WOLF KAHN (1927-2020) Gihon River, Vermont signed 'W Kahn' (lower right) pastel on paper 22 1/4 x 29 3/4 in (56.5 x 75.6 cm) (sheet size) Executed in 1994 Footnotes: This work will be included in the Wolf Kahn Foundation's Catalogue Raisonné Project of the artist's work and is accompanied by a letter of acceptance issued by the Wolf Kahn Foundation. Provenance Obelisk Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Wolf Kahn's atmospheric, hazy New England landscapes reflect the diverse influences he absorbed throughout his life and career. Kahn was born in Stuttgart, Germany, to Jewish parents. His father was a well-known musician and composer with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra until 1933, when he was forced out by Hitler's regime. At around this time the Kahns fled Germany; Wolf's siblings and parents went to the United States while he was sent to live with his grandmother in Frankfurt. Wolf finally reunited with his family in New York in 1940. Over the following decades, Wolf took art classes in and around New York City, including with New School's Stuart Davis and Abstract Expressionist Hans Hofmann. He completed a bachelor's degree at the University of Chicago in 1950 and eventually settled down with his wife, Emily Mason, in Brattleboro, Vermont. When he moved to Vermont, Kahn developed a new focus on the foggy, atmospheric New England landscape and Maine coastline. Kahn's landscapes apply an evocative, vibrant blend of Realism, Impressionism, and Color Field painting, demonstrating the influence of the variety of artist with whom he worked throughout his career, including impressionists, modernists, and abstract artists, to create a style wholly unique and identifiable as his. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing