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Jessie Thomason
'View of San Francisco Bay', Bay Area Abstraction, Jack London, Modernist Oil

1956

$1,850
£1,403.11
€1,611.52
CA$2,650.38
A$2,917.87
CHF 1,491.33
MX$34,825.61
NOK 18,987.84
SEK 17,768.38
DKK 12,037.15

About the Item

Initialed lower right, 'J.e.t.' for Jessie E. Thomason (American, 20th Century) and dated 1956. Exhibited: Jack London Art Festival, 1956. Displayed in the original and period, painted and washed wood frame. Framed dimensions: 23.25 H x 1.75 D x 47.25 W inches A substantial, mid-century Modernist landscape showing an abstracted and fragmented view of San Francisco and the Marin headlands composed in muted shades of cream, coral and ivory. An elegant and period work that, happily, retains the original, hand-made frame bearing the original Jack London Art Festival exhibition label.
  • Creator:
    Jessie Thomason (American)
  • Creation Year:
    1956
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 41.75 in (106.05 cm)Depth: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    painting: minor restoration, minor losses, shows well; frame: minor restoration, minor marks, shows well.
  • Gallery Location:
    Santa Cruz, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU34416836152

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