TuESdAy, FEbruAry 16, 2010 - California Art Auction

California & AmericanPaintings Auctiona catalogued sale of over 190 quality works of artTuesday, February 16, 2010P a s a d e n a C a l i f o r n i a

www.johnmoran.comAUCTIONCalifornia & American PaintingsA Catalogued Sale of Over 190 Quality Works of ArtPreview Opens 12:00 p.m. Sale Promptly at 6:30 p.m.The Pasadena Convention Center300 East Green Street, Pasadena, California 91101Tuesday, February 16, 2010Inquiries WelcomeEmail: info@johnmoran.com735 West Woodbury Road Altadena, California 91001Phone: 626.793.1833 :: Fax 626.798.2079

15Lot 15 Jean Mannheim (1863-1945 Pasadena, CA) Happiness (possibly the artist’s daughter), oil on canvas, 34’’x 39’’, est:$20,000/30,0001

www.johnmoran.com139 8073 60Lot 139 Benjamin C. Brown (1865-1942 Pasadena, CA) Montecito Valley, near Santa Barbara, oil on canvas, 16’’x 20.25’’, est:$10,000/15,000Lot 80 Arthur Wesley Dow (1857-1922 New York, NY) Cows resting on a hillside, oil on masonite, 13.5’’x 19.5’’, est:$10,000/15,000Lot 73 Jack Wilkinson Smith (1873-1949 Alhambra, CA) Bow River Valley, oil on canvas, 20’’x 24’’, est:$3000/5000Lot 60 Dedrick Stuber (1878-1954 Los Angeles, CA) Shipyards, oil on board, 15.75’’x 20’’, est:$4000/60002

Lot 136 Paul Lauritz (1889-1975 Glendale, CA) California landscape in summer, oil on canvas, 27.75’’x 30’’, est:$9000/12,0003

www.johnmoran.com63Lot 63 Charles Rollo Peters (1862-1928 Monterey, CA) Belvedere, oil on canvas, 22.5’’x 17’’, est:$20,000/30,000Lot 58 Will Sparks (1862-1937 San Francisco, CA) Winter Evening- Arizona, oil on panel, 8’’x 10’’, est:$3000/4000Lot 64 Charles Rollo Peters (1862-1928 Monterey, CA) Casa Alvarado, oil on canvas, 16’’x 24’’, est:$12,000/18,00045864

Lot 60 Jean Mannheim (1863-1945 Pasadena, CA) ‘’Happiness’’Lot 32 Granville Redmond (1871-1935 Los Angeles, CA) California landscape with eucalyptus trees and poppies, oil on canvas, 12’’x 16’’, est:$30,000/40,0005

www.johnmoran.com23 24Lot 23 Joseph Kleitsch (1882-1931 Santa Ana, CA) Portrait of William C. Baker, oil on canvas, 54.5’’x 38.5’’, est:$25,000/35,000Lot 24 Joseph Kleitsch (1882-1931 Santa Ana, CA) Portrait of a woman seated in the Athenaeum Club Room, Chicago, oil on canvas, 33’’x 25.25’’, est:$20,000/30,0006

134 10295 86Lot 134 Emil J. Kosa, Jr (1903-1968 Los Angeles, CA) The Joy of Living, oil on canvas, 24’’x 34.25’’, est:$5000/7000Lot 102 Henry Martin Gasser (1909-1981 Orange, NJ) Abandoned house in winter, gouache and watercolor on paper under glass, sight size: 18.75’’x 23’’, st:$4000/6000Lot 95 Emil J. Kosa, Jr (1903-1968 Los Angeles, CA) Oil Pond, watercolor on Arches paper under glass, paper size: 15’’x 22.5’’, est:$2000/3000Lot 86 Preston Blair (1908-1995 Carmel, CA) Night scene with cable car, probably Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, CA, watercolor gouache on paper, 21.5’’x 30’’, est:$1000/20007

www.johnmoran.com976 61Lot 97 Standish Backus, Jr (1910-1989 Santa Barbara, CA) Point Conception, California, unframed watercolor on paper, paper size: 15.5’’x 22.75’’, est:$3000/5000Lot 75 Frederick Judd Waugh (1861-1940 Provincetown, MA) Marine, oil on wood panel, 36’’x 48’’, est:$15,000/20,000Lot 6 Anna Althea Hills (1882-1930 Laguna Beach, CA) Dog’s Head Point, oil on canvasboard, 7’’x 10’’, est:$3000/5000Lot 61 Williams Lees Judson (1842-1928 Los Angeles, CA) Figures and boats on the California coast, oil on canvas laid to masonite, 20’’x 33.75’’, est:$4000/6000875

