Warren A. Newcombe (1894-1960)

American School

NEAR HEMET, (Row of Trees), SAN JACINTO VALLEY, 1935

(#19389)

21 x 30 inches / 28½ x 37½ framed

Oil on canvas

Signed lower right with black oil paint: “NEWCOMBE”

Written by the artist on the lower stretcher bar:

Left: “To Hazel Sept. 1944 / Hermine & Sally”

Middle: “Warren Newcombe”

Right: “Near Hemet Calif. March 23 1935”

Written by the artist on the right stretcher bar:

“San Jacinto, Calif. /Warren Newcombe / March”

On the upper stretcher bar is a partial vintage typed tag that reads:

“27. San Jacinto Valley, Calif. by….”

Provenance:          The Artist

                    Thence by descent through the family of the artist

     Lawrence A. Jackson, Pacific Palisades, California

     Munyon & Sons, Beverly Hills, California

     Adamson-Duvannes Galleries, Downey, California

            Note about the provenance: Lawrence A. Jackson worked for the Department

            of Water and Power, Los Angeles Water Supply division. Much of his time was

            spent supervising THE RESERVOIR SURVEILLANCE GROUP as an

            engineering geologist for dam safety.  His region encompassed about 30 dams

            and reservoirs.

Literature:               The Herald Express, “27 Paintings on So. Cal. Exhibited”,

                    by Alma May Cook, July 2, 1944.

                    Image reproduced in the L.A. Examiner, 1944