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Edna Stoddart Purchase Prize Winner 1947 SFMOMA browse these categories for related items... All Items: Fine Art: Paintings: Pre 1950: item # 543569 Please refer to our stock # 034 when inquiring.
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How of often do you see a "Purchase Prize" painting? They are extremely rare!
This watercolor won the "Purchase Prize" in 1947 at The San Francisco Museum of Art (MOMA) The Purchase Prize, represents the "BEST" painting of the entire show, there were none better! Born in Oakland, CA on Jan. 9, 1892. Stoddart studied at the CSFA, UC Berkeley, CCAC, Mills College in Oakland, and with Dong Kingman. She began painting about 1927. Married twice, she was the wife of artist Louis Siegriest during her last ten years. Her tiny pictures were often fantasies with radiant colors of commonplace creatures such as frogs, raccoons, or a tropical lagoon surrounded by exotic birds. A lifelong resident of Oakland, while vacationing in Mexico with her husband, Mrs. Siegriest died on Dec. 23, 1966. Exh: SFAA; Calif. WC Society, 1942-55; SF Women Artists; Gump's (SF); Calif. State Fairs. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" SF Chronicle, 3-3-1980; Oakland Tribune, 1-1-1967 (obituary). Medium: Watercolor on paper Dimensions:16 X 21 inches, beautifully framed (27 x 33 inches) and matted Signed: Middle left Date of Creation: 1947 Title: I Remember That Day Provenance: San Francisco Muesum of Art Condition:Very good-there a spot on the upper left side that is a small problem. it looks like a superfical glue spot. Easy to repair or it can be left alone, it's hardly noticeable This Stoddarts best painting. It was The Purchase Prize Winner 1947, at The San Francisco Museum of Fine Art in the 11th S.F.A.A. watercolor exhibition(MOMA) |
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