


Theodore Wores(1859-1939)A Wayside Tavern 9 1/4 x 12 1/4in framed 19 x 22in
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Theodore Wores (1859-1939)
signed and inscribed 'Theodore Wores / Kamakura' (lower left), signed again, titled, inscribed and dated 'A Wayside Tave[...] / Kamakura Japan / Theodore Wores / 1895' (on the reverse)
oil on board
9 1/4 x 12 1/4in
framed 19 x 22in
Painted in 1895.
Footnotes
Provenance
Collection of Dr. Ben and Dr. A. Jess Shenson, San Francisco, California.
Private collection, San Francisco, California.
Exhibited
Oakland, The Oakland Museum of California Art, Theodore Wores, The Japanese Years: An Exhibition of Paintings from the Collection of Ben Shenson and A. Jess Shenson, March 16 - May 16, 1976, no. 9.
Palm Springs, The Palm Springs Desert Museum, Theodore Wores: Japanese Years: An Exhibition of Paintings from the Collection of Ben Shenson and A. Jess Shenson, September 19 - November 5, 1978.
New York, Wunderlich & Company Inc., Theodore Wores 1859-1939, March 18 - April 17, 1987, no. 9.
Pasadena, California, Pacific Asia Museum, Theodore Wores: An American Artist in Meiji Japan, 1993, no. 10.
Literature
J.A. Baird, Theodore Wores, The Japanese Years: An Exhibition of Paintings from the Collection of Ben Shenson and A. Jess Shenson, Oakland, 1976,
no. 9, pg. 21, illustration.
The Asahi Shimbun, The Art of Theodore Wores, