John Moran Auctioneers - California Art Auction

1171 Edgar Alwin Payne (1883-1947 Hollywood, CA)
Clouds and Landscape, signed lower right: Edgar Payne, oil on
canvas laid to artist’s board, 11.5’’ x 15’’, est:$7000/10,000
Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA, acquired
directly from the artist. Visual: Generally good condition. The
canvas edges unevenly cut presumably in the hand of the artist.
Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight.
1172 Richard Thompson Taggart (1904-1989 Altadena, CA)
‘’Tujunga Wash’’, Wash and Foothills, signed and dated lower
right: Richard Taggart Dec. 6, 1938, signed again, titled and with
the artist’s Altadena address verso, signed again and titled
on an exhibition label affixed to the frame, oil on masonite,
16’’ x 20’’, est:$2000/3000
Exhibited: Pasadena Society of Artists Exhibition, Pasadena,
CA, March 13, 1945 (see verso label). Provenance: Estate
of the artist; by descent in the family to the present owner.
Visual: Generally good condition with surface dirt throughout
and vertical varnish drips along the left side. Blacklight: No
evidence of restoration under blacklight.
1173 Maurice Braun (1877-1941 San Diego, CA)
‘’Mountains’’, Houses Nestled in a California Valley, signed
lower left: Maurice Braun, titled and numbered verso:
#46, oil on canvas mounted to artist’s masonite, 30’’ x 40’’,
est:$10,000/15,000
Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA, acquired early
1970s. Visual: Generally good condition. Approximately three
horizontal rectangular areas on the mountains in the center that
appear intrinsic to the board when the canvas was laid to the
artist’s masonite. Blacklight: A few very minor scattered dot of
touch-up along the upper edge and a spot of touch-up in the
upper right. A copy of James L. Greaves Conservation Services
report, dated 11 April 1986, accompanies the lot.
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