Vernon Jay Morse Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Vernon Jay Morse Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 21, 2024
RARE Original 1920s California Huntington Travel Poster
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Morse, Vernon 1898 - 1965 Southern Pacific - Huntington Lake and the High Sierra Letterpress Print 1928 23.2 x 16.1 in. (59 x 41 cm) Printer: no information Condition Details: (B+) on linen (old), small edge tears, two horiz. creases in image, surface paper losses in the top and bottom margins, very rare#USA #Travel #Trains #Southern Pacific #California
PosterConnection Inc.
Jan. 24, 2023
Vernon Jay Morse, (1898-1965), "Shadows of Chinatown", Linocut on paper, Image: 10.5" H x 14.5" W; Sheet: 11.375" H x 16.5" W
Est: $300 - $500
Vernon Jay Morse (1898-1965) "Shadows of Chinatown" Linocut on paper Edition: 72/100 Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil in the lower margin: Vernon Jay Morse Image: 10.5" H x 14.5" W; Sheet: 11.375" H x 16.5" W
John Moran Auctioneers
May. 17, 2022
Vernon Jay Morse, (1898-1965, Sierra Madre, CA), "Shadows of Chinatown", Linocut on paper under glass, Image: 10.5" H x 14.5" W; Sheet:
Est: $500 - $700
Vernon Jay Morse (1898-1965, Sierra Madre, CA) "Shadows of Chinatown" Linocut on paper under glass Edition 72/100; signed, titled, and numbered in pencil in the lower margin: Vernon Jay Morse Image: 10.5" H x 14.5" W; Sheet: 11.375" H x 16.5" W
John Moran Auctioneers
Sep. 25, 2021
Vernon J. Morse woodcut
Est: $80 - $150
Vernon J. Morse (1898-1965) "Shadows of Chinatown''- woodcut, ca. 1935, signed, titled and numbered 3/100 in pencil, has repaired puncture in image. 10 3/8 x 14 3/8'' Exhibited: The 16th. International Print Makers Exhibition, under the auspices of the Print Makers Society of California, Los Angeles, 1935
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Nov. 11, 2020
Valentine Morse, (American/California/Arizona, 1893-1971), Chili peppers drying on desert adobe landscape, a pair, oil on panel, dimensions including frame 6 x 8in (15.5 x 20.5cm)
Est: $200 - $300
Valentine Morse (American/California/Arizona, 1893-1971) Chili peppers drying on desert adobe landscape, a pair oil on panel each signed Morse, lower right dimensions including frame 6 x 8in (15.5 x 20.5cm)
Andrew Jones Auctions
Nov. 11, 2020
Valentine Morse, (American/California/Arizona, 1893-1971), Donkey and chili peppers drying on desert adobe landscape, a pair, oil on panel, dimensions including frame 8 x 10in (20 x 25.5cm)
Est: $200 - $300
Valentine Morse (American/California/Arizona, 1893-1971) Donkey and chili peppers drying on desert adobe landscape, a pair oil on panel each signed Morse, lower right dimensions including frame 8 x 10in (20 x 25.5cm)
Andrew Jones Auctions
Nov. 11, 2020
Valentine Morse, (American/California/Arizona, 1893-1971), Man with two donkeys in desert landscape, oil on panel, dimensions including frame 14 3/4 x 10 3/4in (37.5 x 27.5cm)
Est: $200 - $300
Valentine Morse (American/California/Arizona, 1893-1971) Man with two donkeys in desert landscape oil on panel signed Morse, lower right dimensions including frame 14 3/4 x 10 3/4in (37.5 x 27.5cm)
Andrew Jones Auctions
Apr. 21, 2020
Vernon Jay Morse, (1898-1965 Sierra Madre, CA), Creek in a mountain landscape, 1928, Oil on canvas, 25.5" H x 30" W
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Vernon Jay Morse (1898-1965 Sierra Madre, CA) Creek in a mountain landscape, 1928 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right: Vernon Jay Morse 25.5" H x 30" W
John Moran Auctioneers
Jan. 18, 2020
Signed Vernon Jay Morse (1898-1965) Landscape Painting.
