California & American Fine Art

online only auction | 19 day sale | 17 days remaining
Location
Monrovia, CA 91016
Dates

Sale Starts

Fri
Apr 17
3pm

Sale Ends

Tue
May 5
12pm
1001 Benjamin Chambers Brown (1865-1942) "Near Monrovia Calif." Oil on canvasboard Signed lower left: Benjamin C. Brown; signed again, titled and inscribed in ink, verso: "near Monrovia, Calif. / Painted by Benjamin C. Brown / California / (Au 4)" 11" H x 14" W Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
1001 Benjamin Chambers Brown (1865-1942) "Near Monrovia Calif." Oil on canvasboard Signed lower left: Benjamin C. Brown; signed again, titled and inscribed in ink, verso: "near Monrovia, Calif. / Painted by Benjamin C. Brown / California / (Au 4)" 11" H x 14" W Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
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John Moran Auctioneers is pleased to present California and American Fine Art—an auction featuring 2 15 lots of works by important American and California Artists from private collections throughout California, Western states and beyond! The auction is led by California artists Arthur Mathews, Edgar Payne, Armin Carl Hansen, William Wendt, Granville Redmond, John Marshall Gamble and Jessie Arms Botke, and features American works by Howard Pyle, Frederick Waugh, William Louis Sonntag Sr., Joseph Raphael, William H. Singer Jr. and Henry Gasser. Fine selection s of etching, some very rare, by Armin Carl Hansen and James McNeill Whistler round out the...

