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THBSigned Otto Kuhler Etching, "Turbine Construction" 1929
Lot 51
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Otto Kuhler (German-American, 1894-1977), "Turbine Construction." 1929. Signed in pencil on the lower right. From a limited edition of 15 prints. A fine impression honoring the industrial era, quite large and impressive, depicting a massive turbine built near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for Con Edison in New York state. A fabulous composition that demonstrates Kuhler's impassioned interest in America's role during the Machine Age. Handwritten in pencil on the lower left margin, "Con Edison N.Y.C. built this Westinghouse Generator in 1929. Drawn on the spot about 1929." On the lower right, "'Turbine Construction' Ed. Ltd. to 15 prints. 4 more prints exist." Size: 17.75" L x 13.875" W (45.1 cm x 35.2 cm); sheet measures 20.625" L x 15.875" W (52.4 cm x 40.3 cm)
Although perhaps best known for his industrial designs, Otto Kuhler is also well regarded as a fine artist and draftsman. Born in Germany, Kuhler was the sole heir to his family’s established steel business, Kuhler Forges. After World War I; however, the business along with the family fortune came to a demise. After living in Dusseldorf for a brief period, and partly thanks to the advice of his friend Joseph Pennell, Kuhler took up etching and emigrated to the United States in 1923. Kuhler’s etchings of the industrial world sprang from the same optimistic response to technology that led to his colorful streamlined designs for the Milwaukee, Lehigh, and other railroads in the 1930’s. Bridging art and industry, his freely-sketched scenes celebrate precise engineering and industrial might. His merging of industry and art was so successful that eventually a locomotive based on Kuhler’s designs was actually realized. The Hiawatha departed from a yard in Schenectady, New York in May, 1935. As the first streamlined steam locomotive to be built from the ground up in Americam, the Hiawatha signaled the beginning of the next phase of Kuhler's career as a successful industrial designer.
Provenance: private Denver, Colorado, USA collection
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#129439Minor tears and losses to peripheries. Normal discoloration to paper commensurate with age. Otherwise generally very good.Condition
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