Est: $100 - $200
Signed Vernon Jay Morse (1898-1965) Landscape Painting. Frame measures 4 3/4" x 6.5" Vernon Jay Morse was active/lived in California, Michigan. Vernon Morse is known for landscape, illustrator, graphics.
RB Fine Arts
Apr. 09, 2019
Vernon Jay Morse, (1898-1964 Sierra Madre, CA), Still life with zinnias, 1929, Oil on canvasboard, 15" H x 20" W
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Vernon Jay Morse (1898-1964 Sierra Madre, CA) Still life with zinnias, 1929 Oil on canvasboard Signed and dated lower left: Vernon Morse, an artist's profile pamphlet is affixed verso 15" H x 20" W
John Moran Auctioneers
Aug. 30, 2018
Early 20th C. Vernon Morse Landscape Painting
Est: $600 - $800
Vernon Jay Morse (New Mexico, 1898-1965), untitled American Southwest landscape painting, ca. early 20th century CE. A lovely oil on board painting of a charming New Mexican scene including an adobe house with four ristras (pepper garlands) hanging outside to dry in the sun on the right, the corner of another adobe house on the left, lovely desert cacti in the foreground, more desert plants in the middle ground, and a picturesque mountain range in the distance. Size: 6" W x 4" H (15.2 cm x 10.2 cm); 7" W x 4.875" H (17.8 cm x 12.4 cm) Born in Benton Harbor, Michigan on September 9, 1898 - Vernon Jay Morse would become an accomplished painter, printmaker, and illustrator. While living in San Francisco from 1919 to 1925, Morse studied with Spencer and Constance Macky at the CSFA. By the late 1920s, he was active in Pasadena resided in Sierra Madre, California by the late 1930s. He passed away in Burbank, California on March 5, 1965. Morse was a member of the following art organizations: Laguna Beach Arts Association; Oakland Art League; and California Watercolor Society. He exhibited at Oakland Art Gallery, 1927, 1934; Painters and Sculptors of Los Angeles, 1929-37; California State Fair, 1930; SFMA, 1935; Academy of Western Painters (Los Angeles), 1935-38; Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939, among others. Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-John P. Richardson collection, Massachusetts, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #136628
Artemis Gallery
Dec. 06, 2016
Vernon Jay Morse, The Dairy Farm, Oil on Canvas, 1934
Est: $7,200 - $9,000
Oil on Canvas USA, 1934 Vernon Jay Morse (American, 1898-1965) Signed and dated 'Vernon Jay Morse 1934' Dimensions: 29 1/2 x 35 1/2 in; 74.9 x 90.2 cm. Frame Dimensions: 34 1/4 x 40 1/4 in; 87.0 x 102.2 cm. Very Good Overall Condition Vernon Jay Morse (American, 1898-1965) Vernon Jay Morse was an enthusiastic member of the California impressionist movement, which took hold in the 1890s when the light and wild landscapes of the Golden State attracted painters. Morse, a member of the Laguna Beach Art Association, painted bold and lively compositions that featured interior farm landscapes, the rugged mountain ranges and coastal landscapes of the state. Trained as an illustrator and printmaker, Morse studied Fine Art at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. He traveled throughout the state but spent much of his time in Pasadena later moving to Sierra Madre, California. Condition Canvas has been lined. Surface is stable, the darker pigments reveal more pronounced crackelure as well as the sky in the upper right corner. There are a few scattered areas of paint loss in the area just below the mountain range and in the rocks near the signature. Under the UV light, the tree trunk has been strengthened and there is an old discolored varnish covering the painting. Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.
Auctionata US
Oct. 27, 2016
VERNON MORSE (1898-1965). HUNTINGTON LAKE AND THE HIGH SIERRA / SOUTHERN PACIFIC. 1923. 23x16 inches, 58x40 cm.
