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California and Western Paintings & Sculpture

Auction 19976
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1 May 2012, starting at 18:00 PDT.
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Auction highlights

Sold for US$ 362,500 inc. premium
Henry F. Farny (American, 1847-1916) Southern Plains Indian warrior, 1894 16 x 11in
Sold for US$ 134,500 inc. premium
Granville Redmond (American, 1871-1935) Coastal storm, 1905 42 x 50in
Sold for US$ 116,500 inc. premium
William Frederick Ritschel (American, 1864-1949) Storm lashed coast 30 1/4 x 40 1/4in
Sold for US$ 104,500 inc. premium
Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) Clouds and prairie, 1921 12 x 18in

Lots

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1 Christian Jorgensen (American, 1860-1935) Yosemite Falls, 1900; Half Dome, 1900; Cathedral Spires, 1900 (group of three) first and second 9 1/4 x 4 3/4in; third sight: 10 1/4 x 4 3/4in US$ 6,875
£4,512
€5,342
2 Frederick Ferdinand Schafer (German/American, 1839-1927) Morning on Mount Shasta, 14,400 feet high from Shasta Lake, California 30 x 44in US$ 5,250
£3,446
€4,079
3 Manuel Valencia (American, 1856-1935) Yosemite Valley 38 1/4 x 57 3/4in US$ 6,250
£4,102
€4,856
4 Jack Wisby (American, 1870-1940) Mountain lake 16 1/4 x 28 1/4in US$ 1,875
£1,230
€1,456
5 Annie Lyle Harmon (American, 1855-1930) Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 12 x 18in US$ 1,250
£820
€971
6 Charles Dormon Robinson (American, 1847-1933) Mount Tamalpais 5 3/4 x 9 1/2in US$ 1,250
£820
€971
9 Thomas Hill (American, 1829-1908) The fishing hole, 1871 18 1/4 x 12 1/4in US$ 13,750
£9,025
€10,684
10 Thomas Hill (American, 1829-1908) Bridalveil Fall and Leaning Tower 22 x 14in US$ 47,500
£31,180
€36,910
11 Attributed to Ernest Etienne Narjot (American, 1826-1898) View of Yreka, California oval: 15 1/4 x 39 1/2in US$ 4,375
£2,871
€3,399
12 Arthur Putnam (American, 1873-1930) Saber toothed tiger height: 3in US$ 3,125
£2,051
€2,428
13 Andrew Melrose (American, 1836-1901) Encampment at the base of a snow-covered mountain, thought to be Mount Shasta 40 x 30in US$ 17,500
£11,487
€13,598
14 William Lewis Marple (American, 1827-1910) Cattle watering with rolling hills beyond, 1867 16 x 26in US$ 4,000
£2,625
€3,108
15 Virgil Williams (American, 1830-1886) The music of nature, 1871 20 x 14in US$ 4,375
£2,871
€3,399
16 Jan Hendrik Scheltema (Australian, 1861-1938) Cows watering in a stream 17 x 26in US$ 2,125
£1,394
€1,651
17 Thomas Hill (American, 1829-1908) Autumn landscape, 1886 33 1/2 x 43 1/4in US$ 27,500
£18,051
€21,369
18 William Alexander Coulter (1849-1936) The four-masted bark Edward Sewall with the Golden Gate and Farallon Islands in the distance 32 x 24 1/4in US$ 23,750
£15,590
€18,455
21 Percy Gray (1869-1952) California wildflowers and eucalyptus with hills in the distance, 1927 20 x 37 3/4in US$ 40,000
£26,256
€31,082
22 Thomas Hill (American, 1829-1908) Mount Tamalpais through the trees 22 x 14in US$ 15,000
£9,846
€11,655
23 Joseph Kleitsch (1882-1931) Still life of fruit 14 1/4 x 22 1/4in US$ 22,500
£14,769
€17,483
24 Guy Rose (American, 1867-1925) Grapes suspended, 1886 20 1/4 x 16 1/4in US$ 25,000
£16,410
€19,426
25 William Hubacek (American, 1871-1958) The bounty of the vine 20 1/4 x 16in US$ 2,500
£1,641
€1,942
26 Raoul M. de Longpre (French/American, 1843-1911) Roses and lilacs sight: 19 1/4 x 27 1/2in US$ 5,250
£3,446
€4,079
27 Joseph Raphael (American, 1869-1950) Still life with green vase and flowers 39 1/4 x 27 1/4in US$ 22,500
£14,769
€17,483
28 Franz Arthur Bischoff (American, 1864-1929) Ovoid vase with pink and yellow roses, 1908 height: 14 3/4in US$ 15,000
