Ellen F.B. Farr (1840-1907 Pasadena, CA),
a blossoming pepper tree, 32''x44'', est:$12,000/18,000
*Price Realized: $14,950.00

signed and inscribed lower center: Ellen B. Farr Pasadena Cal., oil on canvas, 32'' x 44''. Exhibited: Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena, CA, ''Nature's Palette'', Busch Gardens Exhibition, April-June 2005 (see label verso). Note: Farr was an important early member of the art community in Pasadena beginning in the late 19th century and the present work is an outstanding example of her best known subject: the pepper tree. She painted ''. . . many versions of the lacy foliage and vivid red berries of the exotic pepper tree. . . . The pepper tree, or 'Peru', was an early import to Southern California from Peru and a fascination for tourists.'' (P. Trenton, ''Independent Spirits: Women Painters of the American West 1890-1945'', Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles, CA, 1995, p. 44). The painting retains its period American frame. Condition: Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: Some minor spots of touch-up scattered throughout with a quarter-sized area of touch-up along the upper left edge and a 7'' horizontal scattered area along lower left edge.