Alexis Comparet (1856 - 1906 San Diego, CA)

Western Europe, France, ca. late 19th century; United States, California, San Diego, ca. 1906 CE. A brass navigational instrument known as a reflecting circle from the ketch sailboat - the "Anemone" -

"Along the Waterfront," San Diego Bay, 1925 Oil on canvas Signed lower right: Maurice Braun; titled in pencil on the stretcher 20" H x 24" W Notes: An old, typed label affixed to the stretcher re

''San Jacinto Mountain From Desert'' Oil on canvas Signed lower right: C. A. Fries, titled and numbered verso: #417 20'' H x 30'' W Provenance: with, Blue Heron Gallery, April, 2008; Private Collectio

''Blue and Gold'', still life with daisies, signed lower right: G. Spangenberg, signed again, titled and numbered verso: #50, oil on board, 20.25'' H x 16'' W, est: $2500/3500 Provenance: Estate of Ch

''Hilltop Barn'', signed lower right: G. Spangenberg, signed again and titled on artist's label attached verso, numbered verso: #47, oil on canvas laid to artist board, 5.25'' H x 6.5'' W, est: $700/1

San Diego coast with figures Oil on canvas Signed lower right: A. M. Farnham 12" H x 20" W Provenance: DeRu's Fine Arts, Bellflower, CA

''Autumn Flowers'', signed lower left: G. Spangenberg, signed again and titled verso, oil on panel, 9'' H x 8'' W, est: $800/1200 Provenance: Estate of Charles Augustus Hill, Point Loma, CA, acquired

Two works: ''Desert Monarch'' and ''Smoke Trees'', each: signed lower left: G. Spangenberg. the first: titled and numbered verso: #46. the second: signed again, titled and numbered verso: #87, each: o

''A Southern California Homestead'', signed lower right: C.A. Fries, titled, dated and numbered verso: Feb. 1933 / #1524, oil on canvas, 16'' H x 20'' W, est: $1000/1500 Literature: ed. B.F. Dixon, ''

Two works: ''Desert Palms'' and ''Sagebrush and Sand'', the first: signed lower right: G. Spangenberg, signed again and titled on artist's label attached to the backing paper verso. the second: signed

"Sunkissed", desert landscape Oil on canvas laid to canvas Signed lower right: C.A. Fries, titled on a gallery label affixed verso 7" H x 7" W Provenance: Private Collection, Fullerton, CA. Exhibition

''Painted Desert #4'', signed, titled and dated verso: Michael Wheelden / 1984, unframed acrylic on canvas, 18'' H x 92.5'' W, est: $300/500 Provenance: Property from a Corporate Collection, San Diego

''Mts (and) Rocks in Vallecitos Valley'', signed lower left: C.A. Fries, titled, dated and numbered verso: May 1932 / #1501, oil on canvas, 18'' H x 24'' W, est: $1000/2000 Literature: ed. B.F. Dixon,

Seabreeze Hotel San Diego, CA sign. Sight size: 3 7/8" high, 10 5/8" long. Frame size: 4 3/4" high, 11 1/2" wide. Condition: toning.

Barn with cloudy skyline. OIl on canvas on original artist panel. Mounted and matted in a molded frame. 5 inches height, 6 inches width. Overall: 12 inches height, 13 inches width. Signed lower left.

Desert landscape Oil on board Signed lower right: Alfred R. Mitchell 8" H x 10" W

Looking across San Diego Bay Oil on canvasboard Signed lower left: Leon Bonnet 12" H x 16" W

''Crestview'', signed lower right: Scott, signed again and titled verso, unframed oil on canvas, 14.5'' H x 47.5'' W, est: $300/500 Provenance: Property from a Corporate Collection, San Diego, CA

Portrait of a Native American figure in profile Watercolor on paper under glass Signed lower left: Eileen Whitaker, A.N.A. Sight: 13.25" H x 21.5" W

Road through a sycamore landscape Oil on canvas laid to board Signed lower left: Amy Difley Brown 16'' H x 20'' W Provenance: sold, Moran's 06/11/1996 lot 26; Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA. Note

''Silos Escondidos'', unsigned, titled by repute, watercolor on paper under glass, sight size: 16.25'' H x 21.5'' W, est: $100/200 Provenance: Property from a Corporate Collection, San Diego, CA

Fishing shacks along the coast Oil on canvas laid to canvas Signed lower left: Elliot Torrey 21.5" H x 29" W

Photographer: Abelardo (Abe) Morell (born 1948 in Havana, Cuba) is a Boston-based photographer. Morell is well known in the photographic community for creating camera obscura images in various places

South Bay, San Diego Oil on board Signed in pencil lower right: Charles A. Small 16'' H x 20'' W Provenance: Estate, Albuquerque, NM; Private Collection, Santa Fe, NM. Notes: Framed size: 24'' H x 28'