Lot 73 Christian Siemer (1874-1940 Los Angeles, CA) Lighthouse on Anacapa Island, oil on canvas, 24’’x 36’’, est:$6000/80009

www.johnmoran.comLot 39 Howard Everett Smith A.N.A. (1885-1970 Carmel, CA) Horses Under Trees, Carmel Valley, oil on canvas, 25’’x 30’’, est:$5000/700010

Lot 41 Nicolai Fechin (1881-1955 Taos, NM) The (Sycamore) Tree, oil on canvas, 30’’x 26’’, est:$250,000/350,00011

www.johnmoran.com4652 59Lot 46 Walter Ufer (1876-1936 Taos, NM) Taos Medicine Man, oil on canvas, 18’’x 15.25’’, est:$40,000/60,000Lot 51 Gilbert Gaul (1855-1919 New York, NY) Sioux Camp, oil on canvas, 18.25’’x 24.25’’, est:$4000/6000Lot 52 Edgar Samuel Paxson (1852-1919 Missoula, MT) After the Shower in the Land of Crows, oil on canvas, 22’’x 36’’, est:$40,000/60,000Lot 59 Richard Dey De Ribcowsky (1880-1936 Los Angeles, CA) California Redwood Giants, oil on canvas, 30.25’’x 40’’, est:$15,000/20,0001251

12012630Lot 120 Frank Tenney Johnson A.N.A. (1874-1939 Los Angeles, CA) Cowboy on horseback, oil on board, 11.75’’x 15’’, est:$40,000/60,000Lot 30 Gunnar Widforss (1879-1934 Grand Canyon, AZ) California redwood grove, watercolor on paper under glass, 22.5’’x 18’’, est:$10,000/15,000Lot 126 Frank Tenney Johnson A.N.A. (1874-1939 Los Angeles, CA) Trout Peak, oil on masonite, 12’’x 15.75’’, est:$7000/10,00013

www.johnmoran.com6717 154Lot 67 Gordon Coutts (1868-1937 Palm Springs, CA) Mission San Juan Capistrano, oil on board, 12.25’’x 18.25’’, est:$2500/3500Lot 68 Frank Reed Whiteside (1866-1929 Philadelphia, PA) View of San Gabriel Mission bell tower, oil on canvas, 12.25’’x 9’’, est:$1500/2500Lot 17 O. Theodore Jackman (1878-1940 La Crescenta, CA) Spanish dancer, oil on waxed canvas, 30’’x 25.25’’, est:$3000/5000Lot 154 Diego Rivera (1886-1957 Mexican) Mexican family, watercolor on rice paper mounted to board, paper size: 11’’x 15.5’’, est:$25,000/35,0001468

6289 70Lot 62 Armin C. Hansen (1886-1957 Monterey, CA) Under the Wharf, oil on board, 9.75’’x 14’’, est:$20,000/30,000Lot 8 August Gay (1890-1948 Carmel, CA) Bathers and Boats, Monterey, oil on board, 10’’x 13.25’’, est:$20,000/30,000Lot 9 Si Chen Yuan (1911-1974 Monterey, CA) Blooming cherry tree near houses, Monterey, CA, oil on masonite, 7.75’’x 10’’, est:$3000/4000Lot 70 Charles Chapel Judson (1864-1946 Monterey, CA) Coastal dunes, oil on canvas, 17’’x 32’’, est:$4000/600015

www.johnmoran.com125133Lot 125 Frank Tenney Johnson A.N.A. (1874-1939 Los Angeles, CA) Two riders and packhorses, oil on masonite, 12’’x 15.75’’, est:$10,000/15,000Lot 48 Clarence Ellsworth (1885-1961 Los Angeles, CA) Standing Indian chief in full length headdress, oil on canvas, 19’’x 13’’, est:$3000/5000Lot 133 Burt Procter (1901-1980 Palm Springs, CA) Seated cowboys with horses, oil on masonite, 20’’x 24.25’’, est:$5000/70001648

