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Jul 27, 2024
W. H. D. Koerner (1878 – 1938)
Desert of Wheat (1918)
oil on canvas
24 × 36 inches
signed and dated lower left
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Great Falls, Virginia, 1991
EXHIBITED
Howard Pyle and His Students, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, 1995
Adventure Ho! Popular American Illustration 1897-1935, William King Regional Art Center, Abingdon, Virginia, 1998-99
LITERATURE
Zane Grey, “ Desert of Wheat.” The Country Gentleman, June 15, 1918, illustrated
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Surface is in good condition. Canvas is lined. Craqueleur throughout. Small spots of inpainting upper-right corner, at edge of frame. Spot of inpainting in center of sky. Small spots of inpainting upper-left corner, at edge of frame, and in wheat, to the left of the lead figure.