Lot 102: Herbert 'Bert' Chester Cressey (1883-1944 Compton,

Herbert 'Bert' Chester Cressey (1883-1944 Compton, CA) 1916, signed lower left: B. Cressey, signed again and titled on an original label affixed to the backing, oil on canvas laid on canvas, 36'' x 40'', 36 H x 40 W

36 H x 40 W

oil on canvas laid on canvas

1916.0

Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: Scattered spots of touch-up throughout concentrated mainly in the sky and in the right center quadrant.

Exhibited: California Art Club, ''Eight Annual Exhibition'', October 1917, no. 25 (see exhibition label verso)

Literature: W. South et al., ''A Seed of Modernism: The Art Students League of Los Angeles, 1906-1953'', Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA, 2008, p. 59, plate 7, illustrated; M. Yoshiki-Kovinick and J. Armstrong-Totten, ''The Art Students League of Los Angeles, 1906-1953'', American Art Review, Vol. XX, No. 2, April 2008, p. 128, illustrated

Note: Together with the book ''A Seed of Modernism: The Art Students League of Los Angeles''