California & American Paintings Auction - California Art Auction

California & American Paintings Auction
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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Antique & Fine Art Auctioneers

California & american
paintings sale
Preview Opens 12:00 p.m. :: Sale Promptly at 6:30 p.m.
The Pasadena Convention Center
300 East Green Street, Pasadena, California 91101
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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(e) All Sales Final: Notwithstanding other terms mentioned herein, refunds shall be given at Moran’s sole discretion. Refunds
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their duties) stating that the object sold is incorrect or not the work of the artist. Dealers, appraisers and representatives of other
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This catalogue is meant merely as a guide. The Auctioneers do
not warrant the accuracy, genuineness, authenticity, description,
weight, count or measure of any of the lots specified herein.
Buyer’s Premiums
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$500,000 & above @ $50,000 increments,
or at Auctioneer's discretion.
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Artist Index
Artist
Lot Number
Artist
Lot Number
Artist
Lot Number
Abril, Ben 104, 113, 130
Adams, Peter 108, 187
Alvarez, Mabel 151, 152
Backus, Jr, Standish 97
Balink, Henry C. 13
Beaumont, Arthur E. 99
Berberian, Ovanes 106
Birren, Joseph P. 14, 38
Blair, Lee 84, 87, 88
Blair, Mary 85
Blair, Preston 86
Borein, Edward 158, 189, 190, 191
Borg, Carl Oscar 101
Borglum, Elizabeth Jaynes 20, 21
Bradbury, Bennett 111, 112, 184,
185, 186
Brown, Benjamin C. 139
Budicin, John F. 105
Buff, Conrad 175, 176
Burbank, Elbridge Ayer 50, 55, 56, 57
Carter, Pruett A. 83
Clark, Alson Skinner 147
Clunie, Robert 174
Cooper, Astley David Middleton 54
Coppedge, Fern Isabel 81
Coutts, Gordon 67, 121
Cromwell, Joane 140, 172
Dahlgren, Marius 78
De Grandmaison, Nicolas 45
De Longpre, Raoul M. 146
De Ribcowsky, Richard Dey 59
De Yong, Joe 162
Dike, Phil 98
Dow, Arthur Wesley 80
Earle, Eyvind 181
Eggenhofer, Nick 161, 163, 164
Ellenshaw, Peter 180, 182
Ellsworth, Clarence 47, 48, 49
Farr, Ellen Burpee 22
Fechin, Nicolai 41
Ferguson, Henry A. 148
Forsyth, William J. 169
Frandzen, Eugene M. 34
Frost, John 170
Gamble, John M. 10, 138
Gasser, Henry M. 102
Gaul, Gilbert 51
Gay, August 8
Gifford, Robert Swain 77
Goodan, Tillman 123
Hagerup, Nels 71
Hahn, William 19
Hansen, Armin C. 62
Hansen, Herman W. 165
Harmon, Charles 66
Henry, H. Raymond 173
Higgins, Victor 155
Hills, Anna Althea 6
Hilton, John W. 179
Inness, Jr, George 79
Jackman, O. Theodore 16, 17, 18, 144, 145
Johnson, Frank Tenney 69, 120, 125, 126,
128, 129
Judson, Charles Chapel 70
Judson, Williams Lees 61
Kleitsch, Joseph 23, 24
Kosa, Jr, Emil J. 95, 134
Krafft, Carl 82
Kuehne, Max 74
Kuntz, Roger Edward 114
Lauritz, Paul 136
Laycox, Jack 100
Lee, Jake 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 115, 116,
117, 118, 119
Longchamp, Gaston 150
Lungren, Fernand 127
Mannheim, Jean 15
Mayhew, Nell Brooker 37
McGrath, W. Clarence 153
Mitchell, Alfred R. 4, 142
Moeller, Louis 149
Myers, Frank H. 72
O’Neill, Frank Jack 122
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Pages, Jules E. 12
Paradise, Phil 96
Paxson, Edgar Samuel 52, 159, 160
Payne, Edgar A. 33, 157
Peters, Charles Rollo 63, 64
Podchernikoff, Alexis M. 11
Procter, Burt 42, 43, 133
Raschen, Henry 53
Redmond, Granville 32
Reed, Marjorie 44
Rice, William Seltzer 188
Richter, Henry L. 35, 171
Rivera, Diego 154
Rogers, Charles A. 25
Sammons, Carl 177
Sayre, Fred Grayson 3
Shed, Charles Dyer 65
Shulz, Adolph R. 168
Siemer, Christian 73
Situ, Jason 107
Smith, Howard Everett 39, 40
Smith, Jack Wilkinson 36, 137
Sparks, Will 58
Stuber, Dedrick 60
Sumerlin, Mabel 141
Swinnerton, James 178
Symons, George Gardner 5
Taverner, William Edward 26
Ufer, Walter 46
Villa, Hernando G. 143, 156
Wallis, Kent 110
Waugh, Frederick Judd 75, 76
White, Orrin A. 1, 2, 7, 135
Whiteside, Frank Reed 68
Widforss, Gunnar 30, 31
Wieghorst, Olaf Carl 124, 131, 132,
166, 167
Wood, Robert W. 183
Wray, William 103, 109
Yard, Sydney J. 28, 29
Yuan, Si Chen 9

1 Orrin A. White (1883-1969 Pasadena, CA)
Sycamore tree landscape, possibly Tujunga Wash, signed lower right: Orrin A. White,
oil on canvas laid to artist’s board, 10.25’’ x 12.25’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Mrs. Payne, student and friend of the artist (unrelated to Edgar or Elsie
Payne), acquired directly from the artist; Kenneth Payne, son of the above; Private
Collection, California, friend of the above. Visual: Generally good condition. A small,
isolated area of stable craquelure on the cloud in the upper center. Edges of the
canvas and board cut slightly uneven by the artist. Blacklight: Scattered touch-up
throughout the sky and along the right edge. Two spots of touch-up on the rock in the
lower center. Two small areas fluroesce in the lower left corner presumed to be due
to pigment. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
2 Orrin A. White (1883-1969 Pasadena, CA)
Cathedral view in Taxco, signed lower right: Orrin A. White, oil on canvas laid to
artist’s board, 10’’ x 11.75’’, est:$1500/2000
Provenance: Mrs. Payne, student and friend of the artist (unrelated to Edgar or Elsie
Payne), acquired directly from the artist; Kenneth Payne, son of the above; Private
Collection, California, friend of the above. Visual: Generally good condition. Frame
abrasion along the left edge and heavy surface dirt throughout. Blacklight: No
evidence of touch-up under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
3 Fred Grayson Sayre (1879-1939 Glendale, CA)
‘’Mountain Bloom’’, signed lower left: F. Grayson Sayre, gouache on board under
glass, board size: 6’’ x 8’’, est:$1000/1500
Provenance: Private Collection, Northern California. Visual: Generally good
condition. Not examined out of the frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
4 Alfred R. Mitchell (1888-1972 San Diego, CA)
San Jacinto Mountains landscape, circa 1940s, signed lower right: Alfred R. Mitchell,
oil on board, 8’’ x 10’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Private Residence, Riverside County, CA, by descent in family to the
present owner, San Diego, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: No
evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
5 George Gardner Symons (1863-1930 New York, NY/Laguna Beach, CA)
Stream through a winter landscape, signed lower right: Gardner Symons,
oil on board, 8’’ x 10’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Private Collection, Orange County, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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6 Anna Althea Hills (1882-1930 Laguna Beach, CA)
‘’Dog’s Head Point’’, coastal, signed lower left A.A. Hills, signed again, titled and dated
verso: 1914, oil on canvasboard, 7’’ x 10’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Nonprofit, Altadena, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight:
No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
7 Orrin A. White (1883-1969 Pasadena, CA)
Two works: ‘’Cypress - Monterey’’ and Monterey coastal, each: signed lower right:
Orrin A. White, the first: titled verso, each: oil on board, the first: 9.25’’ x 11.75’’,
est:$3000/4000
Note: Dimensions of the second: 10’’ x 11.75’’. Provenance: Estate, Sunland, CA.
Visual: Each: Generally good condition. The second: Frame abrasion along the right
edge. Blacklight: Each: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL
SALES FINAL.
8 August Gay (1890-1948 Carmel, CA)
‘’Bathers and Boats, Monterey’’, figures wading in the surf, signed and numbered
verso: Gay 14, oil on board, 10’’ x 13.25’’, est:$20,000/30,000
Note: Sand is mixed into the oil ground of the painting which presumably occurred
while Gay was painting the scene on the beach. An unfinished sketch depicting a
building in a landscape is on the verso. Provenance: Bonham’s and Butterfields, San
Francisco, CA, December 10, 2003, lot 6259 ($35,250); Private Collection, Los Angeles,
CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: The sand fluoresces under
blacklight. No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
9 Si Chen Yuan (1911-1974 Monterey, CA)
Blooming cherry tree near houses, Monterey, CA, signed lower right: S.C. Yuan,
oil on masonite, 7.75’’ x 10’’, est:$3000/4000
Provenance: Private Collection, Pasadena, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
10 John M. Gamble (1863-1957 Santa Barbara, CA)
‘’Poppies’’, overlooking a coastal landscape, signed lower left: John M. Gamble,
signed again and titled verso, oil on canvasboard, 8’’ x 10’’, est:$8000/10,000
Provenance: Private Collection, Santa Fe, NM. Visual: Generally good condition. One
very minor spot of craquelure in the extreme upper left corner. One spot of loss on the
lower center edge. Blacklight: A few scattered spots of touch-up in the upper right
corner in the cloud, a .5’’ x .25’’ spot of touch-up in the lower left corner. One dot of
touch-up to address the paint loss on the lower center edge. Three other very minor
spots of possible touch-up in the lower right corner. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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11 Alexis M. Podchernikoff (1886-1933 Santa Barbara, CA)
Eucalyptus landscape, signed lower left: A.M. Podchernikoff, oil on canvas, 8’’ x 10’’,
est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Private Collection, Santa Fe, NM. Visual: Generally good condition.
Stretcher bar creases along edges. Very fine minor stable craquelure in the center of
the trees and in the center of the foreground. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration
under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
12 Jules E. Pages (1867-1946 San Francisco, CA)
‘’Anemones and the Green Vase’’, signed lower right: Jules Pages, titled on the
original board backing, oil on canvasboard, 8.75’’ x 6.5’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Private Collection, Pasadena, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Minor frame abrasion along right edge. Blacklight: Uneven varnish along the right
edge but otherwise no evidence of touch-up under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES
FINAL.
13 Henry C. Balink (1882-1963 Santa Fe, NM)
Zinnias or chrysanthemums in blue vase, signed lower right: Henry C. Balink,
oil on canvas, 16.25’’ x 15’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: David Cook Galleries, Denver, CO (see verso label). Visual: Craquelure
throughout with some scattered areas of instability. A few tiny specks of loss
scattered throughout. Blacklight: Scattered spots of touch-up and restoration along
the upper edge, the largest measuring 1.5’’. Restoration along the right edge with the
largest area measuring 4’’ x 1.75’’. Other scattered touch-up along the tablecloth, the
largest area measuring .75’’ x 1.75’’. Scattered touch-up along the left edge, largest a
quarter-sized area. Scattered spots of touch-up on the left side of the largest center
flower and on two neighboring flowers with a corresponding repair patch verso.
Other minor scattered spots of touch-up throughout. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
14 Joseph P. Birren (1864-1933 Chicago, IL)
‘’Eleanor Louise’’, portrait of a girl with potted flowers, signed lower left: Jos. Pierre
Birren, signed again and titled on a partial label affixed to the stretcher, oil on canvas
laid to canvas, 20’’ x 16’’, est:$2500/3500
Visual: Generally good condition with stable craquelure throughout. A tiny spot of
loss in the lower left. Blacklight: A few minor spots of touch-up in the upper left.
AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
15 Jean Mannheim (1863-1945 Pasadena, CA)
‘’Happiness’’, woman reclining in a chair near a lily pond, probably the artist’s
daughter, signed lower right: J. Mannheim, titled on stretcher, oil on canvas,
34’’ x 39’’, est:$20,000/30,000
Note: This painting will be in the forthcoming biography of the artist written by
Richard Reitzell. Provenance: Private Collection, Calimesa, CA. Visual: Generally
good condition. Minor, stable craquelure throughout. Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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16 O. Theodore Jackman (1878-1940 La Crescenta, CA)
Nude Arcadian women dancing and playing music, signed lower left: Theodore
Jackman, oil on canvas, 28’’ x 36’’, est:$4000/6000
Provenance: Estate of the artist, by descent in family, Private Collection, Montrose,
CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Heavy stable craquelure throughout with
isolated, scattered areas of unstable craquelure. A few scattered specks of paint loss
throughout. Canvas is loose on the stretchers. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration
under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
17 O. Theodore Jackman (1878-1940 La Crescenta, CA)
Spanish dancer, signed lower right: Theodore Jackman, oil on waxed canvas,
30’’ x 25.25’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Estate of the artist, by descent in family, Private Collection, Montrose,
CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Frame abrasion along edges. A pinhole-sized
puncture with paint loss to the upper portion of the man’s thigh. Blacklight: A vertical
area of restoration extending from the dancer’s left cheek to man’s left cheek,
measuring approximately 11.5’’ long. A 1.25’’ x 1.75’’ area of touch-up in the upper left
corner. Minor scattered touch-up along the right edge. A 1’’ x .25’’ area of touch-up
along the lower center edge. Other minor scattered spots of touch-up to the upper
portion of the background. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
18 O. Theodore Jackman (1878-1940 La Crescenta, CA)
‘’Spanish Matador’’, signed and dated lower right: Theodore Jackman ‘20,
oil on canvas, 20’’ x 16’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Permanent Memorial Collection, Laguna Beach Art Association, Laguna
Beach, CA, donated by Violet Jackman, 1950 (see label verso); Estate of the artist;
Private Collection, Montrose, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Canvas loose on
stretcher with bulge extending from figure’s face to the center right edge. Blacklight:
No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
19 William Hahn (1829-1887 San Francisco, CA)
Bugle Calls- Postman, signed, dated and indistinctly inscribed lower right: W. Hahn
Su*** 1862, oil on canvas laid to canvas, 25.75’’ x 36.5’’, est:$15,000/20,000
Note: The present work is one of a series of eight paintings by the artist that
together create a timeline of genre scenes from morning until evening of a single
day. Locations of the other paintings from this series are unknown. The painting is
within a carved gilt wood frame, probably circa 1900, with a laurel garland-carved
edge above fluted concave sides with further molded stippled borders. Provenance:
Private Collection, Studio City, CA, acquired 1960s. Visual: Stable craquelure and
crazing throughout. Canvas is wax-lined as stated and has replaced stretcher bars.
The frame is re-gilt. Blacklight: A 4’’ x 1’’ horizontal area of touch-up and other minor
spots of touch-up in the upper left quadrant. A quarter-sized area of touch-up in the
upper center. Crack-fill on the horses and a pea-sized spot of touch-up on the dog in
the lower right corner. A 1’’ diagonal area of touch-up on the bugle player’s chest and
left arm and a few other spots of minor touch-up on his limbs. Minor crack-fill on the
heads and limbs of the woman, children and dog on the left side. Other minor spots
of touch-up in the background in the upper left, lower right and one spot in the lower
center. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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20 Elizabeth Jaynes Borglum (1848-1922 Los Angeles, CA)
Girl and dog in a forest interior, signed and dated lower left: Elizabeth Janes (sic)
Borglum 1892, oil on canvas, 27.5’’ x 23’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Private Collection, Palos Verdes Estates, CA. Visual: Generally good,
original condition. Blacklight: Areas on the back side of the dog and the right edge of
the girl’s dress fluoresce under blacklight but these areas appear to be re-workings
by the artist. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
21 Elizabeth Jaynes Borglum (1848-1922 Los Angeles, CA)
Still life with grapes, signed, inscribed and dated lower left: Elizabeth Borglum Cal.
Nov 1904, oil on canvas laid to canvas, 24’’ x 18’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Private Collection, Palos Verdes Estates, CA. Visual: Tacking edges
removed from the front painted canvas and then laid to a secondary canvas
presumably by the artist. The lower half of ‘Cal. Nov. 1904’ painted on the backing
canvas. Isolated areas of stable bubbling to the front canvas in the upper left corner
and in the right center. A few scattered small areas of stable craquelure in the
upper left and on the grapes. Blacklight: No apparent evidence of restoration under
blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
22 Ellen Burpee Farr (1840-1907 Pasadena, CA)
Still Life with tamales and chili peppers, signed and dated lower left: Ellen B. Farr ‘92,
oil on canvas, 21’’ x 34.25’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Private Collection, Palos Verdes Estates, CA. Visual: Generally good
condition. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES
FINAL.
23 Joseph Kleitsch (1882-1931 Santa Ana, CA)
‘’Portrait of William C. Baker’’, signed and dated upper right: J. Kleitsch 1909, signed
and dated again verso, oil on canvas, 54.5’’ x 38.5’’, est:$25,000/35,000
Literature: Dr. P. Trenton, ‘’Joseph Kleitsch: A Kaleidoscope of Color’’, Irvine Museum,
Irvine, CA, 2007, pp. 57, 59, plate 20, illustrated. Note: Joseph Kleitsch met the sitter
of the present work, William Baker, on a train trip to Denver in 1904 and the two men
quickly became friends. Baker worked for the Union Pacific Railway and ‘’aspired
to be an artist’’ (Dr. P. Trenton, ‘’Joseph Kleitsch: A. Kaleidoscope of Color’’, p. 56). In
1907, at the request of Baker, Kleitsch and his wife Emma left Denver for Hutchinson,
KS. There Baker arranged for Kleitsch to work at the Hausman School of Penmanship
as an art instructor. When Kleitsch’s time in Kansas failed to reward him financially,
he and Emma traveled to Mexico City with Baker (Trenton, p. 56). In Mexico, Kleitsch
lived modestly but produced some important portraits and still lifes in an ‘’academicrealist
style,’’ including this portrait. ‘’A 1909 portrait of Baker. . . captured at his
desk in repose, with his penmanship tools spread out before him, is a grander and
more accomplished picture. Painted in an academic-realist style like Kleitsch’s other
works of this period, it is a more relaxed representation in a neutral palette with
a smooth finish. The background is elaborated with strokes of muted color and a
small picture on the wall, a treatment that appears again in Kleitsch’s later portraits’’
(Trenton, pp. 57, 59). Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern
California. Visual: Fine, stable craquelure scattered throughout. Canvas appears to
have been rolled. Horizontal water damage and mold approximately one third from
the upper edge and one third from the lower edge. Blacklight: Fluorescence in the
areas of water damage under blacklight. An area of older restoration, a very clean
6’’ repair, extending diagonally up from the figure’s forehead. Possible other areas
of restoration along the edges, over the figure’s left eye, on the chair and in the
background. We recommend having a professional restorer view the painting prior to
bidding. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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24 Joseph Kleitsch (1882-1931 Santa Ana, CA)
Portrait of a woman seated in the Athenaeum Club Room, Chicago, signed lower right:
J. Kleitsch, oil on canvas laid to canvas, 33’’ x 25.25’’, est:$20,000/30,000
Literature: Dr. P. Trenton, ‘’Joseph Kleitsch: A Kaleidoscope of Color’’, Irvine Museum,
Irvine, CA, 2007, plate 20, pp. 79-80, illustrated. Note: This portrait of a woman seated
in a richly textured interior was executed during a period of tremendous creative
growth for Kleitsch. After spending time in various American cities and abroad in
Mexico, Kleitsch returned to Chicago in 1912. By the following year, he was an active
member of the Palette and Chisel Club located in the Athenaeum Building, where he
leased his own studio space about 1915. There he expanded his subject matter to
include interior figural works full of elaborate detail, employing dramatic, controlled
lighting in his compositions (Dr. P. Trenton, ‘’Joseph Kleitsch: A Kaleidoscope of
Color’’, pp. 71, 78). The sitter of the present portrait is likely Miss Irene Petrtyl, niece
of the 1906 Palette & Chisel Club President, August Petrtyl, who also sat for Kleitsch.
Alternatively, she may be a Lithuanian relative of the artist’s second wife Edna
whom Kleitsch married in 1914 (Trenton, pp. 72, 79). Dr. Trenton dates this painting
to circa 1915, based in part on the interior furnishings identifying it as the Club
Room of the Athenaeum Building in Chicago, and the sitter’s hair style and clothes
(ibid, pp. 79-80). ‘’The sitter’s fine jewelry indicates that she is dressed for a formal
occasion. The room’s traditional furnishings and accessories complement the elegant
formality of the rich silk crepe-de-chine dress. Tribal rugs from the Caucasus and
a Navajo blanket thrown over the piano add further exoticism to the scene’’ (ibid,
p. 80). Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Blacklight: A dime-sized spot of touch-up with some other
minor vertical touch-ups on the upper center edge with a few other minor spots in
the upper right corner. A spot of touch-up to the lower center measuring .75’’ x 1.5’’.
Minor scattered spots of touch-up along edges to address frame abrasion. AS-IS. ALL
SALES FINAL.
25 Charles A. Rogers (1848-1918 San Francisco, CA)
Figure in a Chinatown alley, signed and dated lower left: Chas. A. Rogers 1912,
oil on board, 8’’ x 5’’, est:$1000/1500
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Frame abrasion along edges. Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
26 William Edward Taverner (1864-1906 San Francisco, CA)
California mission, signed and dated lower left: W.E. Taverner 1903, watercolor on
paper under glass, sight size: 9.5’’ x 13.5’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Private Collection, Reno, NV. Visual: Generally good condition with
minor toning to the paper. Not examined out of the frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
27 No Lot
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28 Sydney J. Yard (1855-1909 Monterey, CA)
California landscape with poppies and lupine, signed lower left: Sydney J. Yard,
watercolor on paper under glass, sight size: 13.25’’ x 19.25’’, est:$1500/2000
Visual: Generally good condition with toning to the paper primarily evident in the sky.
Not examined out of the frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
29 Sydney J. Yard (1855-1909 Monterey, CA)
Eucalyptus trees in a coastal landscape, signed lower right: Sydney J. Yard,
watercolor on paper, sight size: 9.75’’ x 13.75’’, est:$1000/1500
Visual: Generally good condition. Not examined out of the frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES
FINAL.
30 Gunnar Widforss (1879-1934 Grand Canyon, AZ)
California redwood grove, signed and dated lower left: Widforss 1925, watercolor on
paper under glass, 22.5’’ x 18’’, est:$10,000/15,000
Provenance: The Drury Estate, Whittier, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Not
examined out of frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
31 Gunnar Widforss (1879-1934 Grand Canyon, AZ)
Grand Canyon, signed and dated lower right: Widforss -2*, watercolor on paperboard
under glass, board size: 7’’ x 5’’, est:$6000/8000
Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Springs, CA. Visual: Generally good condition
with minor toning throughout and mat burn along the extreme edges. The last letter
of the artist’s last name and the last number of the date are cut off indicating that
perhaps the paper was slightly cut down. Affixed to the front mat with old tape. AS-
IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
32 Granville Redmond (1871-1935 Los Angeles, CA)
California landscape with eucalyptus trees and poppies, signed lower left: Granville
Redmond, oil on canvas, 12’’ x 16’’, est:$30,000/40,000
Note: A page from a Kanst Art Gallery exhibition brochure showing the artist’s
biography is affixed to the stretcher and the frame. Provenance: L.G. Scovern
Sr., Glendale, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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33 Edgar A. Payne (1883-1947 Los Angeles, CA)
‘’Snowy Slopes’’, signed lower left: Edgar Payne, titled on artist label affixed verso,
oil on canvas laid to board, 11.5’’ x 15.5’’, est:$9000/12,000
Provenance: Private Collection, Orange County, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: Scattered minor spots of touch-up in the sky. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
34 Eugene M. Frandzen (1893-1972 Pasadena, CA)
‘’Mr. Smith’s South Fifty’’, signed lower left: Eugene M. Frandzen, titled on an
exhibition label affixed to the frame, oil on canvas, 18’’ x 24.25’’, est:$1500/2000
Exhibited: Laguna Beach Art Association Membership Exhibition, Laguna Beach,
CA, n.d. (see verso label). Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern
California. Visual: Generally good condition. Slight bulging to canvas along upper
right corner edges. Two pinhole-sized spots of paint loss on upper edge. Blacklight:
No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
35 Henry L. Richter (1870-1960 Rolling Hills, CA)
‘’Snowmass Peak, Rocky Mountains near Aspen, Colo.’’, signed lower left: Henry L.
Richter, titled on the stretcher, oil on canvas, 23.75’’ x 30.25’’, est:$2000/3000
Note: An original black and white photograph is included with the lot which shows
the painting hanging in the original owner’s home. Provenance: Private Collection,
Laguna Beach, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Moderate stable craquelure
throughout with some areas of unstable craquelure in the upper left and right center
edge. One minor spot of paint loss along the right center right. Minor frame abrasion
along edges. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL
SALES FINAL.
