Pdf Catalogue - California Art Auction

128 Sam Hyde Harris (1889-1977 Los
Angeles, CA) eucalyptus trees,
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.
129 Jack Wilkinson Smith (1873-1943
Alhambra, CA) High Sierra
landscape, signed lower right:
Jack Wilkinson Smith, oil on
canvas laid to canvas, 19" x 34",
est:$20,000/30,000. Provenance:
Edenhurst Gallery, Los Angeles,
CA; Private Collection, Los
Angeles, CA. Condition: Visual:
Generally good condition with
minor, stable craquelure scattered
throughout. Blacklight: Spots
and areas of scattered touch-up
throughout the sky with the largest
area 1.5" x 3". Minor spots and tiny
dots of touch-up to the landscape
in the left quadrant.
130 Carl Moon (1879-1948 San
Francisco, CA) Indian riders in
a Southwest landscape, signed
lower right: Carl Moon, oil on
canvas, 16" x 20", est:$5000/7000.
Note: With two original black and
white photos of the artist and his
wife Grace, dated 1920, affixed to
the frame verso. Condition: Visual:
Generally good condition with
an 'L' shaped repaired tear and
corresponding patch verso in the
lower left quadrant. Minor, stable
craquelure throughout. Blacklight:
Possible evidence of small spots
of touch-up corresponding to the
tear under blacklight. Difficult to
read under blacklight.
131 Marjorie Reed (1915-1996
Vallecito, CA) "Jack O'Diamonds"
three cowboys playing cards while
their horses graze in a western
landscape, signed lower left:
Marjorie Reed, signed again, titled
and dated verso: 1956, titled again
on an artist's label affixed to the
stretcher, oil on canvas, 24" x 30",
est:$8000/10,000. Provenance:
Private Collection, Perris, CA.
Condition: Visual: Generally good
condition. Blacklight: No evidence
of restoration under blacklight.
132 Marjorie Reed (1915-1996
Vallecito, CA) "Sunset Departure
from Cooke's Spring Station"
signed lower left: Marjorie Reed,
signed again and titled on an
artist's label verso, numbered and
inscribed verso: #5, Sketch for
New Mexico-Texas Butterfield
Trail Series, oil on canvasboard,
12" x 16", est:$4000/6000. Literature:
M. Reed, "The Butterfield Overland
Stage through New Mexico and
Texas: Reproductions in Color of
25 Paintings From the Collection
of Dave and Valona Crowell and
H.D. and Lela Varnum", Old Adobe
Gallery, 1980, p. 5, illustrated. Note:
Together with the book: Marjorie
Reed, "The Butterfield Overland
Stage through New Mexico and
Texas: Reproductions in Color of
25 Paintings From the Collection
of Dave and Valona Crowell and
H.D. and Lela Varnum", Old Adobe
Gallery, 1980, signed twice by the
artist. Provenance: Kesler Art
Galleries, San Diego, CA; Private
Collection, Dallas, TX. Condition:
Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight.
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