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ARTISTS OF THE WEST
19th and 20th Centuries
CATALOGUE OF THE EXHIBITION
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KENNETH MILLER ADAMS (1897-1966)
[Indian Woman], c. 1940
lithograph, edition unknown, but presumed to be small, 9 1/4 x 9 inches
signed in pencil by the artist.
Card Players, 1959
lithograph on deckled wove, edition of 100, 17 1/4 x 23 inches.
signed, numbered and titled in pencil by the artist. .
GUSTAVE BAUMANN (1881-1971)
Harvest Time, Taos c. 1945.
original green wood block
10 x 11 1/2 inches with inlaid corrections.
The lush greenery of the backlands of Santa Fe. Baumann cut all woodblocks by himself, and would periodically recut them or use wood inlays to change the image. When an image was retired, each bass wood block for each color was marked for cancellation with the artist's open hand-open heart cololphon and the word "cancelled" lightly scratched into the surface. Each wood block is an original piece of low relief sculpture. |
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EDWARD BOREIN (1872-1945)
Chasing Steer
india ink drawing on tissue paper.., 8 x 11 inches.
ex-collection: Harold Davidson, biographer of Borein
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NICK BRIGANTE (1895-1989)
Grasses and Weeds, c. 1930
etching and drypoint, 7 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches
signed, dated and titled in pencil by the artist.
MILDRED BRYANT BROOKS (1901-1995)
Companions, 1938
etching, published by the Chicago Society of Etchers, ed. 325, 8 3/4 x 9 inches
signed and titled by the artist
Illustrated in the Print Collectors Annual, 1937.
The Last Tree, 1938
etching, 11 x 9 1/2 inches
signed and titled by the artist.
A large skyscraper is being built in Los Angeles behind a small family home, dominated by a beautiful old tree -- the last tree in the neighborhood.
JOHN COLEMAN BURROUGHS (California, early 20th Century)
Indian Girl, 1937
lithograph, 17 x 12 1/2 inches
signed and dated in pencil $ 125.
We have found no historical information about this artist, yet we have a number of competent lithographs executed by him -- all ethnic portraits, sympathetically executed and he was a California artist.
F. TOLLES CHAMBERLIN (1873-1961)
Near Pasadena,[California], 1947
drypoint etching, 6 7/8 x 5 inches
published by the Printmakers Society of California signed in the plate and in pencil by the artist.
EDWARD CURTIS (1868-1952)
When Winter Comes
photogravure, 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches
signed in the plate.
MRS. DELANEY (Early 20th C. Californian)
Cypress Tree at Monterey
gelatin print photograph, exhibited in San Franicsco Photo Show, c. 1930
13 x 10 inches
exhibition mount signed Mrs. Delaney (belongs in a feminists' collection).
MARGUERITE REDMAN DORGELOH (1980-1944)
Crab Boilers -- San Francisco
lithograph, edition of 25 or less, WPA print, 11 1/2 x 9 inches
signed and titled by the artist and also bearing the FAP blind stamp. $ 475.
A painter and lithographer, born in Watsonville, CA, Dorgeloh studied and painted California subjects. The crab boilers were used on the streets of San Francisco's Chinatown, and have disappeared many years ago.
ESEWALL (Early 20th C.)
Pedro
lithograph, edition size unknown but presumed to be small, 9 x 8 1/2 inches signed and titled in pencil by the artist.
A typical early California motif -- the Mexican worker with sombrero -- by an unidentified artist.
AARON FREELAND (Native American, b. 1956)
Indian Girl in Blanket, 2001
monotype, 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches
signed in pencil by the artist
A native of New Mexico, Freeland is one of the most original of the Native American painters working today.
Navajo Girl
monotype 19 3/4 x 16 inches
signed in pencil by the artist.
LLOYD GOFF (1910-1982)
Gathering Storm, 1936
lithograph, edition of 100. 10 x 14 inches
signed and titled by the artist.
Library of Congress collection
Passing Storm, 1936
lithograph, companion piece to Gathering Storm), 9 3/4 x 14 inches
signed and titled by the artist.
Library of Congress collection.
Although Lloyd Goff is known as a Texas artist, these two works were probably done during his years in Santa Fe.
SAM HYDE HARRIS (1889-1977)
San Gabriel Valley [California] 1929
color silkscreen, 8 x 10 inches
signed in pencil.
