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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

CALIFORNIA Landscape Watercolor. - Davis Francis SCHWARTZ (1879-1969).

Original watercolor, titled "Old Barn in Walnut Creek".

Published: [Walnut Creek, California], 1959

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CALIFORNIA Landscape. - Davis Francis SCHWARTZ (1879-1969).

Original watercolor, titled "Old Barn in Walnut Creek". [Walnut Creek, California]: 1959. Original pen, ink and watercolor on paper, signed, dated and inscribed. Matted and framed. Visible image area: 13 ½ x 21 ¼ inches; 340 x 540mm. 

Condition: unexamined out of the frame, but apparently excellent. 

Provenance: gift of "Marge and Vern Wiltse" to un-identified recipients as a wedding gift (note taped to verso of frame).

A large scale work of a red-painted barn in Walnut Creek, in Contra Costa County, California, less than 20 miles from Oakland in the East Bay area of San Francisco.

Born in Paris, Kentucky in 1879, Davis Francis Schwartz, studied first at the Chicago Art Institute, then in Dayton and Cleveland, Ohio, before spending three years in Montreal studying under Adam S. Scott. In 1903 he moved to California, initially to Los Angeles before moving to San Francisco in 1924. His work (in both oil and watercolours) is to be found in the collections the California Historical Society, St. Mary's College, the State Museum Resource Center (Sacramento), and Shasta State Historical Museum. The recipient of many awards, he was also a member of the Carmel Art Association, Oakland Art Association, Santa Cruz Art League, and Society of Western Artists. See Edan Milton Hughes "Artists in California 1786-1940" (Sacramento, Ca: Crocker Art Museum, 2002).

  • Overall Condition: Excellent
  • Size: 13 ½ x 21 ¼ins; 340 x 540mm.
  • Sold By: Shadowrock Rare Books
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  • Country: United States
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