Pdf Catalogue - California Art Auction

121 Karl Albert Buehr (1866-1952
Chicago, IL) country house,
signed lower right: K.A. Buehr,
oil on panel, 13.75" x 10.25",
est:$1000/1500. Condition: Visual:
Generally good condition with a
minor 1" vertical surface crack in
the lower left corner, a surface
abrasion along the left center
edge and a small gouge to the
board in the lower right quadrant.
Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight.
122 Robert Wood (1889-1979 Bishop,
CA) "Catskill Country" signed
lower left: Robert Wood, titled on
the stretcher, oil on canvas, 16"
x 20", est:$3000/4000. Condition:
Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight.
123 Alexis M. Podchernikoff
(1886-1933 Pasadena, CA) sunlit
glow on a desert landscape,
signed lower left: A.M.
Podchernikoff, oil on canvas, 30"
x 40", est:$3000/5000. Condition:
Visual: Generally good condition
with minor craquelure. Blacklight:
A 2.5" vertical repaired tear with
minor touch-up in the lower right
quadrant with corresponding
verso patch.
124 William Wendt (1865-1946 Laguna
Beach, CA) "Laguna Houses"
signed lower right: William
Wendt, oil on canvas, 24" x 30",
est:$100,000/150,000. Exhibited:
Comprehensive Retrospective
Exhibition, William Wendt A.N.A.',
Stendahl Art Galleries, Los
Angeles, CA, March 4-29, 1928,
no. 8 (see label verso). Literature:
John Alan Walker, "Documents on
the Life and Art of William Wendt
(1865-1946)", Big Pine, CA, 1992, pp.
109 and 159, no. 337. Provenance:
Estate, Florida; Private Collection,
Florida, acquired from the above,
circa early 1960s. Condition: Visual:
Generally good condition. Canvas
was originally 25" x 30" and was
restretched to 24" x 30". Blacklight:
No evidence of restoration under
blacklight.
125 Orrin A. White (1883-1969
Pasadena, CA) Arroyo Seco
landscape, signed lower left: Orrin
A. White, oil on masonite, 19" x
13.25", est:$4000/6000. Provenance:
Private Collection, Venice, CA;
Private Collection, Sacramento,
CA. Condition: Visual: Generally
good condition. Blacklight: Minor
scattered spots of touch-up
throughout concentrated mainly in
the sky, on the trees at the upper
right and in the center on the
rocks.
126 Walter Farrington Moses
(1874-1947 Los Angeles, CA)
Southern California eucalyptus
mountain landscape, signed lower
left: Farrington, oil on canvas, 24"
x 29", est:$2000/3000. Provenance:
Findlay Galleries, Chicago, IL
(see label verso); The J.D. Trust,
Paradise Valley, AZ. Condition:
Visual: Generally good condition
with minor, stable craquelure
and surface dirt. Blacklight: No
evidence of restoration under
blacklight.
127 Sam Hyde Harris (1889-1977
Los Angeles, CA) barn with
sycamore, circa 1930s, estate
stamped lower right: Sam Hyde
Harris, oil on canvas, 16" x 20",
est:$3000/5000. Note: There is
an authentication stamp verso
signed by Mrs. Sam Hyde Harris.
Condition: Visual: Generally good
condition. Blacklight: No evidence
of restoration under blacklight.
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