WILHELM HEINRICH DETLEV KOERNER (American, 1878 - 1938)
WHEN GENTLE FOLKS MEET, 1920
sgn, l.r, W.H.D.Koerner 1920; frame plaque; title and sgn in pencil on stretcher;
30 by 30 in.; framed 35.5 by 35.5 in.
Provenance: From a private East Coast collector, purchased Schoonover Studios, Wilmington,Delaware.
Koerner ("Big Bill") was an illustrator best known for depicting the Wild West.
His painting A Charge to Keep, was used as the cover for the same-titled biography of President George W. Bush. The actual painting hung in the Oval Office during the Bush administration.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Realized: $1,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 17 : WILHELM HEINRICH DETLEV KOERNER (American, 1878 - 1938)




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