Lot 249: Two fruit still lifes: four pears, oil on canvas

Two fruit still lifes: four pears, oil on canvas board, signed lower right "Hugo Possner" (Hugo A. Possner, California, 1859-1933), unframed, 7 x 9 in., board slightly warped, abrasions; five apples, unsigned, oil on fiberboard, 10 x 12 in., gilt wood and composition frame, crackle, two indentations with related retouch; frame resurfaced, abrasions. Both with grime. Property of a Los Angeles, California Collector.