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Lot #43 Armin Hansen (1886-1957) Cowboys and bucking horse at the California Rodeo, Salinas, California Oil on canvasboard Signed lower center: Armin Hansen N.A. 16 x 20 in. Estimate: $100,000 - $150,000
Signed lower right Titled and signed upper right on reverse Hansen also painted a beautiful young lady with a wide brim hat on reverse. Exhibited: San Francisco Art Association's Annual of 1918; and reproduced in 'The Wasp', an early San Francisco Bay Area publication.
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Signed lower left: Armin C. Hansen A.N.A. Also signed and titled on reverse Directly from the estate of Armin C. Hansen.
Authentication and Provenance accompanies painting. Directly from the estate of Armin C. Hansen. Exhibited: "Armin Hansen: The Artful Voyage" - PMCA/January 25 - May 31, 2015; Crocker Art Museum/June 28 - October 11, 2015; MMA/October 29, 2015 - March 7, 2016.
Plate: Signed and dated, lower left: Armin Hansen '27. Titled lower left in pencil; signed lower right in pencil. Plate 98, pages 106, 107 in 'The Graphic Art of Armin C. Hansen-A Catalogue Raisonne' by Anthony R. White/1986.
Pietro “Pete” Ferrante (right) is credited with being the father of Monterey’s famed sardine industry. Arriving in Monterey in 1904 he observed the methods of fishing that were being used. By his redesign of the lampara net Monterey soon became the Sardine Capital of the World.
Pebble Beach visionary, S.F.B. Morse commissioned his artist friend, Armin Hansen, to print a variant of his original etching of the same year. Exhibited/Illustrated: Whatcom Museum/2023; Armin Hansen: The Artful Voyage/2015-2016.
Of the several rare floral still life paintings we have owned over the last 35 years, this painting is the largest and most beautifully expressive we have offered. Featured in 'American Art Review' magazine - September/October Issue.
A symbolic creation inspired by California's Gold Rush era in the days of the Forty Niners...executed in the new 'symbolism which he is currently practicing' with 'a whole new palette full of colors...inspired by the covered wagon period, but not historic or genre in style.' (Edwards/2012).
Hundred year anniversary of the creation of this etching. Pristine, just framed, probably for the first time. From a Marin County estate.
Titled and signed on reverse
THIS IS HANSEN'S SIGNATURE ETCHING - AND ICONIC COMPOSITION. HIS GOLD MEDAL WINNER IN 1923 AT THE LA INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION BY THE LOS ANGELES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR BEST PRINT IN EXHIBIT.
This is one of several versions of 'Stranded' that Hansen painted throughout his career. And this particular painting represents one of his earliest and finest efforts.
Exhibited ``Small Pictures, Painters of the West,'' illustrated in the book ``Armin Hansen: The Artful Voyage,'' featured in the Steinbecknow.com film ``John Steinbeck's Storied Artists.''Provenance to the painting being purchased from Hansen's Monterey studio.
Exhibited: Armin Hansen: The Artful Voyage PMCA; Crocker Art Museum; MMA/2015-2016. Illustrated: Armin Hansen: The Artful Voyage by Scott A. Shields, PhD., page 25. Published on the occasion of the exhibition.
Exhibited: Armin Hansen: The Artful Voyage PMCA; Crocker Art Museum; MMA/2015-2016 Illustrated: Armin Hansen: The Artful Voyage by Scott A. Shields, PhD., page 231. Published on the occasion of the exhibition. This is the sketch for the oil painting "The Sentinels" illustrated on page 25.
Next to his paintings of fishermen and the sea, his depictions of rodeo are among Hansen's greatest work. The painting is seen in the award-winning, Jack Lemmon-narrated film ``Time Captured in Paintings – the Monterey Legacy,'' which has been telecast on PBS.
Exhibited 1996, 125th anniversary San Francisco Art Institute Exhibition and Sale, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, NY, John Berggruen Gallery. and Montgomery Gallery, San Francisco.
Evocative moonlit coastal harbor scene by this most coveted and highly accoladed Monterey Peninsula artist
Exhibited: Armin Hansen: The Artful Voyage - Pasadena Museum of California Art/Jan.-May, 2015; Crocker Art Museum/June – October, 2015 Monterey Museum of Art/Oct. 2015 – Mar. 2016. llustrated: Armin Hansen: The Artful Voyage by Scott A. Shields, PhD., page 217.
Signed and titled by Hansen on reverse Also retains the original exhibition label from Schussler Bros. - San Francisco, Cal. on reverse.
