Edgar Alwin Payne harbor scene glides to top-lot status at John Moran

Edgar Alwin Payne, ‘Fishing Boats West Coast Of France,’ $59,375. Image courtesy of John Moran Auctioneers
LOS ANGELES — John Moran Auctioneers presented its Spring California & American Fine Art auction on May 9, featuring fresh-to-market artworks from private and public collections throughout California and the Southwest, as well as a group of important early California works deaccessioned by the Jonathan Art Foundation of Los Angeles. Leading the sale were works by Edgar Alwin Payne, Sydney Mortimer Laurence, John Marshall Gamble, Marion Wachtel, Carl Oscar Borg and Charles Reiffel.