Louis Siegriest
(1899-1989)
"Distant Mesas"
Oil and sand on panel
Signed lower left: Siegriest; signed again and titled, verso; titled again on a Bohemian Club label affixed verso
11.5" H x 12.5" W
Provenance: Bohemian Club, San Francisco, CA

Other Notes: Louis Siegriest was an early member of the exclusive Bohemian Club in San Francisco, California. The club was founded in 1876 by a group of influential artists, musicians, and journalists with an interest in the arts and the avant-garde bohemian lifestyle, and soon expanded to military leaders stationed in San Francisco, as well as some university presidents. The club is still active today, and includes CEOs and businessmen from large corporations all over the world. Other members of the club included Maynard Dixon, Arthur Putnam, and William Keith. The club motto is the line "Weaving Spiders Come Not Here" from William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

Visual: Overall good condition.

Blacklight: Four pea-sized areas of touch ups in the upper right quadrant, left edge at center, right edge at center, and upper left quadrant.

Frame: 13" H x 12.875" W x 1.5" D Condition reports are offered as a courtesy and are typically published in Moran's catalogue or can be made available upon request. The absence of a condition report does not imply that an item is free from defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of others. Buyers are responsible for determining to their own satisfaction the true nature and condition of any lot prior to bidding. Though buyers are not legally required to inspect lots prior to purchase, failure to do so may constitute a waiver of complaint that an item was not delivered in a condition equal to the existent condition at the auction.