Wolf Kahn — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works328

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney

MoMA

Met

NGA Washington

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Art Institute of Chicago

Hammer Museum

Previous Sales 253

Christie's

Forest's Edge, 2001

$91,440

Apr 2026

Christie's

November Marsh, 1984

$57,150

Apr 2026

Christie's

Row of Black Trees, 2007

$50,800

Apr 2026

Christie's

Bluebonnets + Mesquite, 1985

$44,450

Apr 2026

Sotheby's

A Broken Tree, Putney, Vermont, 1990

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Involved with Purple, 2010

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Small Red Glow, 1999

Christie's

Christie's

Cornfield in the Evening, 1983

$52,920

May 2022

Christie's

Violet Near the Horizon, 1995

$40,320

May 2022

Christie's

A Swamp in November, 1989

$16,380

May 2022

Sotheby's

Untitled (Bridal Path, Vermont)

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Christie's

Atlantic Highlands, 1960

$212,500

Nov 2021

Christie's

Looking Up-River, 1987

$187,500

Nov 2021

Christie's

Flowers Against Blue Bay, 1956

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Locusts Against an Evening Sky

$8,000

Oct 2021

Sotheby's

Victorian Barns in New Jersey

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

In a Yellow-Gray Scheme

$20,000

Jul 2021

Sotheby's

From Our Hillside to Theirs

$11,000

Jul 2021

For Sale 12

Weber Fine Art · Artsy

Square and Silvery, 2006

Price on request

Oil on canvas

Jarrett McCusker · 1stDibs

“Middleton Place II, 1974” Wolf Kahn, West Brattleboro, Vermont Barn Oil Canvas

$175,000

Caviar20 · 1stDibs

Dark Pines

$5,750

Antonio's Bella Casa · 1stDibs

Corps de Ballet

$185,000

M.S. Rau · 1stDibs

Fall Splendor by Wolf Kahn

$98,500

Reeves Art Gallery · 1stDibs

"Four Winds" Blue House with White Roof in Yellow Field Abstract Landscape

$9,500

Lincoln Glenn · 1stDibs

"Summer Studio" Wolf Kahn, Vermont Landscape, Abstract Impressionist, Pastels

$9,000

Alpha 137 Gallery · 1stDibs

Wolf Kahn - Ocean Cove, unique signed pastel on paper landscape painting FRAMED

$7,500

David Barnett Gallery · 1stDibs

20th century landscape pastel drawing colorful grass path hills sky signed

$16,900

Cavalier Ebanks Galleries · 1stDibs

Riverside Drive, New York

$15,000

Alpha 137 Gallery · 1stDibs

Wolf Kahn - Bay with Boats Color Monotype signed abstract color field landscape

$10,000

Questroyal Fine Art · 1stDibs

Sunlit Hill, 2006

$95,000

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Market915 auction results

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$1.3K – $252K

153 of 171 paintings lots with prices

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$59.2K

Object-type specific

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$46.2K

153 priced paintings lots

calendar_todayLast Paintings Sale

Apr 2026 · $53.3K

Latest tracked sale in this object type

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Paintings: $46.2K medianWorks on paper: $5.5K medianSculpture/objects: $22.7K medianPhotographs: $625 medianEditioned prints: $2.8K medianUnclassified lots: $4.5K median

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Education2

Hans Hofmann

School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)

Chicago, IL, USA

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Publications3

Monograph 3

The Wolf Kahn's America Author

Abrams · 2003

Wolf Kahn

Abrams · 2002

Wolf Kahn pastels Author

Abrams · 2000

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Current Exhibitions2

#590 Schoelkopf Gallery

New York City Circa 1960: Works from the Collection of Robert A. Ellison, Jr.

