William Clothier Watts

Lot 88: William C. Watts (1869-1961 Carmel, CA)

Name: William C. Watts (1869-1961 Carmel, CA)
Brand: John Moran Auctioneers
SKU: bxw1vmbix2

Est: $2,500 USD - $3,500 USDSold:

John Moran AuctioneersPasadena, CA, USFebruary 20, 2007

Item Overview

Description

below rocks at James Place, signed lower right: W.C. Watts

Dimensions

22.5 x 30

Artist or Maker

William Clothier Watts

Medium

watercolor on paper under glass

Date

1938

Condition Report

Visual: Good condition with artist pin holes along the four edges and in the corners.

Provenance

Private collection, Soquel, CA

Notes

The present work depicts the large rock located just off the coast of the Carmel Highlands below Charles Greene's masterwork, the D.L. James House (1918-22). Watts paints the Monolith when it was most exposed during the neap, or especially weak, tide using his distinctive fauvist palette. Exhibition: The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Philadelphia Watercolor Club, Thirty-sixth Annual Watercolor Exhibition, 1938; Carmel Art Gallery, Carmel, CA

Auction Details

California and American Paintings Sale

John Moran Auctioneers

February 20, 2007, 06:30 PM PST

300 East Green Street Lower Level, East Side, Euclid St., Pasadena, CA, 91101, US

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