Nov 10, 2022 - Sale 2621

Sale 2621 - Lot 115

Price Realized: $ 6,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

MAURICE LOGAN (1886-1977)

CALIFORNIA BIG TREES / SOUTHERN PACIFIC. 1928.

22 1/2x16 inches, 56x40 3/4 cm.
Condition B+: minor scuffing in lower text; colors attenuated. Matted and framed.

"As [his campaign with Southern Pacific] progressed, Logan's style also evolved . . . Concurrently, SP gave him free rein in both his poster style and selection of subjects . . . Logan's palette increasingly emphasized the brilliant colors emblematic of the California landscape . . . he made increasing use of the impasto technique, applying heavy, textured swirls and strokes of oil paint to achieve depth and contrast" (Zega p. 61). From the image, this appears to be the Wawona Tree, in Yosemite National Park's Mariposa Grove, one of the giant Sequoias that had tunnels dug through them in the late 19th century. The Wawona Tree fell in 1969. Richmond p. 72.
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From the collection of Victor Ryerson.