Lot 124
  • 124

Oscar Edward Berninghaus

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Oscar Edward Berninghaus
  • Street in Oaxaca, Mexico, Domingo Church
  • signed O.E.Berninghaus (lower left); titled Street in Oaxaca, Mexico, Domingo Church (on a piece of the original backing affixed to the reverse)
  • watercolor on card
  • Image size: 7 1/2 by 8 1/4 inches (19 by 21 cm)
  • Sheet size: 10 1/8 by 10 inches (25.7 by 25.4 cm)

Provenance

Ruth Fish, Taos (acquired directly from the artist)
Private Collection, Albuquerque (by descent in the family of the above to her granddaughters)
Stevens Fine Art, Phoenix
Sale: Santa Fe Art Auction, November 8, 2008, lot 67
Private Collection, Santa Fe

Condition

Watercolor and pencil on card. Surface in generally good condition; border of image blocked out, two spots of foxing in sky above horizon line at right. Four spots of old glue along bottom edge where work was previously hinged to mat. Attached to backing board with acid free corners.
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Catalogue Note

This scene, depicting the Domingo Church, was painted by Berninghaus in the early 1930s during his honeymoon to Oaxaca, Mexico.