Alma Lavenson 1897-1989

mounted, signed by the photographer in pencil on the mount, her '58 Wildwood Gardens, Piedmont, California' studio label, titled and dated '1941' (twice) by the photographer in ink and pencil, and a 'San Francisco Society of Women Artists, San Francisco Museum of Art' exhibition label, signed, titled, and inscribed with her studio address by the photographer in ink, affixed to the reverse, matted, circa 1940

The photographer to Susan Ehrens, Piedmont, California, as agent

Acquired by Margaret W. Weston from the above, 1985

San Francisco Museum of Art, Fifteenth Annual Exhibition, San Francisco Society of Women Artists, November - December 1940

'Clouds Near Mono Lake'  was included in the annual San Francisco Society of Women Artists exhibition in 1940.  The SFWA began in the 1880s as the Sketch Club, a group of women artists who met to view and critique each other's work. The name was changed in 1925 and became the non-profit organization that continues today.  The annual SFWA exhibitions continued into the 1980s.

According to Alma Lavenson authority Susan Ehrens, the print offered here is believed to be the only early print of this image extant.