#13 • Karl J. Anderson "The Serenade" Oil Painting

Part of February Premier Live-Online Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $2,100.00

Status: Sold

Category: Art: Originals

An oil on canvas by Karl J. Anderson (1874-1956). The post-impressionist work circa 1910-1915 depicts a jester serenading a beautiful young woman leaning out of a blue painted door in early summer. The piece is within the original frame, signed at the lower left, and has an applied name/title plaque to the frame. Measures 36" x 38" overall. In untouched estate condition, stretchers have loosened some, losses to paper on verso, the painting itself in good condition, no noted damage, losses, or alterations. Provenance: The painting was done at the height of Anderson's career & was purchased shortly after its creation by prominent businessman R.J. Funkhowser(1885-1965), and eventually gifted to his lifelong secretary Thelma Hardy, from there by descent through family. This work of art was exhibited with at least two corresponding publications circa 1915/1916 to include the Illustrated catalog of the post-exposition exhibition in the Department of Fine Arts, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, January first to May first, nineteen hundred and sixteen(page 54), and The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy/Albright Art Gallery Tenth Annual Exhibition of selected paintings by American Artists (page 9). Anderson's works of art reside in museums such as the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Metropolitan Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and more.