Wolf Kahn Collection

The Wolf Kahn Collection contains twenty prints and paintings by renowned artist Wolf Kahn (1927-2020). These landscapes, executed in varying degrees of abstraction, highlight Kahn’s deft command of color, light, and form. Born into a Jewish family in Stuttgart, Germany, Kahn fled Europe as a child, immigrating to the United States. Throughout his seven decade career, Kahn blended aspects of representational and abstract painting to create luminous, dynamic compositions. His work can be found in prestigious collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

All Works

Wolf Kahn, Rive Blanc, Oil on canvas, Image: 52 × 36in. (132.1 × 91.4cm); frame: 53 × 37in. (134.6 × 94cm), Wolf Kahn Collection, Courtesy of the Wolf Kahn Foundation, Brattleboro, Vermont

Wolf Kahn, Corkscrew View (Bald Cypresses), Oil on canvas, Image: 52 × 36in. (132.1 × 91.4cm); frame: 53 × 37in. (134.6 × 94cm), Wolf Kahn Collection, Courtesy of the Wolf Kahn Foundation, Brattleboro, Vermont

Wolf Kahn, Almost Too Pale, Oil on canvas, Image: 52 × 36in. (132.1 × 91.4cm); frame: 53 × 37in. (134.6 × 94cm), Wolf Kahn Collection, Courtesy of the Wolf Kahn Foundation, Brattleboro, Vermont

Wolf Kahn, Through Trees to a Pond, Oil on canvas, Image: 20 × 40in. (50.8 × 101.6cm); frame: 21 × 41in. (53.3 × 104.1cm), Courtesy of the Wolf Kahn Foundation

Wolf Kahn, Aspen Grove, Oil on canvas, Image: 16 × 28in. (40.6 × 71.1cm); frame: 17 × 29in. (43.2 × 73.7cm), Courtesy of the Wolf Kahn Foundation

Wolf Kahn, Gray Tangle, Oil on canvas, Image: 22 × 25in. (55.9 × 63.5cm); frame: 23 × 23in. (58.4 × 58.4cm), Courtesy of the Wolf Kahn Foundation

Wolf Kahn, Barn in the Woods, Lithograph, Image: 30 × 40in. (76.2 × 101.6cm); frame: 33 × 43in. (83.8 × 109.2cm), Courtesy of the Wolf Kahn Foundation

Wolf Kahn, Broken Branch, Oil on canvas, Image: 48 × 40in. (121.9 × 101.6cm); frame: 49 × 41in. (124.5 × 104.1cm), Courtesy of the Wolf Kahn Foundation

Wolf Kahn, Gray Occlusions, Oil on canvas, Image: 22 × 16in. (55.9 × 40.6cm); frame: 23 × 17in. (58.4 × 43.2cm), Courtesy of the Wolf Kahn Foundation

Wolf Kahn, The Open Door, Lithograph, Image: 22 1/4 × 30in. (56.5 × 76.2cm); frame: 25 × 33in. (63.5 × 83.8cm), Courtesy of the Wolf Kahn Foundation

Wolf Kahn, Hundred Mile Barn, Silkscreen, Image: 17 1/2 × 21 1/4in. (44.5 × 54cm); frame: 23 1/2 × 27in. (59.7 × 68.6cm), Courtesy of the Wolf Kahn Foundation

Wolf Kahn, Dark Purple Woods, Oil on canvas, Image: 10 × 14in. (25.4 × 35.6cm); frame: 11 × 15in. (27.9 × 38.1cm), Courtesy of the Wolf Kahn Foundation

Wolf Kahn, Bridge Off Highway #5, Etching, Plate: 12 3/4 × 17 1/4in. (32.4 × 43.8 × 51.4cm); paper: 20 1/4 × 26in. (51.4 × 66cm); frame: 23 1/2 × 28in. (59.7 × 71.1cm), Courtesy of the Wolf Kahn Foundation

Wolf Kahn, Free Verticals, Oil on canvas, Image: 42 × 44in. (106.7 × 111.8cm); frame: 43 × 45in. (109.2 × 114.3cm), Courtesy of the Wolf Kahn Foundation

Wolf Kahn, Northern View, Memorial Bridge, Springfield, MA, Etching, drypoint, and aquatint, Plate: 8 1/2 × 13 1/2in. (21.6 × 34.3cm); paper: 18 × 22 1/2in. (45.7 × 57.2cm); frame: 20 × 24 1/2in. (50.8 × 62.2cm), Courtesy of the Wolf Kahn Foundation

Wolf Kahn, Vermont Sunset, Oil on canvas, Image: 18 1/2 × 34in. (47 × 86.4cm); frame: 19 1/2 × 35in. (49.5 × 88.9cm), Courtesy of the Wolf Kahn Foundation

Wolf Kahn, Greens and Grays of Summer, Silkscreen, Image: 22 1/2 × 30in. (57.2 × 76.2cm); frame: 26 1/2 × 34 1/2in. (67.3 × 87.6cm), Courtesy of the Wolf Kahn Foundation

Wolf Kahn, Bands, Oil on canvas, Image: 18 × 24in. (45.7 × 61cm); frame: 19 × 25in. (48.3 × 63.5cm), Courtesy of the Wolf Kahn Foundation

Wolf Kahn, Yellow Tree Row II, Oil on canvas, Image: 22 × 28in. (55.9 × 71.1cm); frame: 23 × 29in. (58.4 × 73.7cm), Courtesy of the Wolf Kahn Foundation

Wolf Kahn, Tidal Flow, Oil on canvas, Image: 20 × 30in. (50.8 × 76.2cm); frame: 21 × 31in. (53.3 × 78.7cm), Courtesy of the Wolf Kahn Foundation

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