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Sheafer + King Modern is pleased to present our Spring Art + Design auction. The auction features paintings by important Indiana artists Will Henry Stevens, Eugene Savage, and Bruce McKain as well as works by Charles Cajori, Gaston Lachaise, and Tod Lindenmuth. Design objects include rare F.A. Porsche Artemide pendant lights & a Martz table. The auction also includes Asian ceramics, carvings, art glass, etc.
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Lot 32

Ralph Baker "Below Rollins Creek Bridge" Watercolor Painting

Estimate: $200 - $600
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$100

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Watercolor landscape painting titled Below Rollins Creek Bridge by Ralph Baker (American; 1908-1976). Signed lower right, titled verso.

 

Measurements: 31" W x 23.25" H.

 

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From AskArt:

Ralph Baker (1908-1976) Born: Deckard, TN; Studied: Mark Hopkins Institute of Art (San Francisco), California College of Arts and Crafts (Oakland); Member: Society of Western Artists.


Ralph Baker came to California as a young man and after studying art in the Bay Area, became a commercial illustrator. His watercolor illustrations were reproduced as magazine illustrations and pictorial label designs. From the 1930s until the 1970s, he also painted fine-art watercolors depicting landscape, cityscape and mining camp scenes. Baker taught art in the Sonora area.

Three small tears in paper on edges. Staple holes present around edges of paper.

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