Lot 1143: Alice Blair Thomas (1857-1945 Los Angeles, CA):

Alice Blair Thomas (1857-1945 Los Angeles, CA): signed and dated lower left: Alice Blair Thomas 1929, signed again and titled verso, oil on canvas, 27'' x 43'', est:$800/1200. Note: Blair painted the present work in the 1920s luxury residential neighborhood ''Outpost Estates'' centered around Outpost D

27 H x 43 W

oil on canvas

Visual: Craquelure throughout with areas of instability and losses on the left side and in the lower center quadrant. A 1.5" horizontal tear with dots of associated losses in the upper center quadrant. The painting retains the original frame. Blacklight:

Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA