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Estate signed lower left PROVENANCE: From the estate of: GEORGE J. SEIDENECK Carmel Valley, Dec. 1, 1972 Arne Halle – Trustee

Signed lower right

Artist label on reverse. Exhibited: 19th Annual Exhibition-Society of Western Artists/1959 - M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum-Golden Gate Park, SF; Carmel Art Association/1994 retrospective; illustrated in accompanying book, page 165, plate 32.

Nazare, named after the Biblical “Nazareth” in the 4th century, is Portugal’s most famous fishing village, now becoming important as well in the world of big wave, tow-in surfing. The tallest wave ever recorded being surfed – by a Hawaiian big-wave surfer – was off Nazare.

Yuan settled on the Monterey Peninsula in 1952. His style is of two influences, his Chinese training and that of the paintings of Armin C. Hansen.

A leading impressionist landscape painter, Silva settled permanently in Carmel in 1913 and for 35 years devoted himself to painting cypresses, eucalypti, dunes, and coasts. Directly from the estate of William P. Silva. Notarized Affidavit signed by the son of the artist on reverse - May 16, 1949.

Painter, etcher, and muralist. Will Sparks became one of California's premier artists. He is best remembered for his paintings of the early Missions, and moonlit nocturne scenes.

Yuan's largest painting - first exhibited in 1974 at the Carmel Art Association. Twenty year's later the CAA had a major Yuan retrospective exhibition and illustrated "Veteran Cypress" in the accompanying catalogue, plate 18, page 147.

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.

Provenance: Directly from the estate of William Ritschel. Titled on stretcher bar. Also titled, signed Wm. Ritschel, N.A. and artist's monogram on reverse canvas. Exhibited: Remnants of exhibition labels on reverse from exhbition in Los Angeles; Minneapolis Institute of Art.

This painting is a rare early work by O'Shea, one of Carmel's most distinguished artists. View of Point Lobos, of exhibition size, and the finest O’Shea we have owned and one of the best he has ever painted of the California coast.

Once asked if she didn't tire of painting trees, Morgan answered that "she would stick by her cypress trees till they sink into the sea, or - what is just as tragic and final - be hopelessly built round." Only four days before her death, she was at Point Lobos painting a cypress.

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.

Karl Schmidt was a leading proponent of the Arts and Crafts movement. Signed and dated lower left Artist signed on reverse Artist's hand-carved arts & crafts frame with name plaque

Exhibited: Carmel Art Association/1994 retrospective; illustrated in accompanying book, page 83, plate 70. "View of Monterey Bay" was chosen for the Carmel Art Festival poster in 1995.

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.

The Seidenecks married in 1920 and made Carmel their home, establishing studios and becoming prominent members of the art community. Both artisans and teachers - she was recognized for her equal skill in oil, watercolor, pastel, and oil washes; as well as perfecting the art of sculptured leather.

Exhibited: "Coastal Views: California and the Pacific Northwest"- Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA/2023. Illustrated in catalogue, page 19. CAA/1994 retrospective. Illustrated in accompanying book, page 188, plate 65.

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.

The Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Course, the Peninsula's only municipal golf course, is often called the "poor man's Pebble Beach." It is a public 18-hole golf course owned by the city of Pacific Grove, California.

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.

Catherine Seideneck was a prominent member of the Carmel art community. She was an accomplished artisan and teacher - equally skilled as a painter of oil, watercolor, pastel, and oil wash.

Dated on stretcher/1922 Illustrated: "Edgar Alwin Payne and his Work" published by Stendahl Art Galleries/1926; page 56, plate #39: "The cargo craft of the Venetian lakes are no less picturesque and paintable than the gondolas of the lagoons - and, indeed, offer the artist more color and more vaiety of form. Payne's flair for color led him to them again and again. In his No.10 the sails, of the usual light red and dull yellow, offer form that is almost monumental in its reach toward the greenish sky. The hulls of the boats are reflected in an interplay of greens and reds in the placid waters. Here is a color scheme that is at once rich, tender and luminous."

