Bonhams 1793 : Marion Kavanagh Wachtel (American, 1870-1954) Matilija Canyon at sunset 25 1/2 x 19 1/2in

Matilija Canyon at sunset
signed 'Marion Kavanagh Wachtel.' with artist's cipher (lower right)
watercolor on paper
25 1/2 x 19 1/2in
overall: 34 1/2 x 28 1/2in

Estimate:

US$ 30,000 - 40,000
£20,000 - 26,000
€23,000 - 31,000

Footnotes

PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Laguna Beach, California

EXHIBITED:
Prescott, Prescott's Phippen Museum of Western Art, August 20 - November 11, 1993.
Irvine, The Irvine Museum, Reflections of California, The Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Memorial Exhibition, May 5, 1994 - January 21, 1996 (four location traveling exhibition)
Irvine, The Irvine Museum, All the Water That Will Ever Be, Is, Right Now, September 13, 2008 - January 17, 2009.
Moraga, Hearst Art Gallery, Superbly Independent, Early California Paintings by Annie Harmon, Mary DeNeale Morgan and Marion Kavanagh Wachtel, July 25 - September 19, 2010.
Irvine, The Irvine Museum, Inner Visions, Women Artists of California, March 17 - June 7, 2012.

Literature:
Stern, Jean, Reflections of California, The Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Memorial Exhibition, Irvine, 1994, p. 77, illustrated.
Stern, Jean, Selections from the Irvine Museum, Irvine, 2009, p. 234, illustrated.