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Etcher, Painter, Sculptor, Illustrator, Lithographer, b. 1869 - d. 1935

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  • PERHAM NAHL (1869-1935). PANAMA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION / SAN FRANCISCO. 1915. 24¾x13¾ inches, 62¾x35 cm.
    Oct. 10, 2024

    PERHAM NAHL (1869-1935). PANAMA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION / SAN FRANCISCO. 1915. 24¾x13¾ inches, 62¾x35 cm.

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    PERHAM NAHL (1869-1935) PANAMA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION / SAN FRANCISCO. 1915. 24¾x13¾ inches, 62¾x35 cm. Condition B+: expert repaired tears, overpainting and restoration in margins and along horizontal fold lines in image and text; small replaced losses; repaired pin holes in margins. Perham Nahl, born in San Francisco, was active in the art world of Northern California, first studying painting and drawing, then working in lithography and illustration art. In 1907, Perham became one of the founders of the School of the California Guild of Arts and Crafts, where he taught in addition to being a professor at U.C. Berkeley. His poster, which illustrates the "Thirteenth Labor of Hercules," was awarded first prize and made the official image of the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition - a world's fair held in San Francisco celebration of the engineering feats of the Panama Canal (while also flaunting California's own recovery from the 1906 earthquake). "Despite the fair's display of technological marvels [Nahl's poster] displays nothing technological. Instead it shows a muscled, naked, Michelangelesque hero forcing apart a pastoral Culebra Cut to create the canal . . . 'thrusting apart the continental barrier at Panama to let the world through to the Pacific incidentally to the . . . Exposition, whose fair domes and pinnacles rise mistily beyond'" (Imperialism p. 146). Nahl uses the powerful imagery of Hercules, Greek mythology's strongest mortal, to imply that Hercules' Thirteenth Labor is to hold back the landmasses of a man-made triumph - the valley of the Panama Canal. Rare. Northern California pl. 6, Imperialism p. 147 & cover.

    Swann Auction Galleries
  • Prints, Perham Nahl
    Mar. 18, 2023

    Prints, Perham Nahl

    Est: $200 - $400

    (lot of 2) Perham Nahl (American, 1869-1935), Landscape Prints, relief print and etching, both pencil signed lower left and right, sheet (largest, unframed): 9.5"h x 7.5"w

    Clars Auctions
  • Perham Wilhelm Nahl (American, 1869-1935), Mountainous landscape with an encampment, 1916, oil on artist's board, 6 x 18in (15 x 46cm)
    Jan. 16, 2023

    Perham Wilhelm Nahl (American, 1869-1935), Mountainous landscape with an encampment, 1916, oil on artist's board, 6 x 18in (15 x 46cm)

    Est: $200 - $300

    Perham Wilhelm Nahl (American, 1869-1935) Mountainous landscape with an encampment, 1916 oil on artist's board signed P. Nahl and dated

    Andrew Jones Auctions
  • Print, Perham Wilhelm Nahl
    Mar. 26, 2022

    Print, Perham Wilhelm Nahl

    Est: $200 - $400

    Perham Wilhelm Nahl (American, 1869-1935), "Bound (Adam and Eve)," 1926, etching on paper, pencil signed lower right, overall (with frame): 17.75"h x 15.25"w

    Clars Auctions
  • Perham Wilhelm Nahl, Whispers, Etching
    Dec. 06, 2020

    Perham Wilhelm Nahl, Whispers, Etching

    Est: $300 - $400

    Early 20th century American Etching on Handcrafted Paper by Perham Wilhelm Nahl (1869-1935). This piece depicts a nude man and woman on the Monterey cypress tree. Dated and signed on lower right. Title: Whispers. 8 1/2" x 10 1/2", framed 17" x 16". Provenance: Estate of the late William Hudlow of San Diego, California.

    Kaminski Auctions
  • Original Vintage 1915 Panama Pacific Print Nahl
    Mar. 10, 2020

    Original Vintage 1915 Panama Pacific Print Nahl

    Est: $80 - $300

    Artist: Nahl, Pernham Wilhelm 1869 - 1935. Panama Pacific International Exposition (Print). Technique: Letterpress Print 1915. Size: 8.6 x 5.9 in. (22 x 15 cm). Printer: no information. Condition Details: (B+) matted, sealed in plastic, not examined under matting, matting size 14x12 in./36x31 cm. Estimate: $300. Reserve / Starting Price: $80.

    PosterConnection Inc.
  • Nahl, Perham (American, 1869–1935). Panama Pacific International Exposition.
    Jan. 25, 2020

    Nahl, Perham (American, 1869–1935). Panama Pacific International Exposition.

