Kahn

A charming and elegant French bouilotte table with beautiful marble top, brass gallery, tapering legs with inlays and brass sabots. Interesting provenance and history.

Wonderful modernist oil painting executed by Anita Kahn depicting abstract, folk vase with surrealist flowers, excellent use of color, texture and space, signed on backside, During a lifetime of collecting Arthur and his wife Anita Kahn assembled one of the most remarkable collections of Post-War American art. The Kahns assembled one of the most complete groups of Calder’s work in private hands. The Scope and size of the Kahn’s collection is unparalleled. The examples of Calder’s iconic large-scale hanging mobiles, the delicate pieces of his exquisite jewellery, and his many works on paper are outstanding. Both Anita and Dr. Kahn followed the artist’s career closely and were rewarded with a level of access that allowed them to acquire some signature pieces that would become central to their whole collection. Alongside the pieces by Calder, works such as Richard Pousette-Dart’s crowning glory, Blood Wedding capture the energy and excitement of Post-War America. This is a collection, with works from Alexander Calder to Pablo Picasso, and David Smith to Stuart Davis, that captures the excitement of this period, a moment when the axis of the art world shifted dramatically and New York became the epicentre of the art world. Russian immigrants, Anita's father was a dry goods salesman and her mother was a seamstress. She met her future husband Arthur Edward Kahn, who became a prominent New York dentist, on a blind date. His father had been a candy store owner and his mother a housewife. After serving on an Air Force base in Texas during WWII, Anita and Arthur moved to Manhattan where he began his dental practice. Anita had been an art student at Temple University and during the 1950s she resumed her studies at The New School for Social Research as a student of Moses Soyer, Richard Pousette-Dart, and Anthony Toney...

Wonderful modernist oil painting executed by Anita Kahn depicting stylish woman, excellent use of color, texture and space, signed on backside, During a lifetime of collecting Arthur and his wife Anita Kahn assembled one of the most remarkable collections of Post-War American art. The Kahns assembled one of the most complete groups of Calder’s work in private hands. The scope and size of the Kahn’s collection is unparalleled. The examples of Calder’s iconic large-scale hanging mobiles, the delicate pieces of his exquisite jewellery, and his many works on paper are outstanding. Both Anita and Dr. Kahn followed the artist’s career closely and were rewarded with a level of access that allowed them to acquire some signature pieces that would become central to their whole collection. Alongside the pieces by Calder, works such as Richard Pousette-Dart’s crowning glory, Blood Wedding capture the energy and excitement of Post-War America. This is a collection, with works from Alexander Calder to Pablo Picasso, and David Smith to Stuart Davis, that captures the excitement of this period, a moment when the axis of the art world shifted dramatically and New York became the epicentre of the art world. Russian immigrants, Anita's father was a dry goods salesman and her mother was a seamstress. She met her future husband Arthur Edward Kahn, who became a prominent New York dentist, on a blind date. His father had been a candy store owner and his mother a housewife. After serving on an Air Force base in Texas during WWII, Anita and Arthur moved to Manhattan where he began his dental practice. Anita had been an art student at Temple University and during the 1950s she resumed her studies at The New School for Social Research as a student of Moses Soyer, Richard Pousette-Dart, and Anthony Toney...

A modernist group of two terracotta sculptures by F. Kahn. Depicting two plump women posed in conversation. Terrific whimsy and style. Placed on a wooden block that is integra...