Fine Art, Arms and Armor, March 15th 2025, 10:00 AM Central Time

Hunt Slonem (American, B. 1951) Two Yellow Painting

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Start price: $2,000

Estimated price: $4,000 - $8,000

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Very fine original oil on board painting " Two Yellow" by listed American artist Hunt Slonem ( born 1951 ). Signed named on reverse. Provenance: private art collector estate Denver, Colorado.

Size: H: 24 1/8" x W: 20 1/8" Framed; H: 19 1/2" x W: 15 5/8" Unframed.

Hunt Slonem was born in 1951, in New York. He is best known for his representational imagery with elements of Abstract Expressionism.

Hunt Slonem often fuses mysticism and whimsy in his animal subjects. Slonem studied at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and Tulane University. His interest in birds a frequent subject of the artist began as a child living in Hawaii and studying in Nicaragua. These travels have also heavily influenced his work, infusing them with elements of varying cultures. His work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, and can be found in the public collections of the Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Moreau Foundation, including numerous private collections. The artist currently lives and works in New York. SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS: Art Museum of West Virginia, Roanoke, VA Bergen Museum of Arts and Science, Paramus, NJ Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL Bowdoin Museum of Art, Mrunswick, MA Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA Colegio de Architecto, Quito, Ecuador Colby Museum, Waterville, ME Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH Danville Museum, Danville, VA

Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY Henie-Onstad Kuntsenter, Hovikodden, Norway Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Design of Kansas City Art Institute, Kansay City, MO Le Musee d’Art Haitian, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manila, Phillipines Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Miro Foundation, Spain Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MI Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA Newark Museum, Newark, NJ Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Pulitzer Collection, Amsterdam, Hollan Queens Museum, Queens, NY Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO

St. Mary’s College, Saint Mary, MD

St. Petersburg of Fine Art, St. Petersburg, FL Sidney Museum, Port Orchard, WA

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, CT

Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN

Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel

The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS

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