36 Jack Wilkinson Smith (1873-1949 Alhambra, CA)
‘’Bow River Valley’’, mountain landscape, signed lower right: Jack Wilkinson Smith,
titled on the stretcher, oil on canvas, 20’’ x 24’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Kievits Gallery, Pasadena, CA (see label verso); Estate, La Canada, CA.
Visual: Canvas is loose on the stretcher. Moderate stable craquelure throughout with
isolated areas of unstable craquelure. A few very minor scattered spots of loss in
sky and in the lower right and left quadrants. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration
under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
37 Nell Brooker Mayhew (1875-1940 Los Angeles, CA)
Sycamores in a mountain landscape, 1926, signed lower center: N. Brooker Mayhew,
oil on canvas, 32’’ x 40’’, est:$3000/4000
Provenance: Private Residence, Florida. Visual: Generally good condition. Some
very minor diagonal rippling to the canvas. A few very minor spots of paint loss in
the upper left corner and along the lower center edge. Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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38 Joseph P. Birren (1864-1933 Chicago, IL)
‘’Santa Ana Range’’, signed lower right: Joseph P. Birren, signed again, titled and
numbered verso: 34, oil on masonite, 20’’ x 24’’, est:$2000/3000
Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: Minor spots of crack-fill on the trees in
the center and right. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
39 Howard Everett Smith A.N.A. (1885-1970 Carmel, CA)
‘’Horses Under Trees, Carmel Valley’’, signed lower right: Howard E. Smith, signed
again and titled verso and on the stretcher, oil on canvas, 25’’ x 30’’, est:$5000/7000
Exhibited: National Academy, New York, NY; Guild of Boston Artists, Boston, MA;
Stanford (sic) Art Museum, Stamford, CT; Exhibit of Western artists, Santa Ana Elks
Club, Santa Ana, CA, 1969; Santa Ana Womens’ Club, Santa Ana, CA, 1969 (see
inscription verso). Provenance: Mrs. M.F. Tillitson, Anaheim, CA; Property from a
Private Collection, Southern California. Visual: Generally good condition. Very slight
vertical rippling along the left half of the upper edge, would benefit from cleaning.
Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
40 Howard Everett Smith A.N.A. (1885-1970 Carmel, CA)
‘’Muriel Vanderbilt Horses, Carmel Valley’’, signed lower left: Howard E. Smith, signed
again and titled verso, oil on canvas, 20’’ x 24.25’’, est:$3000/5000
Note: Muriel Vanderbilt (1902-1982), great-granddaughter of railroad magnate
William Henry Vanderbilt (1821-1885), was a socialite and thoroughbred racehorse
breeder. In the 1930s she owned a ranch in Carmel Valley where the present work
was executed. Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California.
Visual: Generally good condition. Canvas was re-stretched to a larger dimension,
presumably by the artist, leaving two stretcher bar creases extending along the
upper edge with artist tacking holes between the creases. Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
41 Nicolai Fechin (1881-1955 Taos, NM)
‘’The (Sycamore) Tree’’, signed and dated twice lower left and right: N. Fechin ‘25,
titled on a gallery label affixed to the board backing, oil on canvas laid to canvas,
30’’ x 26’’, est:$250,000/350,000
Provenance: Fenn Galleries, Santa Fe New Mexico (see label verso); Private
Collection, Pasadena, CA, acquired directly from the above. Visual: Generally good
condition. Very minor scattered specks of paint loss throughout with some very minor
stable craquelure in the lower half and upper right. Blacklight: No evidence of touchup
under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
42 Burt Procter (1901-1980 Palm Springs, CA)
‘’Watching’’, Indian figures with horse, signed lower center: Burt Procter, titled on
paper label affixed verso, oil on masonite, 20’’ x 30’’, est:$3000/4000
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. One minor spot of paint loss in the upper right quadrant.
Blacklight: Possible artist retouches to area above Indian’s head. AS-IS. ALL SALES
FINAL.
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43 Burt Procter (1901-1980 Palm Springs, CA)
‘’Desert Shadows’’, signed lower right: Burt Procter, signed again verso, titled on the
stretcher, oil on canvas, 16’’ x 24’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Mrs. M. F. Tillitson, Anaheim, CA; Property from a Private Collection,
Southern California. Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
44 Marjorie Reed (1915-1996 Vallecito, CA)
Figures in a mission scene, signed lower right: Marjorie Reed, oil on canvas,
20’’ x 24’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Estate, Fallbrook, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: No
evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
45 Nicolas De Grandmaison (1892-1978 Canadian)
‘’John Hunter’’, Indian portrait, signed lower left: N. Grandmaison, titled lower right,
pastel on tan paper under glass, sight size: 19.25’’ x 14’’, est:$4000/6000
Exhibited: Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA, n.d. Provenance: Property from a Private
Collection, Southern California. Visual: Generally good condition. Not examined out
of frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
46 Walter Ufer (1876-1936 Taos, NM)
‘’Taos Medicine Man’’, signed lower right: W. Ufer, oil on canvas laid to canvas,
18’’ x 15.25’’, est:$40,000/60,000
Literature: Jim Fowler’s Period Gallery West, Scottsdale, AZ, Spring and Summer
Catalog, 1979, p. 31, illustrated, as ‘Taos Shaman’. Provenance: Private Collection,
Texas; Jim Fowler’s Period Gallery West, Scottsdale, AZ; Private collection, Beverly
Hills, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Frame abrasion along edges. Fine stable
craquelure throughout. Blacklight: Minor crack-fill and spots of touch-up in the
upper and left portion of the face with minor spots of touch-up in the lower and right
portion of hat. One minor spot of touch-up on the center lower edge. AS-IS. ALL
SALES FINAL.
47 Clarence Ellsworth (1885-1961 Los Angeles, CA)
‘’Signal of Buffalo Sighting (Sioux Indians)’’, signed and dated lower right: Clarence
Ellsworth 1929, oil on waxed canvas, 13’’ x 19’’, est:$3000/5000
Exhibited: Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA, n.d. Provenance: Property from a
Private Collection, Southern California. Visual: Generally good condition. Frame
abrasion along edges. Blacklight: Touch-up along edges to address frame abrasion.
A .25’’ x 1.75’’ line of touch-up along the center right edge. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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48 Clarence Ellsworth (1885-1961 Los Angeles, CA)
Standing Indian chief in full length headdress, signed and dated lower right: Clarence
Ellsworth 1929, oil on waxed canvas, 19’’ x 13’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight.
AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
49 Clarence Ellsworth (1885-1961 Los Angeles, CA)
‘’Chief Oglala’’, Indian portrait, signed and dated upper left: Clarence Ellsworth 1934,
titled on the stretcher, oil on canvas, 12’’ x 10’’, est:$1000/2000
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Stretcher bar creases along edges. A few very minor
scattered pinhole-sized spots of loss in the background. A 1’’ vertical line of unstable
craquelure with very minor pinhole-sized spots of loss. Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
50 Elbridge Ayer Burbank (1858-1949 San Francisco, CA)
‘’Chief Gall, Sioux’’, Indian portrait, signed lower left: E.A. Burbank, titled upper left,
oil on canvas, 10.25’’ x 8’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. A few minor pinhole-sized spots of loss above the head
and one spot in the upper portion of the hair. Slight bulging in the center and upper
portion of the canvas. Would benefit from cleaning and restoration. Blacklight: No
evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
51 Gilbert Gaul (1855-1919 New York, NY)
Sioux Camp, signed lower left: Gilbert Gaul, oil on waxed canvas, 18.25’’ x 24.25’’,
est:$4000/6000
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Frame abrasion along edges. Blacklight: Scattered touchup
along edges to address frame abrasion. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
52 Edgar Samuel Paxson (1852-1919 Missoula, MT)
‘’After the Shower in the Land of Crows’’, signed, titled and numbered on an artist’s
gum label affixed to the stretcher: no. 4, titled again in pencil on an artist’s studio label
affixed to the stretcher, oil on canvas, 22’’ x 36’’, est:$40,000/60,000
Provenance: William Edgar Paxson, grandson of the artist, Whittier, CA; Property
from a Private Collection, Southern California, acquired directly from the above,
1963. Visual: Generally good condition. Minor scattered sections of stable craquelure
throughout the sky. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS.
ALL SALES FINAL.
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53 Henry Raschen (1854-1937 San Francisco, CA)
‘’Apache on Horseback Returning Home’’, signed lower right: H. Raschen, titled on
printed exhibition label affixed to the stretcher, oil on canvas laid to canvas, 26’’ x 46’’,
est:$9000/12,000
Exhibited: Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA, n.d. Provenance: Property from a Private
Collection, Southern California. Visual: Tacking edges of the original canvas removed
when lined. Frame abrasion along edges. Stable fine craquelure throughout with an
area of instability in the upper right. Painted surface affected by cleaning and lining.
Blacklight: Extensive areas of touch-up on the clouds and sky in the upper left and
upper center. Other minor scattered spots of touch-up on the landscape. AS-IS. ALL
SALES FINAL.
54 Astley David Middleton Cooper (1856-1924 San Jose, CA)
Portrait of an Indian with headdress, signed lower left: A.D.M. Cooper, dated lower
right: 1907, oil on canvas laid to waxed canvas, 14’’ x 12’’, est:$1500/2500
Note: Original tacking edges have been removed. Provenance: Property from a
Private Collection, Southern California. Visual: Generally good condition. Very fine
minor stable craquelure throughout. As stated, original tacking edges have been
removed. Blacklight: A 1.25’’ line of touch-up extending from bottom right edge. A
few very minor scattered spots of touch-up along the lower right edge. A 4’’ x 3’’ area
on the neck fluoresces, possibly older restoration. Other possible scattered spots
of touch-up in the background, difficult to read under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES
FINAL.
55 Elbridge Ayer Burbank (1858-1949 San Francisco, CA)
‘’Tonte Ta, Navajo’’, portrait of an Indian in profile, signed lower left: E.A. Burbank,
titled upper left, oil on canvas, 10’’ x 8’’, est:$3000/4000
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight.
AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
56 Elbridge Ayer Burbank (1858-1949 San Francisco, CA)
‘’Hopi Building’’, titled, inscribed, and signed on paper label affixed verso,
oil on board, 8’’ x 10’’, est:$3000/5000
Note: Inscribed verso: Hopi building village at Polacca, Arizona. 90 miles in land
(sic) from the desert town near Holbrook, Arizona where the Santa Fe R.R. is - E.A.
Burbank. Provenance: Estate, Bellflower, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
57 Elbridge Ayer Burbank (1858-1949 San Francisco, CA)
‘’Indian Ruins in Arizona’’, signed lower left: E. A. Burbank, dated lower right:
1946, signed again and titled verso, oil on canvas laid to paper board, 4’’ x 6’’,
est:$1000/2000
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Frame abrasion along edges with paint loss to lower right
and left corners and upper left corner. Would benefit from cleaning. Blacklight: No
evidence of touch-up under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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58 Will Sparks (1862-1937 San Francisco, CA)
‘’Winter Evening- Arizona’’, signed lower left: Will Sparks, signed again and titled on a
label affixed verso, dated verso: April 10 - 25, oil on panel, 8’’ x 10’’, est:$3000/4000
Note: Inscribed and numbered in pencil in another hand on the label affixed verso:
Cassa (sic) Grande no. 75. Provenance: Bohemian Club, San Francisco, CA; Private
Collection, Palm Springs, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. A horizontal surface
crack across the painting 2’’ up from the lower edge. A tiny spot of loss in the upper
right corner. Blacklight: Very fine crack-fill throughout the sky and on the adobe.
Touch-up on the tree along the right center edge. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
59 Richard Dey De Ribcowsky (1880-1936 Los Angeles, CA)
‘’California Redwood Giants’’, redwoods in Mariposa National Park with a Yosemite
Indian encampment, signed lower left: D. De Ribcowsky, oil on canvas, 30.25’’ x 40’’,
est:$15,000/20,000
Note: A bound artist biography circa 1930 and an original letter dated May 12, 1934
from Richard Dey De Ribcowsky to purchaser John A. McCormick accompany the
lot: My Dear Mr. McCormick- The history of the three paintings which you bought are
as follows: ‘California Redwood Giants’ at Mariposa National Park are not far from
Redwood City, Cal and very near the Yosemite Valley. Here yet you see a small Indian
Reservation under the protection of the federal government. Some of these trees
are over two hundred feet in height and over eight hundred years old, many of these
trees were famous during the gold rush. Provenance: John A. McCormick, Chicago,
IL, purchased directly from the artist for $400, 1934 (see original letters); by descent
in the family to the present owners. Visual: Generally good condition with stable
craquelure throughout. Two spots of white paint on the painted surface above the
teepees. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES
FINAL.