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
VERNON MORSE (1898-1965) HUNTINGTON LAKE AND THE HIGH SIERRA / SOUTHERN PACIFIC. 1923. 23x16 inches, 58 1/2x40 1/2 cm. Condition A-: repaired tear at top edge, slightly into text; expertly-repaired tears, restored losses and minor creases at edges. Paper. Vernon Morse, born in Michigan, settled in California where he studied at the California School of Fine arts. Predominantly known for his landscape paintings of California and printmaking, Morse also designed a cover illustration for a Christmas issue of Radio magazine in 1924. His only recorded poster, this image for Southern Pacific is an idyllic scene of two horseback riders with a simplified Huntington Lake and the Sierra Nevadas in the background. With the lodge nestled into the scenery and the female figure literally beckoning to the viewer, the poster presents an inviting image to attract tourists to the man-made lake in Fresno County. Morse's prowess in woodblock technique is especially apparent in his treatment of the horse, figure and towering tree. The bold use of a flat yellow plane to emphasize the warmth of the sky is a motif also used by Maurice Logan in his Southern Pacific posters for Great Salt Lake (1928) and Yosemite (1923). Northern California pl. 8.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 06, 2013
"Landscape with Peppers and Adobe" by Vernon Jay Morse
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
"Landscape with Peppers and Adobe" (ca. 1930s) D157by American artist Vernon Jay Morse (1898-1965) California artist Vernon Jay Morse attended California School of Fine Art, was a member of the California Watercolor Society, and showed work in the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940). In addition to being a landscape painter, Morse was a woodcutter and it is possible that he handcrafted the frame for this oil painting of the colorful Southwest landscape scene with a prominently featured adobe hut adorned by chili pepper ristras hanging to dry outside in the right foreground and a more distant adobe on the left. 5"H x 7"W Provenance: Labeled J.F. Collins Co., Inc., Santa Fe, New Mexico All items in this auction have been legally acquired, are legal to sell, and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids, papered by our parent company, Artemis Gallery Ancient Art. The starting price is the lowest price at which the lot can sell.
Artemis Gallery
May. 26, 2013
Drying chili peppers, oil on board, 4" x 6"
Est: $200 - $400
OIL OF DRYING CHILI PEPPERS Oil on board, landscape with chili ristras and adobe, signed l.l. "Morse" (Vernon Jay Morse, 1898-1965), original carved cactus frame, labeled on back "J.F. Collins Company, Inc. Santa Fe, New Mexico", "Acquired from Elizabeth C. Beston, Shipcote, Ship St., Hingham, Mass...JPR", (Note: probably acquired when Elizabeth and Henry Beston travelled to the Southwest), 4" x 6", (ex. John P. Richardson collection).
Willis Henry Auctions Inc.
May. 19, 2012
Vernon Jay Morse (American, 1898-1965)
Est: $400 - $500
Two prints. (1) Chinatown; and (2) Shadows of Chinatown. Woodblock prints on paper. Titled in pencil (l.l.). (1) Numbered 39/100; and (2) Numbered 92/100, both in pencil (l.m.). Signed in pencil (l.r.). (1) Image size 11 3/4 x 14 3/8 inches. (2) Image size 10 5/8 x 14 1/2 inches.
Capo Auction
Jun. 21, 2009
VERNON JAY MORSE (American, 1898-1965). CALIFORNIA DESERT SCENE, signed lower right. Oil on board.
Est: $300 - $400
VERNON JAY MORSE (American, 1898-1965). CALIFORNIA DESERT SCENE, signed lower right. Oil on board - Framed, 3 3/4 in. x 6 in.
Sloans & Kenyon
Oct. 08, 2007
Vernon Jay Morse O/B of Adobe Desert
Est: $200 - $300
Vernon Jay Morse, 1898-1965, oil on board of adobe, desert & mountains, signed lower left "Morse," 4" x 6", gold frame. Provenance: A Southern collection.
The Cobbs
Aug. 15, 2004
Vernon Jay Morse (American, 1898-1965)
Est: $800 - $1,200
California Landscape. Signed l.r. Oil on board, 17 1/2 x 22 1/4 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Good.
Skinner
Nov. 20, 2002
VERNON JAY MORSE (1898-1965)
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
Dairy Farm signed and dated 'Vernon Jay Morse 1934' (lower right) oil on canvas 301/4 x 361/4 in. (76.8 x 92.1 cm.) EXHIBITION San Diego, California, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, Eighth Annual Southern California Art Exhibition, 1934.
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