March in Montana Auction
Live Auction

March in Montana 2024 Session II

Sat, Mar 16, 2024 01:00PM EDT
Lot 545

W.H.D. Koerner, oil on canvas

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
W.H.D. Koerner (1878-1938) The Bachelor 36" x 30" oil on canvas Signed and dated 1919 lower right Verso: Inscribed: "The Bachelor. Now I gone and done it, me I talk too much. I bet my rattling old tongue has started on killin'." $10,000-15,000 Provenance: Private Collection, St. Louis, MO.

Condition

Black light reveals one 1" area on man's thigh where it has been inpainted. Otherwise clear. Craquelure visible, mostly in sky. Canvas has been relined.