John Moran Auctioneers - California Art Auction

1144 Conrad Buff (1886-1975 Laguna Hills, CA)
‘’Agatha - Near Ketehta in Monument Valley, Utah’’, Agatha
Monument, estate stamped lower right: Conrad Buff, with estate
authentication verso signed by Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Buff, oil on
board, 14.75’’ x 19.5’’, est:$1500/2500
Provenance: Estate of the artist; George Stern Fine Art, Los
Angeles, CA, no. CB044, acquired from the above; Private
Collection, Newport Beach, CA. Visual: Generally good
condition. Blacklight: Two small spots of touch-up in the upper
left sky.
1145 Joseph P. Frey (1892-1977 Hawthorne, CA)
View of Mount Ritter and the Thousand Island Lakes Basin
Looking East, signed lower left: Joseph P. Frey, oil on canvas,
25’’ x 30’’, est:$1500/2000
Provenance: Private Collection, Tehachapi, CA. Visual:
Generally good condition with some minor, scattered
craquelure. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under
blacklight.
1146 Robert Clunie F.I.B.A. (1895-1984 Bishop, CA)
‘’Fourth Lake and Temple Crags, North Palisades Region’’,
signed lower left: Robert Clunie, signed again, dated and titled
verso: August 1941, oil on canvas, 26’’ x 30’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Private Collection, Santa Paula, CA; by descent in
the family to the present owner, Private Collection, Woodland
Hills, CA, early 1980s. Visual: Generally good condition. Very
minor frame abrasion with a small loss along the lower center
edge. Scattered brown spots of discoloration on the rocks in
the lower left that appear to be rubbing. Restoration performed
by Clunie protege Richard Coons of Coons Gallery, Bishop, CA
after the 1994 earthquake (see verso label). Blacklight: Possible
minor touch-up in the lower left with corresponding verso patch
and small vertical touch-up in the upper right quadrant.
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