    Est: $1,500 - $2,000

    Nahl, Perham (American, 1869–1935). Panama Pacific International Exposition. San Francisco, 1915. Nahl’s 13th Labor of Hercules is depicted advertising opening day (February 20, 1915) of the Exposition. Nahl won first prize and selected as the official image of the Exposition. 23 ½ x 14”. Inpainting – done using archival restoration methods – to upper margin slightly affecting text. B+/A-. Linen backed.

    Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
  • Perham Nahl etching
    Jun. 09, 2018

    Perham Nahl etching

    Est: $600 - $800

    Perham Nahl (American 1869-1935)- ''Somnus''- etching, signed and titled in pencil, light paper toning throughout. 8 x 6 1/4''

    Rachel Davis Fine Arts
  • PERHAM NAHL (1869-1935). PANAMA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION / SAN FRANCISCO. 1915. 24x13 inches, 63x34 cm.
    Oct. 27, 2016

    PERHAM NAHL (1869-1935). PANAMA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION / SAN FRANCISCO. 1915. 24x13 inches, 63x34 cm.

    Est: $3,000 - $4,000

    PERHAM NAHL (1869-1935) PANAMA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION / SAN FRANCISCO. 1915. 24 3/4x13 1/2 inches, 63x34 1/4 cm. Condition B+: repaired tears, minor restored losses, creases and restoration in margins; creases in image and text; repaired pin holes in corners; horizontal fold. Perham Nahl, born in San Francisco, was active in the art world of Northern California, first studying painting and drawing, then working in lithography and illustration art. In 1907, Perham became one of the founders of the School of the California Guild of Arts and Crafts, where he then taught in addition to being a professor at U.C. Berkeley. His poster, which illustrates the "Thirteenth Labor of Hercules," was awarded first prize and made the official image of the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition - a world's fair held in San Francisco celebration of the engineering feats of the Panama Canal (while also flaunting California's own recovery from the 1906 earthquake). "Despite the fair's display of technological marvels [Nahl's poster] displays nothing technological. Instead it shows a muscled, naked, Michelangelesque hero forcing apart a pastoral Culebra Cut to create the canal . . . 'thrusting apart the continental barrier at Panama to let the world through to the Pacific incidentally to the . . . Exposition, whose fair domes and pinnacles rise mistily beyond'" (Imperialism p. 146). Nahl uses the powerful imagery of Hercules, Greek mythology's strongest mortal, to imply that Hercules' Thirteenth Labor is to hold back the landmasses of a man-made triumph - the valley of the Panama Canal. rare. Northern California pl. 6, Imperialism p. 147 and cover.

    Swann Auction Galleries
  • Perham Nahl aquatint
    Dec. 13, 2014

    Perham Nahl aquatint

    Est: $500 - $700

    Perham Nahl (American 1869-1935)- ''Typhoon''- aquatint, ca. 1915, signed and titled in pencil. 13 3/4 x 10 7/8''

    Rachel Davis Fine Arts
  • Perham Wilhelm Nahl (American, 1869-1935)
    Feb. 24, 2013

    Perham Wilhelm Nahl (American, 1869-1935)

    Est: $300 - $500

    Bound (Adam and Eve), 1926 Etching on wove paper, signed in pencil, with margins, laid down along sheet edges, in good condition aside from a 7 1/2in diagonal dent in image, specks of foxing, surface rubs, light staining, framed. 10 x 8in sheet 13 3/4 x 11in

    Bonhams
  • Perham Wilhelm Nahl (American, 1869-1935)
    Feb. 17, 2013

    Perham Wilhelm Nahl (American, 1869-1935)

    Est: $300 - $500

    Bound (Adam and Eve), 1926 Etching on wove paper, signed in pencil, with margins, laid down along sheet edges, in good condition aside from a 7 1/2in diagonal dent in image, specks of foxing, surface rubs, light staining, framed. 10 x 8in sheet 13 3/4 x 11in

    Bonhams
  • Perham Wilhelm Nahl (American, 1869-1935)
    Feb. 10, 2013

    Perham Wilhelm Nahl (American, 1869-1935)

    Est: $300 - $500

    Bound (Adam and Eve), 1926 Etching on wove paper, signed in pencil, with margins, laid down along sheet edges, in good condition aside from a 7 1/2in diagonal dent in image, specks of foxing, surface rubs, light staining, framed. 10 x 8in sheet 13 3/4 x 11in

    Bonhams
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