John Moran Auctioneers - California Art Auction

1027 George Demont Otis (1879-1962 Kentfield, CA)
‘’The Little Blue House’’, Laguna Beach, CA, signed lower right: Geo. Demont Otis, signed again and titled on an artist’s label affixed
to the frame, inscribed and dated on the stretcher: Laguna Beach, Calif. 1923, titled on the original frame, oil on canvas laid to waxed
canvas, 20’’ x 26’’, est:$4000/6000
Exhibited: Society of American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1926, won honors (see partial label affixed to the frame).
Note: The painting retains the original frame hand carved by the artist. Included with the lot are two publications: ‘’The California
Collection: George Demont Otis (1879-1962) American Impressionist’’, Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, CA, July - September
1998, p. 41, illustrated, exhibition catalogue and ‘’The Golden Gate Collection of Paintings by George Demont Otis (1879-1962), Painter
of American’’, Golden Gate National Recreation Area Headquarters at Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA, 1977, exhibition brochure.
Provenance: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Municipal Collection, 1926 - deaccessioned 1978; The Grace Van Tine Hartley Trust,
acquired through The Otis Gallery from the above, 1978. Visual: The canvas slightly rippled from the lining. Minor surface drips in the
lower left. With graphite inscriptions in Grace Van Tine Hartley’s hand in the lower left and right corners. Blacklight: A 2’’ x 4’’ area of
touch-up in the right center on the tree and hill. A spot of touch-up in the upper center, a few minor spots of touch-up in the lower left.
1028 Edgar Alwin Payne (1883-1947 Hollywood, CA)
Eucalyptus Landscape, signed lower right: Edgar Payne, oil on
canvas laid to artist’s board, 15’’ x 19’’, est:$12,000/16,000
Provenance: Private Collection, Laguna Beach, CA. Visual:
Generally good condition with surface dirt and drips. Blacklight:
A 2’’ area of overpaint in the sky in the right center and a few
other spots of overpaint scattered in the sky.
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