Charles Arthur Fries

Charles Arthur Fries (1854-1940) Description: ''Tahquitz Mountains'', or ''A Rocky Hill'', signed lower right: C.A. Fries, oil on canvas laid to canvas, 20'' H x 30'' W, est: $4000/6000. Exhibited: The California Art Club, San Diego exposition, circa 1920 (see verso label). Literature: B.F. Dixon, ''Too Late: The Picture and the Artist: A Tribute to the Dean'', p. 78, no. 667. Condition Report: Visual: Some scattered stable craquelure. Wax lined. Blacklight: A few minor spots of touch-up throughout. Provenance: Anna M. Spring, Coronado, CA, 1920; The Redfern Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (see verso label) Dimensions: 20'' H x 30'' W Charles Arthur Fries (1854-1940 San Diego, CA) The California Art Club, San Diego exposition, circa 1920 (see verso label) B.F. Dixon, ''Too Late: The Picture and the Artist: A Tribute to the Dean'', p. 78, no. 667 oil on canvas laid to canvas

Lot# 1105 Charles A. Fries (1838-1923 Berkeley, CA) ''From Ramona Heights'', seaside houses near San Diego, oil on canvas. 12'' H x 16.75'' W. est:$5000/7000 Circa 1907, signed lower left: C.A. Fries, titled and numbered verso: #247. Literature: ed. B.F. Dixon, '’’’’Too Late: The Picture and the Artist: A Tribute to the Dean'', San Diego, CA, 1969, p. 69, no. 247. Provenance: Mrs. Van Patten, Seattle, WA; Estate of artist Dayton Brown’’’’s son, San Diego, CA; acquired by the present owner from the above. Condition: Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL Click here to return to previous menu

Charles A. Fries (American, 1854-1940) Palisades in Hidden Springs Canyon signed 'C.A. Fries' (lower right) and titled and numbered '#918 / Palasades [sic] in Hidden Springs Canyon' (on the reverse) oil on canvas 18 x 24in overall: 26 x 31 1/2in Footnote: PROVENANCE: Private collection, Southern California

Lot 407 Charles Arthur Fries (American, 1854-1940) The Painted Gorge at Torrey Pines (No. 853) , 1919 Signed "C.A. Fries" l.l., numbered and titled"#853..." on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in. (61.0 x 91.4cm), framed. Condition: Craquelure. Literature: Petersen, Martin E. Second Nature:Four Early San Diego Landscape Painters , Munich:Prestel, 1991 (illus.). Exhibitions: Second Nature: Four Early San Diego LandscapePainters, San Diego Museum of Art, June 1 toAugust 18, 1991. Estimate $6,000-8,000

Charles A. Fries (American, 1854-1940) Early morning, Alpine signed 'C.A. Fries' (lower left) and inscribed indistinctly andnumbered 'Oak Tree (Early Morn. Effect) #194' (on thereverse) oil on canvas 18 x 21in overall: 28 1/2 x 31 1/2in PROVENANCE: With Orr's Gallery, San Diego, California Private collection, Southern California EXHIBITED: San Diego, California, San Diego Museum of Art, Insight:Selections from San Diego Private Collections , April 23 - June12, 1983.