Tuesday, JuLy 22, 2008 - John Moran Auctioneers

1141 Carl sammons (1883-1968 Oakland, Ca)
Seascape with rocks, signed and dated lower right: C. Sammons 1931, pastel and
gouache on board under glass, board size: 14’’ x 20’’, est:$1000/1500. Provenance:
Property of a Private Collection, Phoenix, AZ Condition: Visual: Generally good
condition. Taped along the four edges to the front mat.
1142 Karl yens (1868-1945 Laguna Beach, Ca)
“Evening Shadows, Laguna Beach Cal.”, signed and dated in ink lower right: Karl
Yens 1921, titled on the original back mat, monotype on paper under glass, paper size:
9.75’’ x 7.75’’, est:$1000/1500 Condition: Visual: Generally good condition with toning
to the paper. Glued to the original board backing along the upper edge.
1143 alice Blair Thomas (1857-1945 Los angeles, Ca)
“An Old Sycamore in the Grounds of The Outpost, General Otis Place in Hollywood”,
signed and dated lower left: Alice Blair Thomas 1929, signed again and titled verso,
oil on canvas, 27’’ x 43’’, est:$800/1200. Note: Blair painted the present work in the
1920s luxury residential neighborhood ‘’Outpost Estates’’ centered around Outpost
Drive in Hollywood. General Harrison Grey Otis, owner of the Los Angeles Times,
developed the estate and had a clubhouse on the property which he called ‘The
Outpost’. Today the neighborhood remains largely as it was in the 1920s. Provenance:
Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA Condition: Visual: Craquelure throughout with
areas of instability and losses on the left side and in the lower center quadrant. A
1.5” horizontal tear with dots of associated losses in the upper center quadrant. The
painting retains the original frame. Blacklight: A few areas fluoresce on the trees on
the left quadrant but this appears to be in the hand of the artist.
1144 George Bickerstaff (1893-1954 ukiah, Ca)
Lake in a High Sierra landscape, signed lower right: George Bickerstaff, oil on
canvas, 24’’ x 30’’, est:$1000/2000. Provenance: Property from a Private Collection,
California Condition: Visual: Generally good condition with craquelure throughout
and a few tiny spots of paint loss in the lower right quadrant. Blacklight: No evidence
of restoration under blacklight.
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