Lot 30
Lot 30
The Ron and Diane Disney Miller Collection
Thomas Hill (1829-1908)

The Golden Gate from Point Lobos

Price Realised USD 10,625
Estimate
USD 10,000 - USD 15,000
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Thomas Hill (1829-1908)

The Golden Gate from Point Lobos

Price Realised USD 10,625
Price Realised USD 10,625
Details
Thomas Hill (1829-1908)
The Golden Gate from Point Lobos
signed 'T. Hill.' (lower right)
oil on paper laid down on canvas
15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1872.
Provenance
Private collection, New Orleans, Louisiana.
The North Point Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Private collection, Orinda, California.
Montgomery Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1993.
Brought to you by
William Haydock
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Lot Essay

The present work, a rare view of the entrance to the Golden Gate, likely served as a preliminary study for Thomas Hill’s exhibition painting Picnic by the Sea (1873, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California).
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