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Monterey Cypress by Percy Gray

Monterey Cypress by Percy Gray

Monterey Cypress

Percy Gray

Title

Monterey Cypress

 
Artist

Percy Gray

  1869 - 1952 (biography)
Year
1920  
Technique
etching 
Image Size
5 x 7" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower left 
Edition Size
unstated 
Annotations
 
Reference
The Nature of Collecting: The Early 20th Century Fine Art Collection of Roger Epperson, cat. no. 31 
Paper
ivory wove 
State
published 
Publisher
 
Inventory ID
CAAL171 
Price
SOLD
Description

Signed etchings by Percy Gray are extremely rare. This impression is from the collection of Roger Epperson whose collection was featured at Saint Mary's College exhibition 'The Nature of Collecting: The Early 20th Century Fine Art Collection of Roger Epperson', cat. no. 31.

This is an iconic cypress tree in Monterey, California overlooking the Pacific. These trees and this location has appeared in hundreds of paintings, prints and photographs of the rugged Monterey coast.