1950s Original Vintage Oil Painting Seascape Noyo Harbor, Mendocino Fort Bragg California-Dick Daniels

Vintage California seascape oil painting on wood board of a boat near seawalls.

The piece is signed and dated, "Dick Daniels, 3/21/52" and measures 35 7/8" x 23 7/8". The boat appears to be coming in from sea, the water crashing between the two walls, a quiet cloudy blue sky overhead, and seagulls above, below, and beside the boat.

Power lines lines one wall, with large rocks alongside. There is a hill or mountain on the other side with a larger rock out towards sea. There is a bit of smoke coming from the smokestack on the boat and a yellow and green flag raised at the top of the mast.

Richard "Dick" Daniels (1925-2008) was an amateur painter from the Northern California town of Ukiah. Originally from the nearby coastal town of Fort Bragg, Daniels liked to paint coastal seascapes. Many of his seascapes were of the Mendocino coast. ~ The Ukiah Daily Journal

The boat in the painting is marked "NOYO". Noyo is an unincorporated part of Mendocino County, one mile south of Fort Bragg. The Noyo River Harbor is the harbor for Fort Bragg. Several movies have been filmed in the harbor including, "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming", "Humanoids from the Deep", "Overboard (1987)" with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, and "Dying Young" with Julia Roberts (Wikipedia).

Large paintings on wood board or panel were popular in the mid 20th century.

There are various markings from age and use, discolorations. The upper right hand corner is chipped. There are scratches and dings to the paint and wood. There are chips in the paint. Overall good condition.

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Original Mary Anderson Signed Print Native Girl Female Woman Portrait-Cambria, California

Signed and numbered limited edition (3/25) Mary Anderson lithograph print of a young Native woman, entitled "Nancy".

The figure is a girl or a young woman, covered in a floral gown or blanket, tribal artwork behind her. She has long dark hair and is looking down, peacefully. She has a barrette holding up part of her hear at the back of her head and is wearing long dangling earrings.

The print is shrink-wrapped with a backing board.

Anderson is an artist from the Central Coast town of Cambria, California. She began her career in the 1960s, studying at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, now CALARTS (California Institute of the Arts) and the Otis Art Institute, also in Los Angeles. She rarely displays her work, and it is hard to find. She calls her work "mixed media drawings", primarily drawing and painting figures, dramatic and visually interesting faces. She says her "idols are Michaelangelo [and] Rembrandt" (cambriaarts.com).

Print measurements
Width 29.5"
Length 21 5/8"
 
There are tears in the shrink-wrapping, and various dings to the backing board. The top edge of the print shows some wear. The piece is undated. Overall very good to excellent condition. 

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Porcelain Pablo Picasso Buste Busta de Femme Nue Dish Reproduction from Marigold Enterprises

Porcelain art dish from Marigold Enterprises, Ltd. featuring an undated reproduced image of Pablo Picasso's piece Busta de Femme Nue, Face from May 15, 1963.

Marigold Enterprises, owned by Marilyn Goldberg (owner of Museum Masters International, "Art, Celebrity, and Exhibition specialist"), held a couple hundred images of Picasso's and mass produced them in Japan on porcelain dishes and other textiles and prints in the late 1990s and 2000s. The dishes are no longer in production and now hard to find.

"Museum Masters has for many years distributed the lithograph editions approved by the heirs of Pablo Picasso in the years 1980-1983. Such editions have soared in value, and are the only signed Estate Prints endorsed, and signed by Picasso's granddaughter Marina Picasso. Each edition included 500 signed numbered prints, and 1000 hand pulled lithographic posters (unsigned) stamped with the unique investor code. Following the print publications and coordination of "the Pioneer of Exhibition Merchandise" contracts for ongoing estate owned images where [sic] concluded. MMI entered into signed agreements as The Official Licensee the Estate of Pablo Picasso for art merchandise, including Accessories: Bags, Umbrellas, Scarves, Ties; Fashion/T-shirts; Ceramics & Glassware; Bed / Bath; and Chocolates & Tins, dinnerware. Such agreements covered a span of 1999-2008." ~ museummasters.com

The piece measures 4 5/8" x 3 3/8" with a 1 6/8" rim around the edge.

The back is marked "Marina Picasso Collection Authorized by Heirs of Pablo Picasso". Undated.

Made in Japan

Excellent condition

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