60 Dedrick Stuber (1878-1954 Los Angeles, CA)
‘’Shipyards’’, signed lower middle left: Dedrick B. Stuber, oil on board, 15.75’’ x 20’’,
est:$4000/6000
Provenance: Private Collection, Orange County, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
A few very minor spots of loss in the upper left and right corners, one spot of loss on
the center left edge. One spot of loss in the far right building. Minor stable horizontal
craquelure throughout the center with one spot of unable craquelure near the right
upper edge. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL
SALES FINAL.
61 Williams Lees Judson (1842-1928 Los Angeles, CA)
Figures and boats on the California coast, signed lower left: W.L. Judson,
oil on canvas laid to masonite, 20’’ x 33.75’’, est:$4000/6000
Visual: Frame abrasion along left edge. Discolored varnish and surface dirt
throughout. One very minor spot of paint loss at the lower right corner of the base
on the rock formation. Blacklight: A few very minor scattered spots of touch-up
throughout the rock formation. A quarter-sized spot of older touch-up and a few other
scattered smaller areas in the upper left corner. A few scattered spots of touch-up to
the skiffs in the lower center. Other small spots of older and newer touch-up between
the figures and on that area of the beach. Possible older areas of touch-up in the sky
along the right edge. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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62 Armin C. Hansen (1886-1957 Monterey, CA)
‘’Under the Wharf’’, signed lower right: Armin Hansen, titled verso, oil on board,
9.75’’ x 14’’, est:$20,000/30,000
Provenance: Maxwell Galleries Ltd, San Francisco, CA; Private Collection, Los
Angeles, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Moderate crazing throughout. Minor
frame abrasion along edges. Blacklight: Very minor spots of touch-up on the lower
left edge, other very minor scattered spots of touch-up throughout. AS-IS. ALL SALES
FINAL.
63 Charles Rollo Peters (1862-1928 Monterey, CA)
Belvedere, 1905, signed lower left: Charles Rollo Peters, oil on canvas laid to canvas,
22.5’’ x 17’’, est:$20,000/30,000
Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Minor frame abrasion along edges, with paint loss in the upper left corner. Very fine
craquelure throughout. Blacklight: A few very minor spots of touch-up in the upper
left corner. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
64 Charles Rollo Peters (1862-1928 Monterey, CA)
Casa Alvarado, signed lower right: Charles Rollo Peters, oil on canvas, 16’’ x 24’’,
est:$12,000/18,000
Provenance: Estate, Portland, OR; Private Collection, Portland, OR, acquired from the
above, 1990s. Visual: Artist pinholes in the upper corners and along the upper center
and lower center edges. Areas of minor stable craquelure and a few specks of loss
in the upper right quadrant. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight.
AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
65 Charles Dyer Shed (1818-1893 Alameda, CA)
‘’Marin’’, figure on a lake in a mountain landscape, signed lower left: C.D. Shed,
oil on waxed canvas, 17.5’’ x 29.25’’, est:$3000/4000
Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Springs, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: One minor dime-sized spot of touch-up in the lower right corner. Older
crack-fill along the lower edge. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
66 Charles Harmon (1859-1936 San Jose, CA)
Mission San Diego de Alcala, signed lower right: C.H. Harmon, oil on canvasboard,
18’’ x 13.75’’, est:$3000/4000
Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Springs, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
One spot of loss on the upper edge. A horizontal line of surface abrasion above the
tiled roof measuring 1’’. Frame abrasion along edges. Surface residue along right
edge and throughout the sky. Would benefit from cleaning. Blacklight: No evidence
of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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67 Gordon Coutts (1868-1937 Palm Springs, CA)
Mission San Juan Capistrano, signed and dated lower right: Gordon Coutts 1906,
oil on board laid to board, 12.25’’ x 18.25’’, est:$2500/3500
Provenance: Private Collection, Reno, NV. Visual: Generally good condition. Paint
loss to extreme upper left corner with four artist pinholes in corners, not visible in
frame. Would benefit from cleaning. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under
blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
68 Frank Reed Whiteside (1866-1929 Philadelphia, PA)
View of San Gabriel Mission bell tower, signed and dated lower right: Frank Reed
Whiteside Mar ‘90, oil on waxed canvas, 12.25’’ x 9’’, est:$1500/2500
Provenance: David David Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (see label verso); Private
Collection, Palm Springs, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: A few
very minor scattered spots of touch-up in the tree. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
69 Frank Tenney Johnson A.N.A. (1874-1939 Los Angeles, CA)
‘’Old Mission Santa Barbara’’, unsigned, oil on board, 5.75’’ x 8’’, est:$2000/3000
Note: A label affixed verso states ‘This picture I authenticate as having been painted
by F. Tenney Johnson, N.A.’ and is signed by W.P. Krehm and Frank Panter. A printed
number is affixed verso: 703. Provenance: Property from a Private Collection,
Southern California. Visual: Generally good condition. A 1.25’’ line of paint loss
extending upward from the center right edge with other minor scattered spots of loss
surrounding it. Would benefit from cleaning and restoration. Blacklight: No evidence
of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
70 Charles Chapel Judson (1864-1946 Monterey, CA)
Coastal dunes, signed lower right: C. Chapel Judson, oil on canvas, 17’’ x 32’’,
est:$4000/6000
Provenance: Private Collection, Reno, NV. Visual: Generally good condition. Minor
frame abrasion and stable, minor craquelure in the center. An area of surface dirt in
the upper center in the sky. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight.
AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
71 Nels Hagerup (1864-1922 San Francisco, CA)
‘’The Pulse of the Pacific’’, signed lower left: N. Hagerup, oil on canvas,
16.25’’ x 28.25’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Springs, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
A pinhole-sized puncture in the extreme lower left corner. Minor frame abrasion
along the right and bottom edges. Blacklight: Possible touch-up in the lower right
corner. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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72 Frank H. Myers (1899-1956 Pacific Grove, CA)
‘’Prancing Waves’’, signed lower left: Frank H. Myers, signed again and titled verso,
oil on canvasboard, 17.75’’ x 24’’, est:$3000/5000
Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under
blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
73 Christian Siemer (1874-1940 Los Angeles, CA)
Lighthouse on Anacapa Island, signed lower left: Chris Siemer, oil on canvas,
24’’ x 36’’, est:$6000/8000
Note: The light house depicted was built in 1932 and is located on Anacapa Island,
one of the Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara, CA. Provenance: Private
Collection, Orange County, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. A section of minor
stable craquelure to the right of the foliage on the beach. Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
74 Max Kuehne (1880-1968 New York, NY)
Chioggia boats, signed lower right: Kuehne, oil on canvas, 16’’ x 20’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Private Collection, Beverly Hills, CA. Visual: Frame abrasion along
edges. Canvas loose on the stretcher with stretcher bar creases along edges.
Minor isolated scattered spots of craquelure throughout. Canvas mounted to new
stretcher bars. Four artist pinholes in each extreme corner. Blacklight: No evidence
of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
75 Frederick Judd Waugh (1861-1940 Provincetown, MA)
‘’Marine’’, crashing waves on a rocky coast, signed lower right: Waugh, signed,
titled and numbered on paper label affixed to verso: 53, oil on wood panel, 36’’ x 48’’,
est:$15,000/20,000
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Two pinhole-sized spots of loss to center. White surface
residue in lower left corner and along the center left edge. Uneven discolored varnish
drips to center. A shallow vertical scattered surface scratch in the lower center.
Blacklight: Touch-up to address a horizontal 1.5’’ surface scratch on the rocks in
the lower right. Spots fluoresce in the lower center on the water and a few spots
fluoresce on the rocks in the lower right corner that may be older touch-up. AS-IS.
ALL SALES FINAL.
76 Frederick Judd Waugh (1861-1940 Provincetown, MA)
‘’Marine’’, crashing waves, signed lower right: Waugh, titled on museum label,
oil on canvas, 25.25’’ x 30’’, est:$3000/5000
Exhibited: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, ‘’Pertaining to
the Sea’’, March 23 - May 2, 1976, No. ex.76.485. Provenance: Grand Central Art
Galleries, New York, NY, No. 1742 (see label verso); Hans Duddenhaus, Hollywood,
CA, 1965 (see label verso); Property from a Private Collection, Southern California.
Visual: Generally good condition. Slight crazing to lower right and left rock
formations. Frame abrasion in lower right corner. Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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77 Robert Swain Gifford (1840-1905 New York, NY)
Two works: fisherman on the coast and Indian encampment, the first: signed and
dated lower left: Swain Gifford ‘71, the second: signed and dated lower right: Swain
Gifford ‘71, each: oil on canvas, each: 12’’ x 20’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Estate, Pasadena, CA. Visual: Each: Generally good condition. Frame
abrasion along the edges. The second: Generally good condition. Fine minor stable
craquelure throughout the sky. Blacklight: The first: Minor scattered spots of touchup
in the upper right and left corners. The second: No evidence of restoration under
blacklight. Uneven varnish. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
78 Marius Dahlgren (1844-1920 Tucson, AZ)
‘’Deer Stream’’, signed lower right: Maurice Dahlgren, oil on waxed canvas, 20’’ x 24’’,
est:$3000/5000
Exhibited: The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, no. 12 (see label verso). Provenance:
Collection of William and Zelma Bowser (see inscription on stretcher); Private
Collection, Palm Springs, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Frame abrasion along
edges. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES
FINAL.
79 George Inness, Jr (1854-1926 New York, NY)
Shepherd and sheep in an atmospheric landscape, signed lower left: Inness Jr,
oil on waxed canvas, 16’’ x 24’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Private Collection, Pasadena, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. A
very minor surface abrasion to the center in the sky. Blacklight: A few very minor
scattered spots of touch-up in the foreground. Other touch-up to the upper left
corner on the edges. A vertical line of touch-up extending from the upper right edge
measuring 1.75’’ x .5’’. Touch-up to address the surface abrasion. AS-IS. ALL SALES
FINAL.
80 Arthur Wesley Dow (1857-1922 New York, NY)
Cows resting on a hillside, signed and dated lower right: Arthur W. Dow 1890,
oil on masonite, 13.5’’ x 19.5’’, est:$10,000/15,000
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Minor stable craquelure throughout. Blacklight: Heavy
restoration to the upper right and left portions of the sky. Other touch-up along the left
edge. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
81 Fern Isabel Coppedge (1883-1951 New Hope, PA)
‘’Summer’’, the Delaware and Raritan Canal, near Lumberville, signed lower left:
Fern I. Coppedge, titled on artist label affixed to frame, oil on canvas, 18.25’’ x 20’’,
est:$25,000/35,000
Note: A nearly identical composition, lacking barge, is illustrated in J. Alterman,
‘’New Hope for American Art’’. Lambertville, New Jersey: Jim’s of Lambertville, 2005,
p.103. Provenance: Elizabeth Landan, PA, by descent to the Estate of Mary Jane
Patch, Alhambra, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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82 Carl Krafft (1884-1938 Oak Park, IL)
‘’The Outing’’, figures picnicking by a lake, signed lower right: Carl R. Krafft, titled on
an artist’s label verso, oil on board, 18’’ x 20’’, est:$15,000/20,000
Provenance: Private Collection, Pasadena, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
83 Pruett A. Carter (1891-1955 Los Angeles, CA)
Artist at his easel in a wooded landscape, signed lower left: Pruett Carter, signed
again and inscribed verso: Sketch, oil on canvas, 24’’ x 28.25’’, est:$2000/3000
Visual: A 1’’ horizontal area of loss along the upper edge and minor stretcher bar
creases. Blacklight: A scattered area of touch-up in the green pigments in the lower
right corner. Touch-up to address a loss in the upper right quadrant and a few dots
of touch-up to address pinhole-sized losses in the lower left quadrant. A few other
minor spots of touch-up in the upper half of the canvas. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
We are delighted to offer the following selection of paintings by three members of the
Blair family: Lee Blair, his wife Mary Blair and his brother Preston Blair (lots 84-88).
The paintings come directly from descendants of the artists and offer a rare opportunity
to obtain their early work. While each artist had successful commercial careers
in animation and film production at important studios such as Disney and MGM, the
present works reveal the artists’ personal non-commercial expressions of early California
painted in the mediums of oil and watercolor.
