Collection of Arthur B. Kouwenhoven, Jr. Norman Bluhm (American, b. 1921-1999), Untitled, Watercolor on Paper, 1959, signed and dated lower left, with museum and exhibition information label on back, matted and framed. Frame size 48 in. height x 34 1/4 in. width. Together with printed material relating to the artist. An Abstract Expressionist, Norman Bluhm was born in Chicago in 1921, although as a child he lived in Italy for eight years. His principle education was architecture, and he studied at the Illinois Institute of Technology with Mies van der Rohe. He also studied briefly in Florence before moving to Paris in 1947 to continue studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where he was exposed to the ideas of the Bauhaus philosophy of bringing together aesthetically arts and crafts. (Source: Askart.com) Provenance This work was purchased at Parke Barnet, Madison Avenue, New York.