Pdf Catalogue - California Art Auction

133 Frank C. McCarthy (1924-2002
Sedona, AZ)"Return From the
Raid" returning war party at full
gallop, signed and dated lower
right: McCarthy 73, oil on board,
22" x 36", est:$45,000/60,000.
Provenance: The J.D. Trust,
Paradise Valley, AZ. Condition:
Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight.
134 Frank C. McCarthy (1924-2002
Sedona, AZ) "A Shot Rang
Out" group of mountain men
on horseback in a landscape,
signed and dated lower right:
Frank McCarthy CA 76, signed
again and titled verso, numbered
verso: #312, oil on canvas laid
to artist's masonite, 18" x 24",
est:$30,000/40,000. Provenance:
The J.D. Trust, Paradise Valley, AZ.
Condition: Visual: Generally good
condition. Blacklight: No evidence
of restoration under blacklight.
135 Harvey William Johnson
(1921-2005 Santa Fe, NM)
"Comancheria West" mounted
Indian riders in a landscape,
signed and dated lower right:
H.W. Johnson 74 CA, oil on
masonite, 20" x 32", est:$6000/8000.
Provenance: The JD Trust,
Paradise Valley, AZ. Condition:
Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight.
136 Alice Coutts (1879-1973 Piedmont,
CA) "The Fire Worshippers"
inscribed with title verso, oil on
board, 9" x 12", est:$1500/2500.
Exhibited: Gump's, San Francisco,
CA, 1910, prize winner (according
to inscription verso). Provenance:
Private Collection, Mentone, CA.
Condition: Visual: Generally good
condition. Blacklight: A few tiny
dots of touch-up in the left center
quadrant and two tiny dots of
touch-up on the figures' faces.
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137 Marjorie Reed (1915-1996
Vallecito, CA) "Whipping Up the
Lazy Mules in the Cross Timbers"
signed lower left: Marjorie Reed,
signed again and titled on an
artist's label verso, inscribed
verso: Sketch for New Mexico-
Texas Butterfield Trail Series,
oil on canvasboard, 8" x 10",
est:$2000/3000. 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. 20,
illustrated. Provenance: Kesler Art
Galleries, San Diego, CA; Private
Collection, Dallas, TX. Condition:
Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight.
138 Marjorie Reed (1915-1996
Vallecito, CA) "On Guard" herd
of horses in a landscape, circa
1940s, signed lower right:
Harvey Day, oil on canvas, 16"
x 20", est:$3000/5000. Note:
Marjorie Reed painted under the
pseudonym "Harvey Day", the
name of her second husband,
during the 1940s. Provenance:
Private Collection, Encinitas, CA.
Condition: Visual: Generally good
condition. Blacklight: Two spots of
touch-up in the sky.
139 Nicholas S. Firfires (1917-1990
Montecito, CA) "Whoa, Damn You"
mounted cowboys roping steer in
a Southwest landscape, signed
lower right: Nicholas S. Firfires,
titled and numbered on an artist's
label affixed to the stretcher:
No. 388, oil on canvas, 30" x 44",
est:$3000/5000. Provenance: The
J.D. Trust, Paradise Valley, AZ.
Condition: Visual: Generally good
condition. Blacklight: No evidence
of restoration under blacklight.