03-07-200303-08-2003
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2190Boston
March 7, 2003 04:00 PMCalender
353

Grace Carpenter Hudson (American, 1865-1937) The Basket Weavers

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$49,938$42,500
Auction: Sale #2190 - 2190Location: BostonDate / Time: March 07, 2003 4:00PM

Description:

Grace Carpenter Hudson (American, 1865-1937)

The Basket Weavers
Signed and dated "Copyright by G. Hudson 1906" l.r., signed and inscribed "Ukiah
Cal. 296" on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 14 x 18 in. (36 x 46 cm),framed.
Condition: Minor abrasion u.r., subtle surface grime.

N.B. In a short biography, the Grace Hudson Museum relates that "Grace was born to well-educated pioneer parents in Potter Valley, California. She showed an early talent for portraiture that was developed by professional training in San Francisco in the late 1870's. In 1891...she painted a portrait of an Indian child, "National Thorn," that was first in a numbered series of over 684 oils, the last completed in 1935. Nearly all of her native subjects were local Pomo peoples."
Estimate $25,000-35,000

Keywords

Grace Carpenter Hudson, Grace Hudson Museum