Jun 09, 2005 - Sale 2046

Sale 2046 - Lot 68

Price Realized: $ 2,530
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
GENEVE RIXFORD SARGEANT
Street Repair, Montgomery Street (San Francisco).

Oil on canvas, circa 1933. 620x477 mm; 24x183/8 inches. Ex-collection Jan Holloway Gallery, San Francisco with the label on the frame back.

Sargeant was born in San Francisco, California. As a young adult, she began classes at the San Francisco Art Association where Emil Carlson, the landscape painter, was the director. Following Carlson, she left there and went to study at the San Francisco Art Student's League. After leaving California for a year, she returned and established a studio on Montgomery Street, the location of the current work.