84 Lee Blair AWS (1911-1993 Los Angeles, CA)
Self-portrait of the artist wearing a red sweater on his shoulders standing before a
mirror, signed lower right: Blair, oil on canvas, 40.25’’ x 30.25’’, est:$2000/4000
Exhibited: Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, ‘’The Colors of Mary Blair’’,
July-October 2009. Literature: J. Canemaker et al, ‘’The Colors of Mary Blair’’, Tokyo,
2009, p. 28, illustrated. Provenance: Estate of the artist; by descent in the artist’s
family to the present owners. Visual: Generally good condition. Minor frame abrasion
along right and lower edges. Blacklight: Two very minor spots of touch-up on the
lower center and left edge. A few very minor scattered spots of touch-up throughout
the lower portion of the figure’s shirt and sweater. Two small areas of touch-up on the
left shoulder and a nickel-sized area of touch-up above the right shoulder. Two areas
of touch-up along the left center edge, each measuring 2’’ x .75’’. A few scattered,
small areas of touch-up and restoration to the mirror, the largest approximately 3’’ x
.75’’. Two dime-sized spots of touch-up on the left side of figure’s forehead. Scattered
touch-up along the upper left edge, the largest thin line measuring 2.5’’ x .5’’. AS-IS.
ALL SALES FINAL.
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85 Mary Blair (1911-1978 Soquel, CA)
‘’San Francisco Night’’, 1933, signed lower right: Mary Blair, watercolor on Arches
paper under glass, sight size: 19.5’’ x 13.5’’, est:$1000/2000
Exhibited: Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, ‘’Dream and Perspective: The
American Scene in Southern California 1930-1945’’, August 23, 1991 - November
3, 1991; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, ‘’The Colors of Mary Blair’’,
July-October 2009. Literature: J. Canemaker et al, ‘’The Colors of Mary Blair’’, Tokyo,
2009, p. 34, illustrated. Note: According to the artist’s niece, ‘San Francisco Night’
was painted in the mid 1930s shortly after Mary married her fellow Chouinard Art
Institute student Lee Blair and the couple moved briefly to San Francisco. According
to John Canemaker in his essay ‘’The Colors of Mary Blair’’, Mary was a diligent
and determined student at Chouinard and intended to become an illustrator (p. 15).
‘’Lee’s focus on the fine arts influenced Mary, and the couple idealistically promised
to dedicate themselves to a life together as serious, non-commercial painters. They
became key participants in an art movement known as the California School of
watercolor. . . [But] fiscal realities soon intruded on the Blairs’ dream of a shared
dedication to l’art pour l’art’’ and the artists went to work for the Hollywood animation
studios. (J. Canemaker, p. 15). ‘’San Francisco Night’’ reveals the artist’s dexterity
in the medium of watercolor, her strong sense of color and in particular her use of
light and shadow, and her ability to create a complex and dramatic composition.
Provenance: Estate of the artist; by descent in the artist’s family to the present
owners. Visual: Generally good condition. Scattered artist pinholes along the upper
edge and an artist pinhole in the lower left corner. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
86 Preston Blair (1908-1995 Carmel, CA)
Night scene with cable car, probably Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, CA, signed lower right:
Preston Blair, unframed watercolor with gouache highlights on paper, 21.5’’ x 30’’,
est:$1000/2000
Exhibited: Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, ‘’The Colors of Mary Blair’’,
July-October 2009. Literature: J. Canemaker et al, ‘’The Colors of Mary Blair’’, Tokyo,
2009, p. 39, illustrated. Provenance: Estate of the artist; by descent in the artist’s
family to the present owners. Visual: Generally good condition. Colors strong. Paper
loose in archival protector. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
87 Lee Blair AWS (1911-1993 Los Angeles, CA)
Deep sea fishing, unsigned, watercolor on paper under glass, paper size: 10.5’’ x 15’’,
est:$1000/2000
Exhibited: Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, ‘’The Colors of Mary Blair’’,
July-October 2009. Literature: J. Canemaker et al, ‘’The Colors of Mary Blair’’, Tokyo,
2009, p. 38, illustrated. Provenance: Estate of the artist; by descent in the artist’s
family to the present owners. Visual: Generally good condition with a light, 7’’ vertical
crease in the center. Artist pinhole in the upper right corner. Hinged with archival
tape along the upper and lower center edges and in the upper corners. AS-IS. ALL
SALES FINAL.
88 Lee Blair AWS (1911-1993 Los Angeles, CA)
‘’Redwood Stumps’’, signed lower right: Blair, signed again and titled on the original
board backing, watercolor on paper under glass, sight size: 17’’ x 21’’, est:$1000/2000
Exhibited: Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, ‘’The Colors of Mary Blair’’,
July-October 2009. Literature: J. Canemaker et al, ‘’The Colors of Mary Blair’’, Tokyo,
2009, p. 37, illustrated, as ‘Redwood Slashings’. Provenance: Estate of the artist; by
descent in the artist’s family to the present owners. Visual: Generally good condition
with minor vertical rippling along the upper edge and a center vertical crease. A tiny
hole along the upper right edge. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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89 Jake Lee (1915-1991 Los Angeles, CA)
New Year’s dragon dance- downtown Chinatown, signed lower right: Jake Lee,
watercolor on paper under glass, paper size: 41’’ x 31’’, est:$3000/5000
Note: We are pleased to offer eleven important watercolors by Jake Lee chronicling
the history of Chinese Americans in California through the depiction of commerce
and cultural events (lots 89-94 and 115-119). The paintings were commissioned by the
original owner of a Chinese restaurant on Grant Avenue in San Francisco to educate
his customers about Chinese culture and the contributions of the Chinese people to
California. Full of figures, bright colors and fine details, these large-scale watercolors
are exceptional examples of the artist’s work. Provenance: Acquired directly from
the artist, San Francisco, CA; Private Collection, San Francisco, CA, acquired from
the above, 1980s; by descent in the family to the present owner, Private Collection,
Los Angeles, CA. Visual: Generally good condition with spots of surface mildew
throughout. Not examined out of the frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
90 Jake Lee (1915-1991 Los Angeles, CA)
Day at the theatre- Chinatown, signed lower left: Jake Lee, watercolor on paper
under glass, paper size: 41’’ x 31’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, San Francisco, CA; Private Collection,
San Francisco, CA, acquired from the above, 1980s; by descent in the family to the
present owner, Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Not examined out of the frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
91 Jake Lee (1915-1991 Los Angeles, CA)
Cigar shop- Chinatown, signed lower center: Jake Lee, watercolor on paper under
glass, paper size: 41’’ x 31’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, San Francisco, CA; Private Collection,
San Francisco, CA, acquired from the above, 1980s; by descent in the family to the
present owner, Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Not examined out of the frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
92 Jake Lee (1915-1991 Los Angeles, CA)
Pig farm, signed lower left: Jake Lee, watercolor on paper under glass, paper size:
41’’ x 31’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, San Francisco, CA; Private Collection,
San Francisco, CA, acquired from the above, 1980s; by descent in the family to the
present owner, Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Not examined out of the frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
93 Jake Lee (1915-1991 Los Angeles, CA)
Chinese people unloading dry goods, San Francisco, signed lower center: Jake Lee,
watercolor on paper under glass, paper size: 41’’ x 31’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, San Francisco, CA; Private Collection,
San Francisco, CA, acquired from the above, 1980s; by descent in the family to the
present owner, Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA. Visual: Generally good condition
with spots of surface mildew throughout. Not examined out of the frame. AS-IS. ALL
SALES FINAL.
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94 Jake Lee (1915-1991 Los Angeles, CA)
Building the Intercontinental Railroad through the Sierra Nevada Range, signed lower
right: Jake Lee, watercolor on paper under glass, paper size: 41’’ x 31’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, San Francisco, CA; Private Collection,
San Francisco, CA, acquired from the above, 1980s; by descent in the family to the
present owner, Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA. Visual: Generally good condition
with spots of surface mildew throughout. Not examined out of the frame. AS-IS. ALL
SALES FINAL.
95 Emil J. Kosa, Jr (1903-1968 Los Angeles, CA)
‘’Oil Pond’’, signed lower left: Emil J. Kosa Jr, titled on the frame, watercolor on
Arches paper under glass, paper size: 15’’ x 22.5’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist; by descent in the family to the present
owner, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Hinged along the upper and lower
edges to the front mat. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
96 Phil Paradise (1905-1997 Santa Barbara, CA)
Boats in a town harbor, signed lower right: Phil Paradise, gouache and ink on paper
under glass, sight size: 9.25’’ x 13’’, est:$1000/1500
Provenance: Private Residence, Sherman Oaks, CA. Visual: Generally good
condition. Toning throughout. Not examined out of the frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES
FINAL.
97 Standish Backus, Jr (1910-1989 Santa Barbara, CA)
‘’Point Conception, California’’, signed and dated lower left: Standish Backus Jr
July ‘72, signed again in the mat liner lower right, titled in the mat liner lower left,
unframed watercolor on paper, paper size: 15.5’’ x 22.75’’, est:$3000/5000
Note: An unfinished watercolor of horses in a landscape verso. Provenance: Private
Residence, Massachusetts. Visual: Generally good condition. Horizontal bulging
extending the width of the paper in the center. Hinged along edges to front mat with
old tape. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
98 Phil Dike (1906-1990 Claremont, CA)
‘’Window on the Sea #2’’, signed and dated lower right: Phil Dike ‘72, titled and
numbered on a poem affixed to a secondary board backing, watercolor and gouache
on paperboard mounted to foamboard under glass, sight size: 21.25’’ x 14.25’’,
est:$2000/3000
Note: This was probably a study for a larger version, ‘’Window on the Sea #3’’. An
image of this larger painting and a typed poem about the ocean written by the artist
are affixed to secondary board backing. Provenance: Private Collection, La Quinta,
CA. Visual: Generally good condition. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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99 Arthur E. Beaumont (1890-1978 Los Angeles, CA)
Clipper ship at full sail, signed lower right: Arthur Beaumont, watercolor on paper laid
to board under glass, paper size: 19’’ x 26’’, est:$2500/3500
Provenance: Private Collection, Lancaster, CA; by descent in the family to the present
owner. Visual: Generally good condition. Slight toning throughout. Minor mat burning
to edges. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
100 Jack Laycox (1921-1984 San Francisco, CA)
View of the New York Central Building on Park Avenue, signed lower right: Jack
Laycox, watercolor on paper under glass, sight size: 21.25’’ x 29.5’’, est:$2000/3000
Note: The New York Central building, now the Helmsley building, was originally the
headquarters for the New York Central Rail Road Companies. Provenance: Private
Residence, New York, NY. Visual: Generally good condition. Colors strong. Slight
vertical bulging to upper third of paper. Not examined out of frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES
FINAL.
101 Carl Oscar Borg A.N.A (1879-1947 Santa Barbara, CA)
‘’Waterfall in Lone Pine Creek in the High Sierras, California’’, signed lower left: Carl
Oscar Borg, signed again and titled on artist label affixed verso, watercolor on paper
mounted on board under glass, paper size: 13.75’’ x 18.5’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Private Collection, Sweden. Visual: Generally good condition. Mounted
in corners to board backing. Two very minor, soft horizontal ripples in paper. AS-IS.
ALL SALES FINAL.
102 Henry Martin Gasser (1909-1981 Orange, NJ)
Abandoned house in winter, signed lower right: H. Gasser, gouache and watercolor
on paper under glass, sight size: 18.75’’ x 23’’, est:$4000/6000
Provenance: Private collection, Los Angeles, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Minor vertical rippling to upper edge. Colors strong. Not examined out of frame.
AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
103 William Wray (1956-* California)
‘’Engine, Los Angeles’’, diesel in a rail yard, 2008, signed lower right: W.M. Wray,
oil on panel, 24’’ x 32’’, est:$3000/4000
Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles. Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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104 Ben Abril (1923-1995 Los Angeles, CA)
‘’Angels Flight Railway, Los Angeles, Calif., 1932’’, signed lower right: Ben Abril,
signed again verso, titled on the stretcher, oil on canvas, 24’’ x 30’’, est:$5000/7000
Provenance: Private collection, Chico, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
105 John F. Budicin (1944-* San Bernardino, CA)
View of Pasadena City Hall, signed lower right: Budicin, oil on canvasboard,
20’’ x 16’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Private Collection, Northern California. Visual: Generally good
condition. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES
FINAL.
106 Ovanes Berberian (1951-* Idaho/California)
View of the San Gabriel Mountains from Pasadena, signed and dated lower right:
Ovanes Berberian ‘84, oil on board, 12’’ x 16’’, est:$1500/2000
Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under
blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
107 Jason Situ (1949-* Los Angeles, CA)
Wash and mountain canyon, signed lower left: J. Situ, signed again in Chinese
characters verso, oil on canvas, 16’’ x 20’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Private Collection, Northern California. Visual: Generally good
condition. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES
FINAL.
