17 Aug 2010
18:00 PDT
Los Angeles
California and Western Paintings & Sculpture
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California and Western Paintings & Sculpture
Back to auction 18265
(n/a) Elmer Wachtel (American, 1864-1929)
Snowy slope by water's edge, Sierra Nevada; Snow-covered peaks and pines beside a lake, Sierra Nevada (a pair)
first, signed 'Wachtel' along with cipher (lower left); second, signed 'Wachtel' (lower right) along with cipher and both inscribed 'Painted by Elmer Wachtel / Signed by Marion K Wachtel / Sierra Nevada' (on the reverse)
each oil on canvas board
each 17 3/4 x 13 3/4in
each overall: 23 1/2 x 20 1/4in
first, signed 'Wachtel' along with cipher (lower left); second, signed 'Wachtel' (lower right) along with cipher and both inscribed 'Painted by Elmer Wachtel / Signed by Marion K Wachtel / Sierra Nevada' (on the reverse)
each oil on canvas board
each 17 3/4 x 13 3/4in
each overall: 23 1/2 x 20 1/4in
Sold for
US$ 18,300
inc. premium
Footnotes
- PROVENANCE:
Property from the Estate of Judge Elmer E. Robinson, mayor of San Francisco from 1948-1956, and his wife Ora Norris Robinson
Thence by descent to the present owner
Category: Fine Art / California and Western Paintings
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