Mort Künstler (American, b. 1931). The Stars and Stripes are Born, 1977. Oil on masonite. 19-1/2 x 20-3/4 inches (49.5 x...

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Mort Künstler (American, b. 1931)
The Stars and Stripes are Born, 1977
Oil on masonite
19-1/2 x 20-3/4 inches (49.5 x 52.7 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: © MKünstler '77

PROVENANCE:
Hammer Galleries, New York, 1979;
Saks Galleries, Denver, Colorado, 1979;
Private collection, Oklahoma.

EXHIBITED:
Old Orchard Museum, Oyster Bay, New York, "Old Glory's Proudest Moments," June 10-September 8, 1978;
U.S. Navy Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C., "Old Glory's Proudest Moments," February-April 15, 1979;
Hammer Galleries, New York, "Mort Künstler: Epic Paintings of America," October 23-November 3, 1979.

LITERATURE:
Commemorative First Day Issue, Old Glory's Proudest Moments, Unicover -- Fleetwood Division, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1978, illustrated;
Mort Künstler: Epic Paintings of America, exhibition catalogue, Hammer Galleries, New York, 1979, p. 6, illustrated;
M. Künstler and H. S. Commager, Mort Künstler's 50 Epic Paintings of America, New York, 1979, pp. 1 and 19, illustrated;
Prints, p. 12, Jan/Feb 1981, illustrated;
H. S. Commager, The American Spirit -- the Paintings of Mort Künstler, New York, 1986, and Nashville, Tennessee, 1994, p. 40, illustrated;
Lawson Mardon Post Card, New Nation set, cover, Sparks, Nevada, 1995, illustrated;
Brown and Bigelow, St. Paul, Minnesota, American Spirit Calendar, February 1999, illustrated;
Video/Film, High Noon Productions, Homes of our Heritage, 1999;
Brown and Bigelow, St. Paul, Minnesota, Millenium Calendar - Great Events from a Great America, January 2000, illustrated;
Lang Graphics, Delafield, Wisconsin, MKünstler New Nation Calendar, June 2014, illustrated;
M. Künstler, The New Nation: The Creation of the United States in Paintings and Eyewitness Accounts -- The Art of Mort Künstler, New York, 2014, pp. 66 and 188, illustrated.


More information about Mort Künstler. See also: Künstler, Morton, Kunstler, Mort, Kunstler, Morton.



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