and dated 1918 (lower right)
oil on canvas
canvas: 36 ½ by 26 ¼ inches (92.7 by 66.8 cm)
framed: 45 ¼ by 35 ¼ inches (115 by 89.5 cm)
The artist
Ruth Koerner Oliver and W.H.D. Koerner, Jr., 1938 (the artist's children, by descent)
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1973
Ruth Koerner Oliver and W.H.D. Koerner, Jr., 1938 (the artist's children, by descent)
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1973
Susan Glaspell, "Pollen," Harper's Monthly Magazine, March 1919, vol. 138, no. 826, p. 114, illustrated
The present work was originally used as an illustration for Susan Glaspell’s “Pollen,” a short story published in Harper's Monthly Magazine in 1919.