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<p>[QUOTE="gimbler-dave, post: 310464, member: 313"]This piece recently came in, and it gets raves from anyone who has seen it. The frame alone is incredible, and I hope my picture captures some of its glory. We weren't sure on the signature, but one of the photo enhance features on my photo editor (Photoscape) made it pop out, and viewers so far think it reads "O. Sturgis" followed by 1886 (2nd pic shows the enhanced version).</p><p><br /></p><p>askART knows of an Octavia Sturgis, born 1855, who exhibited at the Mechanics' Institute in San Francisco in 1889, but I haven't found any of her work yet. The date of this piece certainly fits when she was active.</p><p><br /></p><p>The frame is 24 inches high by 17 inches wide. The art is 17 inches high and 13 inches wide.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm looking for any comments, or leads on her work. The askART bio referenced a book "Artists in California 1786-1940" by Edan Hughes, so maybe there is a picture of her art there. I am searching for the book as well (or at least confirmation that it contains a picture of her art). Thanks! ... Dave</p><p>[ATTACH=full]102592[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]102593[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gimbler-dave, post: 310464, member: 313"]This piece recently came in, and it gets raves from anyone who has seen it. The frame alone is incredible, and I hope my picture captures some of its glory. We weren't sure on the signature, but one of the photo enhance features on my photo editor (Photoscape) made it pop out, and viewers so far think it reads "O. Sturgis" followed by 1886 (2nd pic shows the enhanced version). askART knows of an Octavia Sturgis, born 1855, who exhibited at the Mechanics' Institute in San Francisco in 1889, but I haven't found any of her work yet. The date of this piece certainly fits when she was active. The frame is 24 inches high by 17 inches wide. The art is 17 inches high and 13 inches wide. I'm looking for any comments, or leads on her work. The askART bio referenced a book "Artists in California 1786-1940" by Edan Hughes, so maybe there is a picture of her art there. I am searching for the book as well (or at least confirmation that it contains a picture of her art). Thanks! ... Dave [ATTACH=full]102592[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]102593[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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