Ritschel moved to California sometime after 1909. He built a stone studio-home high on a bluff overlooking the ocean in Carmel Highlands. From his “Castel a Mare” Ritschel said that he watched the sea…until ‘he made himself master of a marine color-magic…’

William Silva settled permanently in Carmel, California in 1913. He built a studio off Carmelita Street in the sand dunes and for thirty-five years devoted himself to painting the Monterey cypress, eucalyptus trees, the sand dunes and the coastline.

Morgan died in Carmel, California leaving a great legacy to California art as a teacher, organizer, and painter. Working in pastel, tempera, oil, and watercolor, she painted sand dunes, wharf scenes, adobes, landscapes, and the wind-swept cypresses of the Monterey Peninsula.

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).

Titled and signed on reverse: "Monterey Shore in Springtime" - Monterey Coast- Exhibited: PMCA-Gardens and Grandeur:" Porcelains and Paintings by Franz A. Bischoff". Pasadena Museum of California Art: November 14, 2010-March 20, 2011.

Signed lower left: Armin C. Hansen A.N.A. Also signed and titled on reverse Directly from the estate of Armin C. Hansen.

Inscribed, signed and dated lower left Also inscribed on reverse.

Original Pen, ink and gouache illustration, initialed and dated 1923 lower left, Poem signed lower right. Dixon dedicated his poem to his friend, Tahamont, commemorating his death. It reflects Dixon's deep personal and spiritual connection to the Native American people and the Western landscape.

The Chapel was originally built in the mid-1820s. It was the first Russian Orthodox structure in North America outside of Alaska. The Fort Ross Chapel was found eligible for designation as a National Historic Landmark in 1969.

One of California’s most important artists, Will Sparks is nationally known for his jewel-like paintings of the California missions and nocturnal adobe scenes. This 'jewel-like painting' demonstrates his broader artistic interests and the connections between his work and the region.

Exhibited: M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco/1962: 22nd Annual Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists. Hearst Art Gallery-Saint Mary's College of California/1991: A Retrospective of Paintings from the "Society of Six" years to the 1960s.

Large format exhibition size canvases are extremely rare by Piazzoni. "Tiburon Hills" was painted during the years 1915-1925 when he resided in Belvedere -and during the time that he taught at the California School of Fine Arts (1919-1935).

Inspiration came from his numerous trips to Europe which began in 1963, as well as two trips to Mexico while maintaining a home and studio in Carmel.

Exhibited: Maritime Museum of Monterey- Monterey History and Art Association on October 3, 2005 for: "Our Monterey: Prints and Paintings by August Gay and Friends 1920-1940:, Sept. 24, 2005 - Jan. 1, 2006.

Exhibited: MMA/ Paintings of the Monterey Adobes/2000; Crocker Art Museum-Artists at Continent's End/2006; Art in the Adobes/2013. Illustrated: California Impressionism by Gerdts/ South-1998; Artists at Continent’s End/Shields-2006; A Bohemian Life-Evelyn McCormick/Hirsh; & illus.-2013.

Signed and dated lower right On reverse: Titled, signed and dated Written under the signature are the words: Sketch for large painting

Exhibited: Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA/Coastal Views: California and the Pacific Northwest"- 2023; Exhibited at both the Crocker and Laguna Art Museums, and pictured full page in Scott Shields accompanying book The Eloquent Palette/2020. Advertised in AAR: Feb.Mar.Apr/2026 full page.

Yuan left China for Jamaica in 1949. The following year he moved to San Francisco and in 1952 he settled on the Monterey Peninsula. Working in oil and watercolor, he produced still life, High Sierra snow scenes, European and Mexican scenes, harbor and beach scenes, and seascapes.

Exhibited at the Laguna Art Museum/William Wendt: A Retrospective, Oct. 2008 - Feb. 2009… Pictured full page (115) in Nature's Temple, The Life and Art of William Wendt, published by the Irvine Museum.

Framed in a very fine period frame that originally surrounded a significant painting by Armin C. Hansen, N.A., who was a close friend of William Ritschel. Ritschel’s superb interpretations of the California coast earned him the title of Dean of American Marine Painters.

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.