William Wendt (1865-1946 Laguna Beach, CA), Spring, 25''Hx30''W, est:$50,000/70,000
signed and dated lower left: William Wendt 1916, signed again on the stretcher and titled on an artist label affixed to the stretcher, oil on canvas, 25''H x 30''W. Exhibited: California Art Club, ''Seventh Annual Exhibition'', Oct 5 - 31, 1916, #69; N.A.D., 1917, #204; Catalogue of the Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Selected Paintings by American Artists, Detroit Museum of Art, Apr 16 - May 31, 1919, #45; Toledo Museum, Toledo, Ohio; Ref., Mr. Holland, Director, City Art Museum of Saint Louis, T.L.S., July 14, 1919, to Wendt; Ref., Wendt A.L.S. (Aug 1919), to Mr. Holland, giving permission for Toledo Museum to forward 'Spring' to St. Louis; Ref., Mr. Holland, T.L.S., Aug 11, 1919, to Wendt; St. Louis, Fourteenth Annual, (1919), #161; Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA, ''Paradise Found: California Impressionism'', September 14 - November 19, 2000 (see label verso). Literature: J. Walker, ''Documents on the Life and Art of William Wendt 1865-1946'', privately published by John Alan Walker, bookseller, Big Pine, CA, 1992, p. 187, fig. 640, Spring. Provenance: Private Collection, Orange County, CA. Condition: Visual: Generally good condition. Slight frame abrasion along edges. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.

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