Lot 272: Two Texas, Michigan paintings: winter woodland

Two Texas, Michigan paintings: winter woodland with stream, signed lower left "F. Rypsam" (Fred W. Rypsam, Michigan, 1880-1969), oil on canvas board, 8 x 10 in., Eastlake painted, gilt and incised wood frame, light grime, flaking, wear to lower left corner, frame with abrasions; title inscribed verso "Early Morn/The Cove Bayou...Texas"(?), signed indistinctly lower right "Geo....", oil on artist board, 8 x 10 in., 19th century gilt wood and composition frame, accretion, grime, abrasions; frame with abrasions and loss to composition. Property of a Los Angeles, California Collector.