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1001 Benjamin Chambers Brown (1865-1942) "Near Monrovia Calif." Oil on canvasboard Signed lower left: Benjamin C. Brown; signed again, titled and inscribed in ink, verso: "near Monrovia, Calif. / Painted by Benjamin C. Brown / California / (Au 4)" 11" H x 14" W Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
1001 Benjamin Chambers Brown (1865-1942) "Near Monrovia Calif." Oil on canvasboard Signed lower left: Benjamin C. Brown; signed again, titled and inscribed in ink, verso: "near Monrovia, Calif. / Painted by Benjamin C. Brown / California / (Au 4)" 11" H x 14" W Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
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1002 Benjamin Chambers Brown (1865-1942) "The End of Summer, Near Ojai, California" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower right: Benjamin C. Brown; signed again, titled, and inscribed in ink, verso: "Near Ojai, California / Painting by Benjamin C. Brown / (Au 2)" 11.125" H x 14" W Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
1002 Benjamin Chambers Brown (1865-1942) "The End of Summer, Near Ojai, California" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower right: Benjamin C. Brown; signed again, titled, and inscribed in ink, verso: "Near Ojai, California / Painting by Benjamin C. Brown / (Au 2)" 11.125" H x 14" W Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
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1003 Sam Hyde Harris (1889-1977) "Yesterday" Oil on board Signed with the estate stamp lower left: Sam Hyde / Harris; with the black ink stamped estate statement signed by Maurine St. Gaudens, the estate inventory number, 02-036, and the title in another hand, all verso 12" H x 16" D Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
1003 Sam Hyde Harris (1889-1977) "Yesterday" Oil on board Signed with the estate stamp lower left: Sam Hyde / Harris; with the black ink stamped estate statement signed by Maurine St. Gaudens, the estate inventory number, 02-036, and the title in another hand, all verso 12" H x 16" D Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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1004 Hanson Duvall Puthuff (1875-1972) "Spreading Valley" Oil on Masonite Signed lower left: H. Puthuff; signed again and titled in green paint verso; inscribed in pencil on the frame's verso, in another hand: "Festival of arts assoc." 15.75" H x 19.75" W Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
1004 Hanson Duvall Puthuff (1875-1972) "Spreading Valley" Oil on Masonite Signed lower left: H. Puthuff; signed again and titled in green paint verso; inscribed in pencil on the frame's verso, in another hand: "Festival of arts assoc." 15.75" H x 19.75" W Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
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1005 Edgar Alwin Payne (1883-1947) "Sierra Stream" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower right: Edgar Payne; titled in pencil and inscribed "4" in ink, verso 11.75" H x 14.75" W Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
1005 Edgar Alwin Payne (1883-1947) "Sierra Stream" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower right: Edgar Payne; titled in pencil and inscribed "4" in ink, verso 11.75" H x 14.75" W Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
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1006 Edgar Alwin Payne (1883-1947) Mountain landscape Oil on canvas laid to board Unsigned 12" H x 16" W Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
1006 Edgar Alwin Payne (1883-1947) Mountain landscape Oil on canvas laid to board Unsigned 12" H x 16" W Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
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1007 Thomas Nash (1856-1927) "The Mountain Road," 1922 Oil on canvas Signed and with the artist's device, and dated, all lower right: Thomas Nash / 1922; signed and dated again, and inscribed, "The Wild in S.O.[sic] Cal. no. 1. Second Series" and "The Ridge Rout.[sic], L.A. Cal to BakesField[sic]," all verso 30" H x 40" W Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
1007 Thomas Nash (1856-1927) "The Mountain Road," 1922 Oil on canvas Signed and with the artist's device, and dated, all lower right: Thomas Nash / 1922; signed and dated again, and inscribed, "The Wild in S.O.[sic] Cal. no. 1. Second Series" and "The Ridge Rout.[sic], L.A. Cal to BakesField[sic]," all verso 30" H x 40" W Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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1008 Granville Redmond (1871-1935) Distant mountains at sunset Oil on canvas Signed lower left: Granville Redmond; signed again in pencil on the stretcher 12" H x 16" W Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000
1008 Granville Redmond (1871-1935) Distant mountains at sunset Oil on canvas Signed lower left: Granville Redmond; signed again in pencil on the stretcher 12" H x 16" W Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000
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1009 Percy Gray (1869-1952) "Cattle Ranch" Watercolor and traces of pencil on paper Signed lower left: Percy Gray; titled by repute 12" H x 16.125" W Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
1009 Percy Gray (1869-1952) "Cattle Ranch" Watercolor and traces of pencil on paper Signed lower left: Percy Gray; titled by repute 12" H x 16.125" W Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
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1010 Percy Gray (1869-1952) Farm in a rolling hills landscape Watercolor on paperboard Signed lower left: Percy Gray 11.625" H x 15.5" W Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
1010 Percy Gray (1869-1952) Farm in a rolling hills landscape Watercolor on paperboard Signed lower left: Percy Gray 11.625" H x 15.5" W Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
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1011 Jessie Arms Botke (1883-1971) "Ducks" Oil on board Signed lower right: Jessie Arms Botke; signed again, titled, and inscribed "frame B," all in red pencil on the verso; inscribed in ink on a label affixed to the frame's backing paper: "for / Margaret Keller / with my love" 10" H x 12" W Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
1011 Jessie Arms Botke (1883-1971) "Ducks" Oil on board Signed lower right: Jessie Arms Botke; signed again, titled, and inscribed "frame B," all in red pencil on the verso; inscribed in ink on a label affixed to the frame's backing paper: "for / Margaret Keller / with my love" 10" H x 12" W Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
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1012 Jessie Arms Botke (1883-1971) Rooster, hen and brood in a garden, circa 1936 Gouache with touches of graphite on speckled gray paper Signed lower right: Jessie Arms Botke; faint and partially indistinct pencil notations on the verso of the original frame's backing board suggest that the work was likely created before the autumn of 1936 Image: 5.625" H x 7.375" W; Sheet: 8.125" H x 10.125" W Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
1012 Jessie Arms Botke (1883-1971) Rooster, hen and brood in a garden, circa 1936 Gouache with touches of graphite on speckled gray paper Signed lower right: Jessie Arms Botke; faint and partially indistinct pencil notations on the verso of the original frame's backing board suggest that the work was likely created before the autumn of 1936 Image: 5.625" H x 7.375" W; Sheet: 8.125" H x 10.125" W Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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