John Moran Auctioneers - California Art Auction

1057 Albert Thomas De Rome (1885-1959 Carmel, CA)
‘’Rising Tide’’, Monterey Coastal, signed lower right: Albert
De Rome, titled on the canvas edge verso, signed again and
inscribed on the lower canvas edge verso: 1st Prize Monterey
County Fair, Sept. 1939 and with artist’s Pacific Grove address,
numbered verso: 177, oil on canvas laid to artist’s masonite,
18’’ x 24’’, est:$3000/5000
Exhibited: Monterey County Fair, Monterey, CA, September
1939, first prize; ‘’Albert Thomas De Rome, 1885-1959, A Pacific
Grove Artist Remembered’’, Museum of Natural History, Pacific
Grove, CA, July 1 - July 31, 1988, no. 258 (see verso labels).
Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA. Visual:
Generally good condition. Blacklight: Apparently no evidence
of restoration under blacklight. Fluoresces unevenly, difficult to
read under blacklight.
1058 Paul Dougherty N.A. (1877-1947 Monterey, CA)
Off the Maine Coast, estate signed lower right: Paul Dougherty,
oil on panel, 12’’ x 16’’, est:$1500/2000
Provenance: Estate of the artist; Mills & Lang Fine Art, April
1990, no. 230, acquired from the above; Private Collection,
Whittier, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: A
spot of touch-up in the sky in the upper left and a few minor
spots of touch-up in the upper right quadrant and along the right
edge.
1059 Ralph Davidson Miller (1858-1945 Los Angeles, CA)
Monterey Pines Coastal, signed and dated lower right: Ralph
Davidson Miller 1918, oil on canvas, 40’’ x 30’’, est:$2000/3000
Note: The present work was originally commissioned in 1918
by the Santa Fe Railroad for display in a California depot.
Provenance: Commissioned by Santa Fe Railroad, 1918;
California Security - Loan, purchased from the above for their
315 East Colorado Street, Pasadena location; gifted to Clarence
Seares, Board of Directors, California Security - Loan when
the company closed, circa early 1940s; by descent in the family
to the present owner, Private Collection, Eastvale, CA. Visual:
Craquelure throughout, concentrated in upper half. Two 1’’
tears in the center on the foliage. Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight.
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