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Charles Rollo Peters (1862-1928)

Yerba Buena, expansive view of the Embarcadero with Yerba Buena Island and Berkeley and Oakland in the distance, signed lower right: Charles R. Peters, oil on canvas, 10'' x 16'', est:$20,000/25,000. Exhibited: Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery, ''Exhibition of Paintings by Charles Rollo Peters'', Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA, April 24 - May 4, 1920, no. 12 (see original exhibition brochure). Note: Together with the original note from the artist, dated May 8, 1920: My dear Mr. Brady - Haig told me you wished to acquire the ''Yerba Buena'' study. I am very happy to have you have it at the sum Haig told me. It is a work that I am quite proud of and I thank you for your encouragement. Gratefully and sincerely yours, Charles Rollo Peters. Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA