Lot 285: EDWARD BRUCE 1879-1943

THE KLAMATH RIVER

measurements
30 1/2 by 36 1/4 in.

alternate measurements
77.5 by 92 cm.

signed Edward Bruce, lower right; signed Edward Bruce and titled The Klamath River on an old label affixed to the frame

oil on canvas

Condition Note: Canvas is not lined. SURFACE: in fairly good, original condition; very dirty varnish--could use a cleaning; craquelure throughout (with minor cupping in sky) UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: no apparent inpainting; scattered dark spots throughout appear to be surface mold and general soiling

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EXHIBITED

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, One Hundred and Thirty-Seventh Annual Exhibition, in Oil and Sculpture, 1937; San Francisco, Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939; Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, n.d.

NOTE

The Klamath River, about 250 miles long, flows from southern Oregon in a roughly southwestward direction into northern California and the Pacific Ocean. Its waters pass through a very scenic, mountainous terrain, which includes one of the largest salmon runs on the Pacific coast. Bruce lived in California from 1929-1933, when he was president of the Pacific Development Corporation of California.