Pdf Catalogue - California Art Auction

24 Marion Kavanagh Wachtel
(1870-1954 Pasadena, CA) "Sierra
Foothills" estate signed lower
left: Marion K. Wachtel, oil on
canvas laid to board, 16" x 20",
est:$9000/12,000. Condition:
Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight.
25 Joane Cromwell (1889-1966
Laguna Beach, CA) "The Glory of
God" Mt. San Jacinto landscape,
signed lower right: Joane
Cromwell, titled on the artist's
label affixed verso, oil on canvas,
30" x 36", est:$4000/6000. Condition:
Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight.
26 George Demont Otis (1879-1962
Kentfield, CA) "Wildflowers by
the Creek" 1929, signed lower
right: Geo. Demont Otis, titled
verso, oil on canvas, 24" x 30",
est:$9000/12,000. Provenance:
Private Collection, Northern
California. Condition: Visual:
Generally good condition with
a few minor spots of stable
craquelure. Blacklight: No
evidence of restoration under
blacklight.
27 Joseph M. Raphael (1869-1950 San
Francisco, CA) landscape near
the artist's home outside Uccle,
Belgium, circa 1917, appears
unsigned, oil on canvas, 15.75" x
18.75", est:$20,000/30,000. Note:
This painting will be included in
Johanna Raphael Sibbett and
Phyllis Hattis Fine Arts, Inc's
forthcoming catalogue raisonne‚
of the artist's work (see note
affixed verso). Provenance:
Private Collection, Redding, CA.
Condition: Visual: Generally good
condition with a scattered 3" x 1.5"
area of paint loss on the tree in
the upper left quadrant. Blacklight:
No evidence of restoration under
blacklight.
28 Charles Rollo Peters (1862-1928
Monterey, CA) "Yerba Buena"
expansive view of the
Embarcadero with Yerba Buena
Island and Berkeley and Oakland
in the distance, signed lower right:
Charles R. Peters, oil on canvas,
10" x 16", est:$20,000/25,000.
Exhibited: Thomas Welton
Stanford Art Gallery, "Exhibition of
Paintings by Charles Rollo Peters",
Leland Stanford Junior University,
Palo Alto, CA, April 24 - May 4,
1920, no. 12 (see original exhibition
brochure). Note: Together with
the original note from the artist,
dated May 8, 1920: My dear Mr.
Brady - Haig told me you wished
to acquire the "Yerba Buena"
study. I am very happy to have
you have it at the sum Haig told
me. It is a work that I am quite
proud of and I thank you for your
encouragement. Gratefully and
sincerely yours, Charles Rollo
Peters. Provenance: Private
Collection, Los Angeles, CA.
Condition: Visual: Generally good
condition. Blacklight: No evidence
of restoration under blacklight.
29 Pedro J. Lemos (1882-1954 Palo
Alto, CA) Monterey coastal
nocturne, signed lower left:
Pedro J. Lemos, signed again
and inscribed verso: Oil Painting,
oil on board, 18.25" x 25",
est:$12,000/18,000. Provenance:
Trotter Galleries, Carmel, CA;
Private Collection, Los Angeles,
CA, acquired from the above.
Condition: Visual: Minor, stable
craquelure throughout. Blacklight:
Spots of touch-up and crack fill
scattered throughout the sky, in
the lower center quadrant and
along the edges.
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