108 Peter Adams (1950-* Los Angeles, CA)
Canyon oaks, signed lower right: Peter Adams, oil on board, 17.75’’ x 23.75’’,
est:$2500/3500
Provenance: Private Collection, Northern California. Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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109 William Wray (1956-* California)
‘’White Chair, Monrovia Field’’, 2007, signed lower right: W.M. Wray, oil on board,
12’’ x 16’’, est:$1500/2000
Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles. Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
110 Kent Wallis (1945-* Logan, UT)
‘’Garden Plush’’, signed lower left: Kent Wallis, signed again and titled verso,
oil on canvas, 24’’ x 30’’, est:$2500/3500
Provenance: Private Residence, New Jersey. Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
111 Bennett Bradbury (1914-1991 Laguna Beach, CA)
‘’Spindrift Cove, Carmel Highlands’’, signed lower left: Bennett Bradbury, signed again
and titled on the stretcher, numbered on the stretcher: 695, oil on canvas, 30’’ x 60’’,
est:$3000/4000
Note: Artist’s copyright stamp on stretcher. Provenance: Property from the C.L.
Pearson Revocable Trust, Laguna Beach, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
112 Bennett Bradbury (1914-1991 Laguna Beach, CA)
‘’50 Degrees No. Latitude’’, signed lower left: Bennett Bradbury, signed again and
titled on the stretcher, oil on canvas, 30’’ x 60’’, est:$3000/5000
Note: Artist’s copyright stamp on stretcher. Provenance: Property from the C.L.
Pearson Revocable Trust, Laguna Beach, CA. Visual: Generally good condition with
slightly yellowed varnish in the sky. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under
blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
113 Ben Abril (1923-1995 Los Angeles, CA)
‘’Fisherman’s Shack at Moss Landing’’, signed lower left: Ben Abril, titled and
dated and inscribed on the stretcher: Field Sketch - 1978, oil on canvas, 24’’ x 30’’,
est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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114 Roger Edward Kuntz (1926-1975 Laguna Beach, CA)
‘’Victorian Remnant’’, seaside houses, signed lower left: Kuntz, titled on label affixed
verso, oil on canvas, 30’’ x 40.25’’, est:$5000/7000
Exhibited: ‘Roger Kuntz Memorial Retrospective’’, Laguna Beach Museum of Art,
Laguna Beach, CA, May 3, 1977. Provenance: Private Collection, Vermont. Visual:
Generally good condition. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight.
AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
115 Jake Lee (1915-1991 Los Angeles, CA)
The lantern shop - Chinatown, signed lower center: Jake Lee, watercolor on paper
under glass, paper size: 41’’ x 31’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, San Francisco, CA; Private Collection,
San Francisco, CA, acquired from the above, 1980s; by descent in the family to the
present owner, Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA. Visual: Generally good condition
with spots of surface mildew throughout. Not examined out of the frame. AS-IS. ALL
SALES FINAL.
116 Jake Lee (1915-1991 Los Angeles, CA)
Shoe shop- Chinatown, signed lower left: Jake Lee, watercolor on paper under glass,
paper size: 41’’ x 31’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, San Francisco, CA; Private Collection,
San Francisco, CA, acquired from the above, 1980s; by descent in the family to the
present owner, Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Not examined out of the frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
117 Jake Lee (1915-1991 Los Angeles, CA)
Shrimp camp, signed lower left: Jake Lee, watercolor on paper under glass, paper
size: 41’’ x 31’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, San Francisco, CA; Private Collection,
San Francisco, CA, acquired from the above, 1980s; by descent in the family to the
present owner, Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Not examined out of the frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
118 Jake Lee (1915-1991 Los Angeles, CA)
Workers mining for gold, signed lower right: Jake Lee, watercolor on paper under
glass, paper size: 41’’ x 31’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, San Francisco, CA; Private Collection,
San Francisco, CA, acquired from the above, 1980s; by descent in the family to the
present owner, Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Not examined out of the frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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119 Jake Lee (1915-1991 Los Angeles, CA)
Winemaking in Napa Valley, signed lower right: Jake Lee, watercolor on paper under
glass, paper size: 41’’ x 31’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, San Francisco, CA; Private Collection,
San Francisco, CA, acquired from the above, 1980s; by descent in the family to the
present owner, Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA. Visual: Generally good condition
with spots of surface mildew throughout. Not examined out of the frame. AS-IS. ALL
SALES FINAL.
120 Frank Tenney Johnson A.N.A. (1874-1939 Los Angeles, CA)
Cowboy on horseback, bears signature lower left: F. Tenney Johnson, oil on board,
11.75’’ x 15’’, est:$40,000/60,000
Note: A label affixed to the stretcher states ‘This picture I authenticate as having
been painted by F. Tenney Johnson, N.A.’ and is signed by W.P. Krehm and Frank
Panter. A printed number is affixed verso: 723. Provenance: Property from a Private
Collection, Southern California. Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: Minor
scattered spots of touch-up throughout the sky. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
121 Gordon Coutts (1868-1937 Palm Springs, CA)
Cowboy with two mules riding across the desert, signed lower right Gordon Coutts,
oil on canvas, 24’’ x 30’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Estate, Fallbrook, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Stretcher bar
creases along the edges and fine minor stable craquelure throughout. Some minor
black surface residue next to the figure and scattered throughout. Blacklight: A
1.75’’ x .75’’ area of touch-up next to the tallest mountain peak in the sky with a
corresponding patch verso. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
122 Frank Jack O’Neill (-early 20th Century American)
‘’The Bay Outlaw’’, signed and dated lower left: F.J. O’Neill 1946, oil on canvas,
34’’ x 20’’, est:$1500/2000
Note: Titled on a printed paper label affixed to frame. Provenance: Property from
a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual: Two abrasions with punctures
measuring 1’’ each in the upper center and right center. Frame abrasion along the
edges, drips in the lower center and heavy surface dirt and discolored varnish
throughout. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL
SALES FINAL.
123 Tillman Goodan (1896-1958 Los Angeles, CA)
Bucking bronco, signed lower right: Till Goodan, oil on plywood, 23’’ x 14’’,
est:$1500/2000
Provenance: Private Residence, Los Angeles, CA. Visual: A 2’’ x .5’’ area of loss in
the lower right corner. Two spots of surface abrasion with minor losses to the right
and left of the figure’s head and minor surface rubbing along the upper edge and in
the lower left corner. Stable, shallow horizontal cracking to the board throughout and
heavy surface dirt. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS.
ALL SALES FINAL.
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124 Olaf Carl Wieghorst (1899-1988 El Cajon, CA)
‘’Steer Roper’’, signed lower right: O. Wieghorst, signed again and titled on the
stretcher, oil on canvas, 30’’ x 24’’, est:$20,000/30,000
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Frame abrasion along edges with stretcher bar creases.
Two artist pinholes in upper left and right corners. Spots of discolored varnish
throughout, would benefit from cleaning. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration
under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
125 Frank Tenney Johnson A.N.A. (1874-1939 Los Angeles, CA)
Two riders and packhorses, unsigned, oil on masonite, 12’’ x 15.75’’, est:$10,000/15,000
Note: A label affixed verso states ‘This picture I authenticate as having been painted
by F. Tenney Johnson, N.A.’ and is signed by W.P. Krehm and Frank Panter. A printed
number is affixed verso: 726. Provenance: Property from a Private Collection,
Southern California. Visual: Generally good condition. Would benefit from cleaning.
Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
126 Frank Tenney Johnson A.N.A. (1874-1939 Los Angeles, CA)
‘’Trout Peak’’, signed and dated lower left: F. Tenney Johnson A.N.A 1933, titled verso,
oil on masonite, 12’’ x 15.75’’, est:$7000/10,000
Note: A label affixed verso states ‘This picture I authenticate as having been painted
by F. Tenney Johnson, N.A.’ and is signed by W.P. Krehm and Frank Panter. A printed
number is affixed verso: 722. Provenance: Property from a Private Collection,
Southern California. Visual: Generally good condition. A minor pinhole-sized spot
of loss in the upper right quadrant. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under
blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
127 Fernand Lungren (1857-1932 Santa Barbara, CA)
Sunrise on canyon walls, signed lower left: Lungren, oil on canvas, 36’’ x 24’’,
est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Two .5’’ x .25’’ spots of paint loss in the lower center and
the lower left corner below the signature. Minor diagonal craquelure throughout and
stretcher bar creases along the edges. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under
blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
128 Frank Tenney Johnson A.N.A. (1874-1939 Los Angeles, CA)
‘’North Fork Study’’, landscape, signed lower left: F. Tenney Johnson A.N.A,
oil on canvasboard, 16’’ x 20’’, est:$8000/10,000
Exhibited: Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY, ‘’Rendezvous to Roundup: The
First One Hundred Years of Art in Wyoming’’, April 16 - October 12, 1990. Note: A
label affixed to the stretcher states ‘This picture I authenticate as having been
painted by F. Tenney Johnson, N.A.’ and is signed by W.P. Krehm and Frank Panter. A
printed number is affixed verso: 764. Provenance: Property from a Private Collection,
Southern California. Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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129 Frank Tenney Johnson A.N.A. (1874-1939 Los Angeles, CA)
Wyoming sand brush, unsigned, oil on masonite, 18’’ x 23.75’’, est:$4000/6000
Note: A label affixed to the stretcher states: ‘This picture I authenticate as having
been painted by F. Tenney Johnson, N.A.’ and is signed by W.P. Krehm and Frank
Panter. A printed number is affixed verso: 721. Provenance: Property from a Private
Collection, Southern California. Visual: Generally good condition. A few very minor
pinhole-sized spots of loss throughout. One spot of unstable craquelure on the
left side of the dark mountain range. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under
blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
130 Ben Abril (1923-1995 Los Angeles, CA)
‘’Capitol Reef National Park, Utah’’, signed lower left: Ben Abril, signed again, titled
and dated verso, October 1977, oil on canvas, 30’’ x 48’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Collection of Ben and Miriam Romero, Las Vegas, NV; by descent in
the family to the present owner, Minnesota. Visual: Generally good condition. Minor
frame abrasion along the left lower edge. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration
under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
131 Olaf Carl Wieghorst (1899-1988 El Cajon, CA)
‘’Detour’’, cowboys on horseback fending off a bear, signed lower left and with the
artist’s brand device: O. Wieghorst 2C, titled and signed again verso and on the
stretcher, oil on canvas, 30’’ x 36’’, est:$40,000/60,000
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Minor frame abrasion along edges. Fine stable craquelure
in the lower half. A .25’’ spot of paint loss in the center of the upper right quadrant.
Canvas would benefit from cleaning. Blacklight: Two very minor pinhole-sized spots
of touch-up in the far lower left corner, one in the center and one directly below the
bear, all to address paint loss. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
132 Olaf Carl Wieghorst (1899-1988 El Cajon, CA)
‘’Trouble on the Trail’’, signed lower left and with the artist’s brand device: O.
Wieghorst 2C, titled and signed again on the stretcher, oil on canvas, 28.5’’ x 38’’,
est:$30,000/50,000
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Minor frame abrasion along edges. A few very minor
scattered spots of loss in the hillside on the right, largest measures .25’’ x .25’’. One
other very minor spot of loss in the tethered horse’s saddle. Canvas would benefit
from cleaning. Blacklight: A few minor spots of touch-up in the lower left and lower
right quadrants. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
133 Burt Procter (1901-1980 Palm Springs, CA)
Seated cowboys with horses, signed lower left: Burt Procter, oil on masonite,
20’’ x 24.25’’, est:$5000/7000
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight.
AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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134 Emil J. Kosa, Jr (1903-1968 Los Angeles, CA)
‘’The Joy of Living’’, California farm scene, signed lower left: Emil Kosa, Jr, signed
again and titled on the stretcher, oil on canvas, 24’’ x 34.25’’, est:$5000/7000
Provenance: Private collection, Los Angeles, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Canvas has some vertical rippling and minor bulging in the upper half. Minor stable
craquelure in the upper left corner. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under
blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
135 Orrin A. White (1883-1969 Pasadena, CA)
Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, CA, signed lower left: Orrin A. White, oil on canvas,
16’’ x 20’’, est:$2500/3500
Visual: Generally good condition. A quarter-sized indent to canvas in on the upper
center edge. Small spots of fine stable craquelure in the center. Blacklight: No
evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
136 Paul Lauritz (1889-1975 Glendale, CA)
California landscape in summer, signed lower left: Paul Lauritz, oil on canvas,
27.75’’ x 30’’, est:$9000/12,000
Visual: Minor, stable craquelure throughout. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration
under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
137 Jack Wilkinson Smith (1873-1949 Alhambra, CA)
River flowing through a forest, signed lower right: Jack Wilkinson Smith,
oil on canvasboard, 15.75’’ x 19.75’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Estate, La Canada, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Minor paint
loss in the far upper right corner with other paint loss along the bank. Blacklight: One
pinhole-sized spot of touch-up in the far lower left corner. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
138 John M. Gamble (1863-1957 Santa Barbara, CA)
‘’Yellow Lupine’’, signed lower left: John M. Gamble, signed again and titled verso,
oil on masonite, 18’’ x 24’’, est:$20,000/30,000
Provenance: Private Collection, Santa Fe, NM. Visual: Generally good condition.
