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Lot 41

Duncan Gleason
(1881-1959)
The Beautiful Bay of Avalon (The Giddings House and Avalon, Catalina Island) 8 7/8 x 12in

16 April 2019, 18:00 PDT
Los Angeles

US$20,000 - US$30,000

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Duncan Gleason (1881-1959)

The Beautiful Bay of Avalon (The Giddings House and Avalon, Catalina Island)
signed 'Duncan Gleason-' (lower right)
oil on canvasboard
8 7/8 x 12in

Footnotes

Provenance
The artist.
Mrs. Jennie Hollingsworth & Mr. Joshua Reed Giddings, Pasadena, California, gift from artist.
June Giddings.
Thence by family descent to current private owner.

Jennie Hollingsworth Giddings and Joshua Reed Giddings met in the 1870s and were among the original pioneers of what is now Pasadena, California. In the 1920s they purchased Lookout Cottage, Paul Gano's house built in the 1880s on Catalina Island, renaming it Holly Hill House. According to the painting's owners, Duncan Gleason was a family friend of Jennie and J.R. Giddings, and he produced multiple versions of the painting for the Giddings family members in exchange for his frequent stays at Holly Hill House.

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