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Lot 72

John Frost
(1890-1937)
Desert Clouds 30 1/4 x 38in

16 April 2019, 18:00 PDT
Los Angeles

US$50,000 - US$70,000

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John Frost (1890-1937)

Desert Clouds
signed and dated 'John Frost. 1930-' (lower right), inscribed 'Near Palm Springs' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
30 1/4 x 38in
Painted circa 1925-1930.

Footnotes

Provenance
The artist.
James B. Boyle Sr., Pasadena, California, from the above.
Private collection, Pasadena, California, from the above.
Sale, John Moran Auctioneers, Pasadena, California and American Fine Art, March 24, 2015, lot 152.
Private collection, Rancho Mirage, California.

Exhibited
Los Angeles, Stendahl Galleries, Exhibition and First Bidding Sale, Ambassador Hotel, January 5, 1925, no. 23.
Los Angeles, Stendahl Galleries, One-person Exhibition, Ambassador Hotel, February 1 - 14, 1926, no. 19.
Pasadena, Pasadena Museum of History, 2004.

Literature
P. Kovinick, John Frost: A Quiet Mastery, The Irvine Museum, 2013, p. 186, full page color illustration.

We wish to thank Marian Yoshiki Kovinick for her kind assistance with cataloging the lot.

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