Frame abrasion along left edge. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under
blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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139 Benjamin C. Brown (1865-1942 Pasadena, CA)
‘’Montecito Valley, near Santa Barbara’’, signed lower right: Benjamin C. Brown, titled
verso, oil on canvas laid to canvas, 16’’ x 20.25’’, est:$10,000/15,000
Provenance: Private Collection, Orange County, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Minor stable craquelure throughout. Minor frame abrasion along upper and right
edges. Blacklight: Minor scattered spots of touch-up throughout the sky. Crack-fill in
the lower left corner with other crack-fill in the lower third. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
140 Joane Cromwell (1895-1969 Laguna Beach, CA)
Path through a sycamore and eucalyptus landscape, signed lower left: Joane
Cromwell, oil on canvas, 24.25’’ x 30.25’’, est:$3000/4000
Provenance: Private Collection, Dana Point, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Minor stable craquelure in the clouds and in the lower center. Blacklight: Two dimesized
spots of touch-up with corresponding verso patch above the clouds. AS-IS.
ALL SALES FINAL.
141 Mabel Sumerlin (1879-1956 San Diego, CA)
Eucalyptus landscape - view of Balboa Park, signed lower right: M. Sumerlin,
oil on canvas, 16’’ x 12’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Estate, Chicago, IL. Visual: Generally good condition. Frame abrasion
along edges. A few dime-sized spots of bulging in the center with a 1.5’’ x 1.5’’
bulging in the lower right quadrant. A few very minor scattered spots of fine stable
craquelure throughout. Blacklight: A few very minor lines of touch-up along the left
edge to address the frame abrasion. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
142 Alfred R. Mitchell (1888-1972 San Diego, CA)
Lake near San Diego, CA, signed lower right: Alfred R. Mitchell, oil on board,
12’’ x 15.75’’, est:$4000/6000
Visual: Generally good condition with minor frame abrasion along the right edge.
Blacklight: A few minor scattered spots of touch-up along the upper right edge.
AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
143 Hernando G. Villa (1881-1952 Los Angeles, CA)
Woman reading in a courtyard- dog & cat nearby, signed and dated lower left:
Hernando Villa ‘40, oil on canvasboard, 16’’ x 20’’, est:$3000/4000
Provenance: Estate, Phoenix, AZ. Visual: Generally good condition. Pinhole-sized
spots of loss in the upper left corner with a few other pinhole spots of loss on and
around the figure. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS.
ALL SALES FINAL.
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144 O. Theodore Jackman (1878-1940 La Crescenta, CA)
A courtesan and woman sitting in a courtyard, signed lower left: Theodore Jackman,
oil on canvas, 25’’ x 30’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Estate of the artist, by descent in family, Private Collection, Montrose,
CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Canvas loose on the stretchers and frame
abrasion along the right edge. Blacklight: Two quarter-sized areas of touch-up and
a spot on the woman’s skirt. A small area of touch-up on the courtsan’s elbow and a
3’’ x 1.5’’ area of touch-up to address a surface scratch in the upper right quadrant.
AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
145 O. Theodore Jackman (1878-1940 La Crescenta, CA)
Mrs. Violet Rhodes (Jackman) at her desk in Paris, signed lower right: O.T. Jackman,
oil on canvas laid to board, 25.5’’ x 17.25’’, est:$3000/4000
Provenance: Estate of the artist, by descent in family, Private Collection, Montrose,
CA. Visual: Stable craquelure and crazing throughout. A diagonal surface abrasion
across the figure’s skirt approximately 6’’ long. A spot of loss in the extreme upper
left corner. Blacklight: A few scattered spots of touch-up on the secretary, a spot of
touch-up on the figure’s hair, a few other spots of touch-up in the lower left. AS-IS.
ALL SALES FINAL.
146 Raoul M. De Longpre (1859-1911 French)
Still life with pink roses and lilacs, signed lower right: Raoul M. De Longpre fils,
gouache and pastel on paper under glass, sight size: 28.25’’ x 36.25’’, est:$5000/7500
Note: The painting retains its original carved frame. Visual: Generally good condition.
Not examined of the frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
147 Alson Skinner Clark (1876-1949 Pasadena, CA)
‘’Ile de la Cite, Paris’’, 1900, signed lower left: A. S. Clark, oil on waxed canvas,
19.25’’ x 23.25’’, est:$20,000/30,000
Literature: J. Stern, ‘’Alson Skinner Clark’’, Petersen Publishing Co, Los Angeles, CA,
p. 61, plate 1, illustrated. Provenance: Private Collection, Orange County, CA. Visual:
Generally good condition. Minor to moderate craquelure throughout the sky and the
lower third of the canvas. Canvas mounted to new stretcher bars. Blacklight: No
evidence of touch-up under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
148 Henry A. Ferguson (1845-1911 New York, NY)
View of Gold Street in lower Manhattan, circa 1880s, signed lower right: Henry A.
Ferguson, oil on canvas laid to canvas, 27’’ x 44’’, est:$7000/10,000
Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Frame abrasion along edges. Blacklight: A 1’’ x 2’’ spot of touch-up in the center of
the sky, another spot of touch-up to the right measuring 1.5’’ x 1.75’’. One other very
minor spot of touch-up and a bulge to the canvas in the upper left portion of the sky.
AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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149 Louis Moeller N.A. (1855-1930 New York, NY)
‘’Sweet Adeline’’, four men laughing and drinking, signed lower right: Louis Moeller
N.A., oil on board, 24’’ x 18’’, est:$15,000/20,000
Provenance: Private Collection, Beverly Hills, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Edges have been taped. Very fine minor stable craquelure throughout. Blacklight: A
few minor scattered spots of touch-up in the lower left corner in the red table cloth.
Scattered spots of possible touch-up on the figures and in the background, with much
of the fluorescence likely due to artist’s pigments. Difficult to read under blacklight
due to uneven and masking varnish, particularly heavy in the upper third of the
painting. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
150 Gaston Longchamp (1894-1986 New York, NY)
At the opera, signed lower left: Gaston Longchamp, mixed media on paper under
glass, sight size: 19.75’’ x 15.75’’, est:$2500/3500
Visual: Generally good condition with possible minor toning to the paper. Not
examined out of frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
151 Mabel Alvarez (1891-1985 Los Angeles, CA)
Portrait of a young girl in pink, signed lower right: Alvarez, oil on paper board,
24’’ x 14’’, est:$3000/5000
Note: Unfinished sketch of the same image verso. Provenance: Private Collection,
Orange County, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. A minor speck of paint loss
to the left of the left eye with two minor spots of loss to the right arm and dress at
the sleeve. Two spots of loss to the center of left bicep. Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
152 Attributed to Mabel Alvarez (1891-1985 Los Angeles, CA)
‘’Nude’’, unsigned, titled verso, oil on board, 9.75’’ x 13.75’’, est:$2500/3500
Note: An unfinished oil sketch of a man holding a violin on the verso. Provenance:
Kramer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Minor paint loss
in the extreme upper right corner, along the lower edge and a few spots scattered on
the figure. Three minor horizontal surface abrasions, the largest approximately 1.5’’
in left center and lower left. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight.
AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
153 W. Clarence McGrath (1938-2007 Southern California/Mexico)
Portrait of young boy wearing two hats, signed lower left McGrath, oil on board,
14’’ x 18’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Private Collection, San Clemente, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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154 Diego Rivera (1886-1957 Mexican)
Mexican family, signed and dated lower right: Diego Rivera 35, watercolor on rice
paper mounted to board, paper size: 11’’ x 15.5’’, est:$25,000/35,000
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Santa Monica, CA. Visual: Generally
good condition. Paper laid to board as stated. Minor toning throughout. Minor soiling
in the upper right corner. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
155 Victor Higgins N.A. (1884-1949 Taos, NM)
Pueblo, signed lower right: Victor Higgins, watercolor on paper under glass, paper
size: 14.75’’ x 21.25’’, est:$15,000/20,000
Provenance: Private Collection, Northern California. Visual: Artist pinholes in the
upper corners. Mat burn along the edges and minor toning throughout. Old paper
tape along the edges. Paper floating in the frame with archival backing. AS-IS. ALL
SALES FINAL.
156 Hernando G. Villa (1881-1952 Los Angeles, CA)
Apache Indians overlooking a valley and mountains, signed, dated and indistinctly
inscribed lower left: Hernando G. Villa 1-26 and with artist’s device, watercolor and
gouache on paper under glass, sight size: 20’’ x 18.25’’, est:$3000/4000
Provenance: Estate, Arlington, TX. Visual: Toning throughout. Handling creases and
minor abrasions in the four corners. A stable 1’’ vertical tear extending up from the
lower center edge. A 1.25’’ vertical surface abrasion and a few other tiny scratches
in the upper center. Apparent water damage extending 19’’ diagonally down from the
upper right corner into the right center. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
157 Edgar A. Payne (1883-1947 Los Angeles, CA)
Indian Riders, signed lower right: Edgar Payne, graphite on paper under glass, sight
size: 8’’ x 11.5’’, est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual: Toning
throughout. A dot of stain in the upper left corner. A 1’’ x 1’’ area of the paper along
the right center edge with no toning but with scattered stable tears. Minor handling
creases in the upper half of the paper. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
158 Edward Borein (1872-1945 Santa Barbara, CA)
Indian chief on horseback, signed in pencil lower right: Edward Borein, watercolor
and gouache on paper under glass, sight size: 6.25’’ x 5.75’’, est:$6000/8000
Note: An original signed authentication by Harold G. Davidson, dated October 25,
1978, is affixed to the verso. Provenance: Copenhagen Gallery, Solvang, CA; Private
Collection, Minnesota. Visual: Generally good condition. Minor toning throughout.
Not examined out of frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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159 Edgar Samuel Paxson (1852-1919 Missoula, MT)
‘’Ghost Riders’’, unsigned, watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper under glass,
sight size: 13.5’’ x 17.25’’, est:$2500/3500
Exhibited: Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA, n.d. Provenance: William Edgar Paxson,
grandson of the artist, Whittier, CA; Property from a Private Collection, Southern
California, acquired directly from the above, 1963. Visual: The watercolor paper is
glued into the mat and is likely laid down to the backing board. A water stain in the
lower right corner, a red stain in the upper left corner and staining in the sky and in
the right center. Paper is slightly bubbled in the upper right corner. Two spots of stain
in the right center with a tiny stable tear. Minor soiling throughout. Not examined out
of the mat. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
160 Edgar Samuel Paxson (1852-1919 Missoula, MT)
‘’Robbie’’, portrait of a seated Indian, signed, titled and dated upper right: Mch 8, 1902
E.S. Paxson, graphite on paper, paper size: 7’’ x 9.25’’, est:$1500/2000
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Slight rippling to lower left quadrant. Minor water damage
to matting and bottom edge margin. A 1.25’’ tear to extreme upper right corner under
matting. Slight toning throughout with mat burn. Hinged with tape along verso left.
AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
161 Nick Eggenhofer (1897-1985 Cody, WY)
Group of Indians on horseback moving camp, signed lower left: N. Eggenhofer,
mixed media on paperboard under glass, 12.75’’ x 18’’, est:$3000/4000
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Slight toning throughout. Not examined out of frame. AS-IS.
ALL SALES FINAL.
