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Artist or Maker: John Frost (1890-1937 Pasadena, CA)

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Condition: Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL.

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Medium: oil on canvas

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Dimensions: 30'' H x 36'' W

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Provenance: Provenance: Kievits Gallery, Pasadena, CA (see label verso); Private Collection, Washington

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Exhibited: Exhibited: Stendahl Galleries in the Maryland Hotel, Pasadena, CA, five-person exhibition, 1924; Pasadena Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, Pasadena Art Institute, Pasadena, CA, 1925; Pasadena Public Library, Pasadena, CA, group exhibition, 1927; Ainslie Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, one-person exhibition, 1928

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Notes: Note: Jules Kievits owned Kievits Gallery (c.1920-1930s) located in the Vista Del Arroyo Hotel in Pasadena, then acquired the gallery in the Flintridge Hotel in 1927, selling artwork by local San Gabriel Valley artists. A detailed academic essay on Frost's masterpiece 'San Gabriel Valley' by Phil Kovinick, author of the forthcoming 2011 Irvine Museum publication ''John Frost: A Forgotten American Impressionist'', is available online and in printed format by request. We are grateful for Mr. Kovinick's assistance in writing about and researching this painting