Lot 131 Olaf Carl Wieghorst (1899-1988 El Cajon, CA) Detour, oil on canvas, 30’’x 36’’, est:$40,000/60,00017

www.johnmoran.com147Lot 147 Alson Skinner Clark (1876-1949 Pasadena, CA) lle de la Cite, Paris, oil on canvas, 19.25’’x 23.25’’, est:$20,000/30,000Lot 145 O. Theodore Jackman (1878-1940 La Crescenta, CA) Mrs. Violet Rhodes (Jackman) at her desk in Paris, oil on canvas laid to board, 25.5’’x 17.25’’, est:$3000/4000Lot 146 Raoul M. De Longpre (1859-1911 French) Still life with pink roses and lilacs, gouache and pastel on paper under glass, sight size: 28.25’’x 36.25’’, est:$5000/750018145146

Lot 81 Fern Isabel Coppedge (1883-1951 New Hope, PA) Summer, oil on canvas, 18.25’’x 20’’, est:$25,000/35,00019

www.johnmoran.com93Lot 93 Jake Lee (1915-1991 Los Angeles, CA) Chinese people unloading dry goods, San Francisco, watercolor on paper, paper size: 41’’x 31’’, est:$3000/5000Lot 91 Jake Lee (1915-1991 Los Angeles, CA) Cigar shop- Chinatown, watercolor on paper, paper size: 41’’x 31’’, est:$3000/50002091

Discovered at Our January Valuation DayJohn Moran Auctioneers now offers monthly free walk-in valuation daysfor art, antiques, jewelry, silver, clocks, watches and more.Bring in up to five items, for a free verbal valuation.See you there!For The RecordMoran’s also provides complete appraisal servicesAn accurate appraisal can protect you from undervaluing your treasuresor overpaying on your premiums or probate taxes.Lot 89 Jake Lee (1915-1991 Los Angeles, CA) New Year’s dragon dance -downtown Chinatown, watercolor on paper, paper size: 41’’x 31’’, est:$3000/5000Inquire for details626 793 1833 :: info@johnmoran.comMoran’s is pleased to offer this series of eleven large-scale watercolors by JakeLee, brought to light after many years in storage. Originally commissioned by arestaurateur in San Francisco’s Chinatown to decorate his dining room, thesepaintings chronicle the history of the Chinese people in California, from the arduousbuilding of the Transcontinental Railroad through the Sierra Nevadas, to industryin cigar factories and shrimp camps and festivities in Chinatown. These livelyand wonderfully detailed works are a unique record of Chinese life in California.21

California & AmericanPaintings AuctionLot 103 William Wray (1956-* California)Engine, Los Angeles, oil on panel,24’’x 32’’, est:$3000/4000Tuesday, February 16, 2010A Catalogued Sale of Over 190 Quality Works of ArtPasadena Convention Center :: 300 East Green Street Pasadena CaliforniaOnline Catalogue @ www.johnmoran.com Partial List of Artists to be Offered:Alvarez, MabelBackus, Jr, StandishBlair, LeeBorein, EdwardBorg, Carl OscarBrown, Benjamin C.Burbank, Elbridge AyerClark, Alson SkinnerCoppedge, Fern IsabelCromwell, JoaneDe Grandmaison, NicolasDe Longpre, Raoul M.De Ribcowsky, RichardDike, PhilDow, Arthur WesleyEarle, EyvindEggenhofer, NickEllsworth, ClarenceFarr, Ellen BurpeeFechin, NicolaiFerguson, Henry A.Forsyth, William J.Frost, JohnGamble, John M.Gasser, Henry MartinGaul, GilbertGay, AugustGoodan, TillmanHahn, WilliamHansen, Armin C.Hansen, Herman W.Higgins, VictorJackman, O. TheodoreJohnson, Frank TenneyJudson, Charles ChapelJudson, Williams LeesKleitsch, JosephKosa, Jr, Emil J.Krafft, CarlKuntz, Roger EdwardLauritz, PaulLee, JakeMannheim, JeanMitchell, Alfred R.Moeller, LouisPages, Jules E.Paxson, Edgar SamuelPayne, Edgar A.Peters, Charles RolloRaschen, HenryRedmond, GranvilleReed, MarjorieRivera, DiegoShulz, Adolph R.Siemer, ChristianSmith, Howard EverettSmith, Jack WilkinsonSparks, WillStuber, DedrickSymons, George GardnerUfer, WalterWaugh, Frederick JuddWhite, Orrin A.Widforss, GunnarWieghorst, Olaf CarlYard, Sydney J.Yuan, Si ChenAntique & Fine Art Auctioneers735 West Woodbury RoadAltadena California 91001ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTEDFIRST CLASS MAILPRSRT FIRST CLASSU.S. POSTAGEPA I DPasadena CAPermit # 422