£9,846
€11,655
29 Franz Arthur Bischoff (American, 1864-1929) Charger with sprays of climbing roses, 1909 diameter: 15 3/4in US$ 3,750
£2,461
€2,913
31 Mary Curtis Richardson (American, 1848-1931) Child in a garden, 1920 6 1/4 x 5 1/2in US$ 5,625
£3,692
€4,370
32 Mary Curtis Richardson (American, 1848-1931) Hal and his dog 16 x 12in US$ 3,125
£2,051
€2,428
33 Theodore Wores (1859-1939) A temple garden in Kyoto, 1896 22 x 16 1/2in US$ 12,500
£8,205
€9,713
34 Theodore Wores (1859-1939) A font of purification, Kamakura, Japan 9 1/4 x 12 1/4in US$ 13,750
£9,025
€10,684
35 Theodore Wores (American, 1860-1939) San Juan Mill, Alcalá de Guadaíra, Spain 16 x 10in US$ 1,187
£779
€922
36 Theodore Wores (1859-1939) Garden of Kinkakuji in Kyoto, 1895-1896 9 1/4 x 12 1/4in US$ 12,500
£8,205
€9,713
37 Harry B. Lachman (American, 1886-1975) Dieppe, Normandy, 1914; Hiver en Suisse, 1915 (a pair) each 10 1/2 x 13 3/4in US$ 6,875
£4,512
€5,342
38 Alson Skinner Clark (1876-1949) Saint André des Arts, Paris 10 1/4 x 13 5/8in US$ 3,100
£2,034
€2,408
39 Armin Hansen (American, 1886-1957) Winter day 20 3/4 x 27in US$ 23,750
£15,590
€18,455
40 William Frederick Ritschel (American, 1864-1949) Storm lashed coast 30 1/4 x 40 1/4in US$ 116,500
£76,473
€90,527
41 Albert Thomas DeRome (American, 1885-1959) Carmel Mission, Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo, 1958 18 x 24in US$ 10,625
£6,974
€8,256
42 Albert Thomas DeRome (American, 1885-1959) Fountain, San Jose Water Works, Cambrian Wells, 1934 10 x 14in US$ 4,000
£2,625
€3,108
43 Paul Dougherty (American, 1877-1947) Summer afternoon, circa 1921 26 x 36in US$ 37,500
£24,615
€29,139
44 Mary DeNeale Morgan (1868-1948) Point Lobos sight: 11 3/4 x 15 1/2in US$ 8,125
£5,333
€6,313
45 Albert Thomas DeRome (American, 1885-1959) Veils of light, Santa Cruz Mountains, 1938 10 x 14in US$ 3,000
£1,969
€2,331
46 Si Chen Yuan (1911-1974) Coastal cypress 24 1/2 x 32 1/2in US$ 26,250
£17,231
€20,397
47 William Frederick Ritschel (American, 1864-1949) Moonlit shore, Carmel 15 x 23 3/4in US$ 33,750
£22,154
€26,225
49 Armin Hansen (American, 1886-1957) Carmel country at night, 1918 10 3/4 x 27in US$ 15,000
£9,846
€11,655
50 Selden Connor Gile (American, 1877-1947) Houseboats, Tiburon, California 12 x 16in unframed US$ 13,750
£9,025
€10,684
51 Selden Connor Gile (American, 1877-1947) Fence along a hillside 12 x 16in US$ 5,000
£3,282
€3,885
52 William Clapp (American, 1879-1954) Trees on a river bank, 1937 18 x 15in US$ 7,500
£4,923
€5,827
53 Selden Connor Gile (American, 1877-1947) Marsh land 9 x 12 1/4in US$ 6,250
£4,102
€4,856
54 William Clapp (American, 1879-1954) Nude 18 x 15in US$ 5,625
£3,692
€4,370
55 Selden Connor Gile (American, 1877-1947) Cows at the old windmill pump 12 x 16in US$ 10,000
£6,564
€7,770
56 August Gay (American, 1890-1948) Pier 11 x 14in US$ 10,000
£6,564
€7,770
57 Everett Lloyd Bryant (American, 1864-1945) Brutal beasts at play 25 x 30in US$ 5,250
£3,446
€4,079
58 Granville Redmond (American, 1871-1935) California poppy field, 1915 12 x 18in US$ 98,500
£64,657
€76,540
59 Granville Redmond (American, 1871-1935) California wildflowers on rolling hills 10 x 14in US$ 56,250
£36,923
€43,709
60 Granville Redmond (American, 1871-1935) The landing, 1931 12 x 16in US$ 35,000
£22,974
€27,197
61 Franz Arthur Bischoff (American, 1864-1929) Mending nets, San Pedro 18 1/4 x 24 1/4in US$ 60,000
£39,385
€46,623
62 John Marshall Gamble (American, 1863-1957) California coastal colors 12 x 18in US$ 21,000
£13,784
€16,318
63 William Wendt (American, 1865-1946) A vista of California (La Cañada), 1916 24 1/4 x 36in US$ 60,000
£39,385
€46,623
64 Granville Redmond (American, 1871-1935) Coastal storm, 1905 42 x 50in US$ 134,500