Wolf Kahn, Lester Johnson, Elaine de Kooning, Milton Resnick, Robert Goodnough, Emily Mason, Bob Thompson, Robert De Niro, Sr, Pat Passlof, Jay Milder, Robert Ellison, Jan Müller, Dody Müller, Ben Johnson

390 Broadway 3rd floor, New York, NY 10013, USA

May 8, 2026 — Jul 2, 2026

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Alpha 137 Gallery

Landscapes, Cityscapes, Waterscapes and Skyscapes: paintings, works on paper and prints

Helen Frankenthaler, Damien Hirst, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Wolf Kahn, Ai Weiwei, Peter Saul, Marsden Hartley, Paul Resika, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Alex Katz, Richard Estes, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, FAILE, Mark di Suvero, Allan D'Arcangelo, Jennifer Losch Bartlett, Peter Blake, Christo, Peter Max, Sonia Gechtoff, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Martin Creed, Jonas Wood, Gregory Amenoff, Joe Brainard, Red Grooms, Billy Al Bengston, April Gornik, Gerald Laing, Paula Scher, Michael Lekakis, Paul Feeley, William T. Wiley, John Button, Hyde Solomon, Howard Kanovitz, George Trakas, Asa Cheffetz, Lynton Wells, Melissa Miller, Milton Glaser, Bob Stanley, Walter Darby Bannard, Katherine Porter, Lois Dodd, Richard Haas, Thelma Appel, Alan Cote, Norman Carton, Ben Wilson, Edward Giobbi, Franz Eggenschwiler, Javacheff Christo, David Shapiro (b. 1922), Kathan Brown, William Waitzman, Helen Siegl

Showplace Design and Antique Center, 40 W 25th St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10010, United States

Jun 12, 2026 — Sep 10, 2026

Details Website

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exhibitionsJun 2, 2026

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The Yale Art Gallery's fourth floor is hosting five concurrent exhibitions running through June, including solo shows by John Coplans, August Sander, …

exhibitionsMay 24, 2026

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Artnet Auctions has three sales currently live: Post-War and Contemporary Art (through May 20), Contemporary Editions (through May 29), and Private Sa…

marketMay 15, 2026

Brandywine Conservancy and Museum picks architects for $100m expansion project

The Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, has selected Kengo Kuma & Associates, along with landscape architects Field O…

exhibitionsMay 6, 2026

Dallas Art Fair brings Texas's relationship-driven collecting community into focus

The Dallas Art Fair has returned for its 2026 edition, signaling a period of stability with approximately 90 exhibitors and a higher retention rate th…

marketApr 17, 2026

Take a Closer Look at These Highlights From John Moran’s Art and Design Sale

John Moran Auctioneers in California is hosting a major Art + Design sale on September 30, 2025, featuring over 350 lots of fine and decorative art, f…

marketSep 18, 2025

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Past Exhibitions8

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Alpha 137 Gallery

Landscapes, Cityscapes, Waterscapes and Skyscapes: paintings, works on paper and prints

Helen Frankenthaler, Damien Hirst, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Wolf Kahn, Peter Saul, Marsden Hartley, Paul Resika, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Alex Katz, Richard Estes, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, FAILE, Mark di Suvero, Allan D'Arcangelo, Jennifer Losch Bartlett, Peter Blake, Christo, Peter Max, Sonia Gechtoff, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Martin Creed, Jonas Wood, Gregory Amenoff, Joe Brainard, Red Grooms, Billy Al Bengston, April Gornik, Gerald Laing, Paula Scher, Michael Lekakis, Paul Feeley, William T. Wiley, John Button, Hyde Solomon, Howard Kanovitz, George Trakas, Asa Cheffetz, Lynton Wells, Milton Glaser, Bob Stanley, Walter Darby Bannard, Katherine Porter, Lois Dodd, Richard Haas, Thelma Appel, Alan Cote, Norman Carton, Ben Wilson, Edward Giobbi, Franz Eggenschwiler, Javacheff Christo, David Shapiro (b. 1922), Kathan Brown, William Waitzman, Helen Siegl

Showplace Design and Antique Center, 40 W 25th St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10010, United States

Mar 12, 2026 — May 27, 2026

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