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South San Francisco, CA, United States
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California and International Art Collection
Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present an online sale of over 180 fine artworks, mostly paintings, by noted American and European artists. Featured is the Sperisen Collection of California Art: its 100+ lots offer paintings and other works of art from three generations of collectors – spanning over 100 years – in the Sperisen family of Northern California. The Sperisen Collection includes works by Percy Gray, Thomas Moran, Frederick Schafer, Ira Yeager and others. In addition, the sale offers a large number of fine artworks from various estates by well-known wildlife artists and listed American and international artists.
THE SPERISEN COLLECTION OF CALIFORNIA ART
According to third-generation family member Matt Sperisen, the Sperisen collecting began with two brothers, Matt Sperisen’s grandfather Francis and great-uncle Albert, both San Francisco Bay Area residents. Francis Sperisen was a lapidarist for 48 years, designing jewelry such as rings, brooches and watches, and providing stones for fine jewelers such as Tiffany and Gump’s. His brother Albert was a vice president of a San Francisco publishing firm, in charge of magazines and books on marketing, including advertising sales.
Francis’s son – and Matt’s parents – Richard and his wife Diane continued collecting, expanding in additional directions during their 53-year marriage. After fulfilling his military obligation in the Korean War, Richard Sperisen worked for the San Mateo County Office of Education. Perhaps with an appreciation for art passed down from his father and uncle, he became Art Curriculum Director, responsible for art studies of 300 schools, from kindergarten through 12th grade. Diane Sperisen began as a first-grade schoolteacher, but became an entrepreneur: working first in retail sales in Woodside, California, she later acquired the ladies clothing store, Quail & Thistle, expanding it to Carmel, Pebble Beach and Burlingame, owning her shops for 31 years.
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