£88,288
€104,514
66 Granville Redmond (American, 1871-1935) Early moon 12 x 16in US$ 47,500
£31,180
€36,910
67 Alson Skinner Clark (1876-1949) The passing of the Pony Express, Arrival of the first passenger train at Truckee, May 11, 1869 45 x 70in US$ 92,500
£60,719
€71,878
68 Hanson Puthuff (American, 1875-1972) Topanga in spring 24 x 36 1/4in US$ 56,250
£36,923
€43,709
69 William Wendt (American, 1865-1946) Laguna Canyon 24 1/4 x 32 1/4in US$ 68,500
£44,964
€53,228
70 Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel (American, 1876-1954) A village along the San Gabriels 12 x 9in US$ 12,500
£8,205
€9,713
71 Elmer Wachtel (American, 1864-1929) San Gabriel wash 14 x 18in US$ 6,875
£4,512
€5,342
72 Elmer Wachtel (American, 1864-1929) A canyon wash 13 3/4 x 18in US$ 4,375
£2,871
€3,399
73 Maurice Braun (American, 1877-1941) Creek through the valley 10 x 12in US$ 9,000
£5,907
€6,993
74 Edgar Payne (1883-1947) Sailboats docked at Brittany 14 1/4 x 14 1/4in US$ 27,500
£18,051
€21,369
75 Edgar Payne (1883-1947) Breton fishermen, Concarneau, France 16 1/4 x 20 1/4in US$ 56,250
£36,923
€43,709
76 Joseph Kleitsch (1882-1931) Arch Beach 11 3/4 x 15 3/4in US$ 21,250
£13,948
€16,512
79 William Wendt (American, 1865-1946) Foothill ranch, 1935 20 x 24in US$ 43,750
£28,718
€33,996
80 Maurice Braun (American, 1877-1941) Blue skies over California hills 8 x 6 1/4in US$ 8,750
£5,743
€6,799
81 Anna Althea Hills (American, 1882-1930) Autumn in San Juan Capistrano Valley, 1919 7 x 10in US$ 6,000
£3,938
€4,662
82 Maurice Braun (American, 1877-1941) A summer day in the hills above San Diego 20 x 24in US$ 11,250
£7,384
€8,741
83 Robert Wood (American/British, 1889-1979) Landscape with bluebonnets 25 x 30in unframed US$ 10,000
£6,564
€7,770
84 Benjamin Chambers Brown (American, 1865-1942) The Barren Peak, Sespe Canyon, California 25 x 30in US$ 18,437
£12,102
€14,327
85 Hanson Puthuff (American, 1875-1972) Green California hills under cloudy skies 28 1/4 x 36in US$ 28,000
£18,379
€21,757
86 Maurice Logan (American, 1886-1977) Lake Spaulding dam 22 1/2 x 28 1/4in US$ 17,500
£11,487
€13,598
88 John Eliot Jenkins (American, 1868-1937) A view of the Hotel Del Coronado 27 x 45in US$ 10,000
£6,564
€7,770
93 Anna Althea Hills (American, 1882-1930) Live oaks and sycamores, 1918 7 x 10in US$ 6,875
£4,512
€5,342
94 Anna Althea Hills (American, 1882-1930) Vista overlooking Laguna Beach, 1919 10 x 7in US$ 18,750
£12,307
€14,569
95 Hanson Puthuff (American, 1875-1972) Smiling rivulet 12 x 15 3/4in US$ 9,375
£6,153
€7,284
97 Albert Thomas DeRome (American, 1885-1959) Afternoon, Carmel Valley from Carmel Point, 1938; San Francisco Bay from Berkeley Hills (a pair) each 6 x 8in US$ 2,500
£1,641
€1,942
98 Albert Thomas DeRome (American, 1885-1959) Rock study, Lighthouse Point, 1948; Mouth of the Carmel River, 1938 (two) each 6 x 8in US$ 4,750
£3,118
€3,691
99 Frank William Cuprien (American, 1871-1948) Roseate evening 9 1/4 x 12in US$ 8,750
£5,743
€6,799
100 Anna Althea Hills (American, 1882-1930) The surging sea, Laguna Beach, 1921 10 x 14in US$ 15,000
£9,846
€11,655
102 Arthur Hill Gilbert (American, 1894-1970) Yosemite sight: 10 3/4 x 13 3/4in US$ 4,375
£2,871
€3,399
104 Edgar Payne (1883-1947) Saint Gervais, France 8 x 10in US$ 7,500
£4,923
€5,827
105 Fred Grayson Sayre (American, 1879-1939) At home at the desert's edge 40 x 34in US$ 18,750
£12,307
€14,569
106 John Frost (American, 1890-1937) Blooming desert with billowing clouds, 1919 24 x 28 1/4in US$ 62,500
£41,026
€48,566
107 Franz Arthur Bischoff (American, 1864-1929) Utah ranch 13 x 18 3/4in US$ 17,500
£11,487
€13,598
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