Lot 694: Tom Huck Woodcut, Kohler City Revisited

Tom Huck (American/Missouri, b. 1971) woodcut, “Kohler City, Revisited” from the series “2 Weeks in August: 14 Rural Absurdities,” 2000. Various figures grasp at or carry false teeth taken from several overflowing barrels. Some also wear headgear that resembles a row of teeth. Signed, titled, and numbered 6/18 in pencil, lower margin. Floated under plexiglass in a modern wood frame. Sheet: 33 1/2 in H x 29 in W. Frame: 36 3/4 in H x 32 1/2 in W. Note: “Huck acknowledges the influence on his work of the various woodcut series by the Renaissance printmaker Albrecht Durer. In his own series of prints, Two Weeks in August, Huck details fourteen “stranger than life” stories from the environs of the small town of Potosi, Missouri. The tabloid-like intrigue of these images is given considerable authority by the earnest industry of their craftsmanship; Huck carves with hand tools and these large woodcuts were printed with a wooden spoon, not a press.” (Source: the Spencer Museum of Art). Other examples of this print are in the art museums of Emory University and Harvard as well as the Whitney Museum of Art. 

PROVENANCE: The estates of Walter and Dr. Mary Schatz, Nashville. 

CONDITION: Overall very good condition, with minor waviness to sheet. Not examined outside of frame. Frame with slightly loose upper right and lower left and right corners.