Cathay House - Chinatown S.F. by Anna Mary (Mae) Aiello

Cathay House - Chinatown S.F. by Anna Mary (Mae) Aiello

Cathay House - Chinatown S.F.

Anna Mary (Mae) Aiello

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Title

Cathay House - Chinatown S.F.

 
Artist
Year
c. 1940  
Technique
drypoint 
Image Size
6 15/16 x 5" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
not stated 
Annotations
titled in pencil, lower left 
Reference
 
Paper
cream laid 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
14111 
Price
$150.00 
Description

The Cathay House in San Francisco was a landmark Chinese restaurant, bar, and banquet hall that operated from 1939 to 2018. Located at the corner of California and Grant Streets, the famous pagoda-style building was constructed for the Sing Chong Company in 1910. From its inception, Cathay House was a magnet for celebrities and the San Francisco elite, with regulars such as Duke Ellington, Robert Montgomery, and Fritz Keisler. The building was almost immediately an attraction for artists, as well, and appears in paintings, prints, and photographs of San Francisco as regularly as any landmark.

Anna Mae Aiello was born in 1903, and from the 1930's to the 1940's she spent most of her time working on pieces depicting the surroundings of Chinatown, San Francisco, California.

The Chinatown of San Francisco is the oldest in North America, an enclave that continues to retain its own customs, languages, places of worship, social clubs, and identity.

 
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