Pdf Catalogue - California Art Auction

1 Paul Grimm (1891-1974 Palm
Springs, CA) Sierra landscape,
signed lower right: Paul Grimm, oil
on board, 8" x 10", est:$2000/3000.
Provenance: Sold, John Moran
Auctioneers, 14 November 2000,
lot 159; Property from a Laguna
Niguel Estate, acquired from the
above. Condition: Visual: Generally
good condition. Blacklight: Spots
and areas of touch-up scattered
along the edges, in the sky and on
the lake in the lower left quadrant.
2 Alfred R. Mitchell (1888-1972 San
Diego, CA) "Passing Storm" signed
lower left: Alfred R. Mitchell,
signed again and titled verso, oil
on board, 8" x 10", est:$3000/5000.
Provenance: Private Collection,
Carlsbad, CA, acquired 1970s.
Condition: Visual: Generally good
condition. Blacklight: No evidence
of restoration under blacklight.
3 Alfred R. Mitchell (1888-1972
San Diego, CA) "Desert Castles"
Death Valley, signed lower left:
Alfred R. Mitchell, signed again
and titled verso, oil on board, 8" x
10", est:$3000/5000. Provenance:
Private Collection, Carlsbad,
CA, acquired 1970s. Condition:
Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight.
4 Nell Walker Warner (1891-1970
Carmel, CA) "Pala Mission Tower"
Mission San Antonio de Pala,
signed lower right: Nell Walker
Warner, titled verso, oil on
board, 10" x 8", est:$1000/2000.
Provenance: Private Collection,
San Luis Obispo, CA. Condition:
Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight.
5 Charles A. Fries (1854-1940 San
Diego, CA) "Above the Gorge" 1929,
signed lower left: C.A. Fries, titled
and numbered verso: #939, oil on
canvas laid to artist's board, 9"
x 12", est:$3000/5000. Condition:
Visual: Generally good condition
with a spot of paint loss along the
upper center edge. Blacklight:
No evidence of restoration under
blacklight.
6 Gottardo F. Piazzoni (1872-1945
San Francisco, CA) trees in a
summer landscape, signed and
dated lower right: G. Piazzoni '22,
signed and dated again verso, oil
on canvas, 8" x 10", est:$6000/8000.
Provenance: Edan Milton Hughes
Collection; Private Collection, Los
Angeles, CA, acquired from the
above. Condition: Visual: Generally
good condition. Blacklight:
Scattered spots of touch-up in the
landscape and the sky.
7 William Alexander Griffith
(1866-1940 Laguna Beach,
CA) "Desert" desert landscape
with clouds and distant blue
hills, signed lower right:
William A. Griffith, titled verso,
oil on canvasboard, 7" x 9",
est:$1500/2500. Provenance:
Private Collection, Wisconsin.
Condition: Visual: Generally good,
original condition. Dirty. Blacklight:
No evidence of restoration under
blacklight.
8 Alfred R. Mitchell (1888-1972 San
Diego, CA) "Santa Rosa from the
Dunes" signed lower right: Alfred
R. Mitchell, signed again and
titled verso, oil on board, 8" x 10",
est:$3000/5000. Condition: Visual:
Generally good condition with
minor frame abrasion. Blacklight:
Two surface drips in the center
visible under blacklight. No
evidence of restoration under
blacklight.
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