John Moran Auctioneers - California Art Auction

1159 James Swinnerton (1875-1974 Palm Springs, CA)
Mojave Valley Landscape, signed lower right: Swinnerton, oil on
canvas, 30’’ x 15’’, est:$3000/4000
Provenance: Private Collection, Las Vegas, NV. Visual:
Generally good condition with very minor, stable scattered
craquelure. Blacklight: A scattered 1’’ area of touch-up in
the upper center and a 1.5’’ vertical line of touch-up in the left
center .
1160 Alfred R. Mitchell (1888-1972 San Diego, CA)
‘’On the Desert’’, signed lower left: Alfred R. Mitchell, signed
again and titled on the stretcher, oil on canvas, 24’’ x 30’’,
est:$8000/12,000
Visual: Generally good condition with very minor stable
scattered craquelure. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration
under blacklight.
1161 Sam Hyde Harris (1889-1977 Alhambra, CA)
Desert Landscape, estate signed lower right: Sam Hyde Harris,
oil on canvasboard, 12’’ x 16’’, est:$3000/5000
Exhibited: ‘‘Desertscapes: Early California Desert Painters’’,
Walter N. Marks Center for the Arts, College of the Desert, Palm
Desert, CA, April 5 - 22, 2010 (see verso label). Note: With an
authentication stamp signed by Maureen St. Gaudens verso.
Provenance: Kevin & Diane Stewart, Palm Springs, CA; Private
Collection, California. Visual: Generally good condition with a
tiny loss in the upper left corner. Blacklight: One spot of touchup
along the upper left edge.
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