Dec 17, 2014 - Sale 2371

Sale 2371 - Lot 365

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
BRUCE PORTER (1865-?) THE LARK / FOR MAY. 1895.
18 1/2x12 1/2 inches, 47x31 3/4 cm.
Condition B+ / A-: tear and creases in bottom margin into image. Hinged to mat at top edge. Paper.
Porter was a California-born artist who painted landscapes, worked with stained glass and designed the Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial in San Francisco's Portsmouth Square. He was also a writer and assisted Gelett Burgess when he founded The Lark. Kiehl, 228, Margolin p. 130, American Posters no. 77.