EUGENE HIGGINS (1874-1958)
Poor Indian 1928 E 10-3
etching, 7 1/8 x 5 inches
signed in pencil by the artist.
EDOUARD HILDEBRANDT (1818-1869)
Wells Fargo Stagecoach
woodengraving on newsprint,, handcolored, 6 x 9 1/4 inches
published in Germany, and signed in the plate incorrectly, Hildebrand.
L. HLAVKA (Early 20th C.)
Santa Barbara Mission, c. 1944
etching, 5 x 6 7/16 inches
signed, titled and dated in the plate and signed and titled by the artist in pencil. |
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E.M. JACKSON (1843-1942.)
Texas Plot
oil on board, 21 1/2 x 30 inches
signed by the artist.
Jackson was an illustrator, and this particular painting was probably the "header" for a story in Western Magazine or "Boy's Life".
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JOSEPH LAUBER (1855 -?) after E. NARJOT (1827-1898)
Primitive Methods of Early Days (goldmining)
etching in brown ink, 8 x 12 1/4
signed in the plate with both artists' names.
CHARLES LUMMIS (1859-1928)
Flathead
cyanotype, 6 x 5 1/2 inches
cyanotype is a printing process based on the light sensitivity of iron salts.
The emulsion is coated on paper or cloth, and after exposure it is processed simply by washing in water to remove unexposed emulsion. The resulting print is quite stable and long lasting. Generally the color of the print is blue.
RITA MARTINEZ aka TA-PAH (Native American, Taos Pueblo c. 1920)
At the River
ink and tempera drawing in original frame ,7 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches
signed by the artist.
Taos Pueblo
ink and tempera in original frame 8 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches
signed in ink by the artist.
HEINRICH BALDWIN MOLHAUSEN (German, 1825-1905)
Zuni ,c. 1853
lithograph in color 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches
signed in the plate.
Mollhausen, a topographical artist made three trips to the United States between 1849 and 1858. During his second journey he joined Amiel Whipple's railway mapping survey through the southwest, and made the drawing for this work.
ARTHUR H. MORGAN, JR . (Early 20th C. Californian)
Fortitude -- Pine Tree at Torrey Pines c. 1932
platinum photograph in sepia 17 x 10 inches
Exhibited at San Franicsco Photo Exhibitionc. 1920.
ARTHUR MURPHY (1906-1991)
Bridge Worker No. 2
lithograph, edition size less than 25, WPA print, 12 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches
signed and titled by the artist.
Bridge Worker No. 5
lithograph, edition size less than 25, WPA print, 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches
signed and titled by the artist.
Bridge Worker No. 7
lithograph, edition size less than 25, WPA print, 13 x 10 inches
signed and titled by the artist.
Mt. Tamalpais
lithograph, editiion size less than 25, WPA print 9 1/2 x 13 inches
signed and titled by the artist with verse in the stone.
signed in pencil by the artist
Circus Group #1, Balance Act (Acrobats)
lithograph, edition size less than 25, WPA print, 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches
signed and titled by the artist.
Murphy showed the Bridge Builders as monumental, heroic figures. He concentrated on the beauty of the bodies of the laborers, and unlike most artists of the 30's, did not show the government project (Oakland Bay Bridge) that was being built. In contrast to the Bridge Builders, Mt. Tamalpais is poetic in its depiction, and Circus Group, is a compelling composition that is executed with one thin line.
ROI PARTRIDGE (1888-1984)
Live Oak and Orange, 1921
drypoint etching, edition of 76; 8 destroyed, 15 x 12 3/4 inches
signed in pencil by the artist.
Large landscape etching of two oaks dominating the scene of an orange orchard at the foot of rolling hills. The scale of the piece and the dominant foreground vantage point were unusual for an Western American etching of the period.
PILLSBURY PICTURE CO (active 1906)
The Burning of San Francisco, April 18, 1906, View from Saint Francis Hotel
panoramic photograph in sepia 7 1/4 x 41 1/4 inches.
signed and titled in the plate.
some fading, but generally in good condition.
SAUL RABINO (1892-1969)
Desert Landscape at the Foothills
]oil on board 14 1/4 x 17 1/2
signed by the artist and signed and dated on the verso.
ANN RICE (ANN RICE O'HANLON (1908-?)