162 Joe De Yong (1894-1975 Los Angeles, CA)
Indian riding a pinto, signed lower left: Joe De Yong and with artist’s device,
watercolor and graphite on paper under glass, sight size: 12.25’’ x 18.25’’,
est:$1000/1500
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Minor spots staining to background and left edge. Minor
handling creases to lower right quadrant with toning throughout. Not examined out of
the frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
163 Nick Eggenhofer (1897-1985 Cody, WY)
‘’Welcome to Bushwack (sic) City’’, signed lower right: N. Eggenhofer, titled verso,
ink and graphite on paper under glass, 12’’ x 20’’, est:$2500/3500
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Not examined out of frame. Frame liner needs to be
replaced. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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164 Nick Eggenhofer (1897-1985 Cody, WY)
Two horses tethered to a corral, signed lower right: N. Eggenhofer, mixed media on
paper under glass, paper size: 10.5’’ x 8.75’’, est:$1500/2000
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Minor horizontal rippling to the center extending the width
of the paper. Vertical toning lines to lower third with minor toning throughout. The
paper is loose (not hinged) in the frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
165 Herman Wendelborg Hansen (1854-1924 Alameda, CA)
‘’Last of the Herd’’, signed lower right: H.W. Hansen, titled verso, watercolor on
paperboard under glass, 17.75’’ x 23.75’’, est:$5000/7000
Exhibited: Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA, n.d. Provenance: Property from a Private
Collection, Southern California. Visual: Generally good condition with minor toning
throughout and burn along the extreme edges. Some minor surface abrasions on the
horses’ hooves. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
166 Olaf Carl Wieghorst (1899-1988 El Cajon, CA)
Cowboy riding horseback through a blizzard, signed in ink lower left: O. Wieghorst,
watercolor and gouache on paperboard under glass, sight size: 11’’ x 9’’,
est:$7000/9000
Provenance: Private Collection, Minnesota. Visual: Generally good condition. Not
examined out of frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
167 Olaf Carl Wieghorst (1899-1988 El Cajon, CA)
‘’Contest Rider’’, signed lower left: O. Wieghorst 2C, signed again and titled verso,
ink on paperboard under glass, board size: 14.25’’ x 11’’, est:$2500/3500
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Minor toning throughout. Taped to front matting along
edges. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
168 Adolph R. Shulz (1869-1963 Brown County, IN)
Winter landscape in Indiana, signed lower left: A.R. Shulz, oil on board, 22’’ x 28’’,
est:$8000/12,000
Provenance: Estate, Fallbrook, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: No
evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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169 William J. Forsyth (1854-1935 Indianapolis, IN)
‘‘Early in the Morning’’, Barn and haystack in autumn , signed lower right: W. Forsyth,
signed again and titled on three exhibition lables affixed verson, oil on masonite,
24’’ x 28’’, est:$5000/7000
Exhibited: City Art Museum of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, Eleventh Annual Exhibition,
1916 (see label verso); Cincinnati Museum Association, Cincinnati, OH, Twenty-Fourth
Annual Exhibition, 1917 (see label verso); John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis,
Indiana, Twelfth Indiana Artist. Exhibition, 1919 (see label verso). Provenance:
Private Collection, North San Diego, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. A spot
of loss along the lower center edge and frame abrasion along the right edge and in
the upper right corner. Surface dirt. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under
blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
170 John Frost (1890-1937 Pasadena, CA)
‘’Mystic Morning’’, signed and dated lower right: John Frost ‘35, dated again verso:
March, 29 ‘35, oil on board, 19’’ x 23’’, est:$30,000/40,000
Note: This painting will be included in Phil Kovinick’s forthcoming book, ‘’John Frost:
A Forgotten American Impressionist’’, published by the Irvine Museum, Irvine, CA.
Provenance: Private Collection, Oakland, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Four
minor specks of paint loss to left tree. Blacklight: A few minor scattered spots of
touch-up along the upper edge and throughout the sky. Other minor touch-up along
the lower edge. One spot of minor touch-up to the center of the pond with a few
dime-sized spots of touch-up in the lower right corner. A few minor spots of touch-up
in the upper portion of the far right tree trunk. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
171 Henry L. Richter (1870-1960 Rolling Hills, CA)
Eucalyptus trees in a coastal landscape, signed lower right: H. Richter, oil on canvas,
20’’ x 22’’, est:$3000/4000
Provenance: Private Collection, Reno, NV. Visual: Generally good condition. The
painting was re-stretched onto slightly narrower stretcher bars and there are older
stretcher bar creases from the original stretchers along the left and right edges.
Minor gold residue from the frame along the upper edge. Blacklight: No evidence of
restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
172 Joane Cromwell (1895-1969 Laguna Beach, CA)
‘’Nature’s Symphony’’, signed lower right: Joane Cromwell, signed again and titled on
the artist’s original label affixed verso, oil on canvas, 24’’ x 26’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: A dime-sized spot of touch-up in the upper left corner with a few minor
spots of touch-up directly above the far left tree. A .75’’ spot of touch-up in the lower
center in the clouds. A few very minor spots in the upper right quadrant and one
dime-sized spot if touch-up in the lower right corner above the signature. AS-IS. ALL
SALES FINAL.
173 H. Raymond Henry (1882-1971 Beverly Hills, CA)
Santa Monica Canyon, signed lower left: H. Raymond Henry, oil on canvas, 16’’ x 20’’,
est:$3000/4000
Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under
blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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174 Robert Clunie (1895-1984 Bishop, CA)
‘’Spring in Santa Paula Canyon’’, signed lower right: Robert Clunie, signed again and
titled on an exhibition label affixed to the frame, oil on board, 15’’ x 22’’, est:$2000/3000
Exhibited: Tenth Annual Art Exhibit, Santa Paula, CA, n.d. (see verso label).
Provenance: Private Residence, Phoenix, AZ. Visual: Generally good condition with a
spot of loss on the waterfall in the lower center. Blacklight: Spots of touch-up along
the upper edge to address frame abrasion and dots of touch-up scattered throughout
the upper right corner of the sky. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
175 Conrad Buff (1886-1975 Los Angeles, CA)
Cacti in a desert landscape, estate stamped lower right: Conrad Buff, oil on board,
24’’ x 36’’, est:$5000/7000
Note: Estate stamp verification verso: This painting is by Conrad Buff and had been
stamped with the official estate signature, Mary Elizabeth Buff. Visual: Generally
good condition. Blacklight: Scattered spots of touch-up throughout the sky and in the
upper right corner. Two horizontal lines of touch-up in the upper left quadrant, largest
measures 4’’. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
176 Conrad Buff (1886-1975 Los Angeles, CA)
Southwest landscape with river, signed lower right: Conrad Buff, oil on board,
24’’ x 45.25’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Estate, Pasadena, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. Moderate
crazing to center mountain range and light crazing to bottom foreground. Spots of dirt
and surface residue throughout the sky. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under
blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
177 Carl Sammons (1883-1968 Oakland, CA)
Springtime in the desert near Palm Springs, signed lower right: Carl Sammons,
oil on canvas, 20’’ x 29.25’’, est:$3000/4000
Visual: Generally good condition with stretcher bar creases. Canvas loose on the
stretchers. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES
FINAL.
178 James Swinnerton (1875-1974 Palm Springs, CA)
‘’Palo Verde Tree at the Salton Sea’’, signed lower right: Swinnerton, oil on canvas,
24’’ x 40’’, est:$4000/6000
Provenance: George Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA (see label verso); Private
Collection, Beverly Hills, CA. Visual: Generally good condition. A 1’’ diagonal surface
abrasion with paint loss in the upper left quadrant. Blacklight: Possible very minor
touch-up on the upper right edge. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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179 John W. Hilton (1904-1983 Twentynine Palms, CA)
‘’Peace’’, signed lower right: John W. Hilton, titled verso, oil on masonite, 15.75’’ x 20’’,
est:$2000/3000
Provenance: Private Collection, Northern California. Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
180 Peter Ellenshaw (1913-2007 Santa Barbara, CA)
Boulders in a desert landscape, signed lower left: Peter Ellenshaw, oil on canvas,
24’’ x 36’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Private Collection, Minnesota. Visual: Generally good condition.
Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
181 Eyvind Earle (1916-2000 Los Angeles, CA)
‘’Gray Coastline’’, signed and dated lower center: Eyvind Earle 2.7.1988, titled and
dated again on paper affixed verso, tempera on masonite, 24’’ x 36’’, est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Private Collection, Northern California. Visual: Generally good
condition. Discolored varnish and surface dirt. A spot of loss in the upper left corner.
Blacklight: A 1’’ x 3’’ area of touch-up in the lower left corner and minor scattered
dots of touch-up in the lower left and lower center. A 2’’ diagonal area of touch-up
in the upper left with a few other scattered dots of touch-up on the bushes. A 2’’ x 3’’
area fluoresces on the bushes in the center but this appears to be uneven varnish.
AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
182 Peter Ellenshaw (1913-2007 Santa Barbara, CA)
‘’Timeless Sea’’, low tide at the beach, signed and dated lower left: Peter Ellenshaw
61, titled on gallery label affixed to the stretcher, oil on canvas, 20.25’’ x 50’’,
est:$3000/5000
Provenance: Manhattan Galleries, Inc., Pasadena, CA, no. MO1655 (see gallery label).
Visual: Generally good condition with a few specks of paint loss in the waves. Frame
abrasion and a quarter-sized surface abrasion along the right side of the lower edge.
Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
183 Robert W. Wood (1889-1979 Bishop, CA)
‘’Twilight Sea’’, signed lower right: Robert Wood, titled on the stretcher, oil on canvas,
16’’ x 20’’, est:$3000/4000
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition. Minor stable craquelure in the upper left quadrant.
Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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184 Bennett Bradbury (1914-1991 Laguna Beach, CA)
‘’Hurricane Point, Big Sur’’, signed lower left Bennett Bradbury, signed again, titled
and inscribed verso: To Lee with very best personal regards B.B. (itís the martinis!),
oil on canvas, 24’’ x 36’’, est:$1500/2000
Note: Artist’s copyright stamp on stretcher. Provenance: Property from the C.L.
Pearson Revocable Trust, Laguna Beach, CA. Visual: Generally good condition.
Stretcher bar creases along edges. Some discolored varnish throughout. Blacklight:
No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
185 Bennett Bradbury (1914-1991 Laguna Beach, CA)
‘’Sunset at Mariposa’’, coastal scene, signed lower left: Bennett Bradbury, signed
again and titled verso, oil on canvas, 24’’ x 36’’, est:$1000/1500
Note: Artist’s copyright stamp on stretcher. Provenance: Property from the C.L.
Pearson Revocable Trust, Laguna Beach, CA. Visual: Stretcher bar creases along
edges. Scattered pinhole-sized spots of paint loss along the left and lower edges.
Two vertical spots of loss, largest measuring 1’’ in the lower rock formation with
slight crazing throughout. Other pinhole-sized spot of loss throughout. Blacklight: No
evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
186 Bennett Bradbury (1914-1991 Laguna Beach, CA)
Waves crashing on rocks, signed lower right: Bennett Bradbury, oil on canvas,
24’’ x 36’’, est:$1000/1500
Note: Artist’s copyright stamp on stretcher. Provenance: Property from the C.L.
Pearson Revocable Trust, Laguna Beach, CA. Visual: Generally good condition with
minor discolored varnish in the upper right. Some scattered specks of paint loss on
the waves in the lower right quadrant. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under
blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
187 Peter Adams (1950-* Los Angeles, CA)
‘’Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, CA’’, signed lower right: Peter Adams, signed again,
titled and inscribed on verso backing paper: To Mary, with all my love and best
wishes. To a great art lover, oil on board, sight size: 8’’ x 10’’, est:$1000/2000
Provenance: Private Collection, Northern California. Visual: Generally good
condition. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES
FINAL.
188 William Seltzer Rice (1873-1963 Oakland, CA)
‘’Marsh Moon’’, circa 1925, signed in pencil lower right: W.S. Rice, titled in
pencil lower left, unframed woodcut in colors on rice paper, image size: 7’’ x 9’’,
est:$1000/2000
Literature: Acton, 102. Note: Paper size: 8.75’’ x 11.25’’. Provenance: Private
Collection, Arkansas. Visual: Generally good condition. Hinged in the upper right and
left corners. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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189 Edward Borein (1872-1945 Santa Barbara, CA)
‘’Cow Talk’’, signed in plate: Edward Borein, etching on paper under glass, plate size:
7.5’’ x 10’’, est:$1500/2500
Literature: Davidson, no. 289. Note: Together with the original copper etching
plate. Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Southern California. Visual:
Generally good condition with toning to the paper and mat burn evident. Not
examined out of the frame. The plate in generally good condition. Not examined out of
the frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
190 Edward Borein (1872-1945 Santa Barbara, CA)
‘’Who Wins?’’, bucking horse, signed in pencil and in the plate lower right: Edward
Borein, etching on paper under glass, plate size: 4.75’’ x 3.75’’, est:$700/900
Literature: Davidson, no. 63. Provenance: Property from a Private Collection,
Southern California. Visual: Toning throughout and a spot of stain along the upper
plate edge. A few scattered tiny dots of foxing throughout. Not examined out of the
frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
191 Edward Borein (1872-1945 Santa Barbara, CA)
‘’A Steep Grade’’, stagecoach, signed in pencil lower right: Edward Borein, etching
on paper, plate size: 4.75’’ x 6.75’’, est:$700/900
Literature: Davidson, no. 143. Provenance: Property from a Private Collection,
Southern California. Visual: Toning throughout and a spot of stain along the upper
right plate edge. Some scattered tiny dots of foxing throughout. Not examined out of
the frame. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.
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