Emil Ganso, American, German, 1895 to 1941, oil painting on board, Sunbath. Signed lower right. Framed. A paper label is on the backside. Provenance: Ripley Auctions, Indianapolis, IN, United States, December 17, 2022, lot 127. An auction paper label is on the backside. Emil Ganso is known for Nude figure, modernist-leaning landscape, and harbor scene painting. Emil Ganso was a versatile artist and painted a variety of subjects. Ganso became best known for his erotic figures. Eventually he would become the artist in residence at the University of Iowa. In 1933 Ganso won a Guggenheim Fellowship. His paintings are in the following museum collections: Biblioteque National Paris; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Brooklyn Museum; Cleveland Museum of Art; Kupferstich Cabinet in Berlin; Library of Congress; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art; New York Public Library; Victoria and Albert Museum in London; Whitney Museum of American Art. One of a kind artwork.