[Untitled -- Abstract Tree and Rocks] "No. 5", 1939
lithograph, edition of less than 25 WPA print, 15 x 11 inches
signed in pencil by the artist .
"Fog 'No. 6'", 1939
lithograph, edition of less than 25, WPA print,10 5/8 x 14 5/8 inches
signed and titled by the artist.
Rice-O'Hanlon studied at the California School of Fine Arts. She marrieed Richard O'Hanlon in 1932, but signed these works, executed in 1939, with her maiden name. "Fog", a frequent theme in Rice's work, is a permeating part of the Monterey-San Francisco peninsula.
GEOFFREY RIDGE (b. 1961)
Giant Irises
copperplate engraving, 31 1/4 x 14 3/4
signed and titled in pencil by the artist.
A contemporary Denver artist who focuses on nature in the West, sometimes flowers and sometimes, creatures in a garden.
F. GRAYSON SAYRE (1879-1939)
[Crossing the Desert]
sayrograph tempera version of serigraph invented by Sayre,14 x 20 1/4 inches
signed in the plate by the artist.
One of Sayre's most popular works
WILSON SILSBY (1896-1952)
[Lazy River]
etching on heavy wove. edition of 40 7 12/4 x 11 3/4 inches
signed and numbered in pencil by the artist.
Etcher, lithographer and designer, he was best known for the no-ground etching plate and wrote several books on etching techniques.
J. BLANDING SLOAN (1886-1975)
Castle for Gibbelins -- The Russ Building [San Francisco] under Construction
Corkcut in color 22 x 15 1/2 inches
signed in the block and signed and titled in pencil by the artist.
G. SPIEL (German, 19th c.)
University of California, Berkeley
etching in brown ink, 8 1/8 x 12 inches
signed in the plate.
Bookplate showing the campus and some of the students during an earlier period.
ALBERTE SPRATT (1893-1950)
Moon Pool, 1938
lithograph, 12 x 9 inches. WPA print with the FAP blind stamp
signed and titled by the artist
A Californian her whole life, Spratt invested landscape with surreal elements that she alone saw in the Western Landscape.
JOHN MIX STANLEY (American, 1814-1872)
Marias River
color lithograph, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches
signed in the plate
U.S Railroad Survey General Report, Published by Sarony, Major & Knapp (1856-1867) depicting part of the Lewis & Clark trail in Central Montana. Meriweather Lewis named the river after his cousin Maria Wood.
Dalles
color lithograph, 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches
signed in the plate
U.S.Government Railroad Survey, published by Sarony, Major & Knapp showing the end of the Oregon Trail, 8 miles east of Portland in the heart of the beautiful Columbia River Gorge.
Chemakane Mission
color lithograph, 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches
signed in the plate.
U.S. Government Railroad Survey, published by Sarony, Major & Knapp. The Chemakane Mission was run by the Presbyterian Church from 1839-1849 when it was abandoned and the Catholic Church took over. This representation of the Pacific Northwest, Spokane area, shows the Native Americans at the beautiful Mission setting
Liet. Grover's Depatch -- Return of Governor Stevens to Fort Benton
color lithograph,6 1/8 x 9 3/8 inches
signed in the plate
U.S. Government Railroad Survey, published by Sarony, Major & Knapp represents the oldest town in Montana.
CHARLES SURENDORF (1906-1979)
Wells Fargo Station
linoleum cut, 13 x 10 inches
signed in pencil by the artist
GIL TERRIN (1927-2001)
Under Western Skies 1960
oil on canvas, 23 1/2 x 35 1/2 inches
signed by the artist
LEVON WEST (1900-1968)
Trail Riders
etching with plate tone, 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches
signed in pencil by the artist .
The Mountain Ranger
etching with plate tone on green paper 9 7/16 x 11 1/4 inches
signed in pencil by the artist
Bucking the Wind
etching with plate tone 9 3/8 x 10 .
signed in pencil by the artist
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Twin Pines
etching with plate tone on green paper 14 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches
signed in pencil by the artist
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High Pass with Dog Sled
etching with plate tone, 9 7/8 x 14 inchers .
signed in pencil by the artist
Chief Eagle Calf 1927
etching with plate tone, 9 x 6 5/8 inches
signed in pencil by the artist
UNKNOWN AMERICAN (20th C.)
Eucalyptus Trees in a Field
watercolor, 20 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches
signed W. Zurach
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