John Moran Auctioneers - California Art Auction

1081 Louis B. Akin (1868-1913 Flagstaff, AZ)
‘’Pinnacle Rock in Canyon de Chelly’’, unsigned, oil on canvas
laid to board, 14.5’’ x 5.75’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: With O’Brien Art Galleries, Chicago, IL (see verso
label); John G. Verkamp, Executor of the Louis Benton Akin
estate, no. 33; Richard Riordan, acquired from the above, 27
February 1914 ($10) (see typed memo affixed to the original
paper backing). Visual: Generally good condition with minor
frame abrasion and some scattered edge losses. A dot of loss in
the upper right in the sky. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration
under blacklight.
1082 Ransome Gillet Holdredge
(1836-1899 San Francisco, CA)
Indians in Yosemite Valley, signed lower right: R.G. Holdredge,
oil on canvas laid to waxed canvas, 32’’ x 56’’, est:$8000/12,000
Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA. Visual: Some
scattered stable craquelure. Wax lined as stated and mounted
on newer supporting stretchers. The canvas slightly rippled
from the lining. Blacklight: Tiny spots of touch-up scattered in
the sky and in parts of the landscape. A concentrated area of
scattered dots of touch-up on the distant mountains in the left
center approximately 4’’ x 2’’. A vertical 1.5’’ line and another .5’’
spot of touch-up in the upper center.
1083 Joseph John Englehart (1867-1915 Oakland, CA)
‘’Yosemite Valley’’, signed lower left: J.J. Englehart, titled verso,
oil on canvas, 30’’ x 50’’, est:$4000/6000
Provenance: Corporate Collection, Pomona, CA. Visual:
Generally good condition. Two minor spots of paint loss, one in
the direct center and one in the lower left corner. Surface dirt.
Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight.
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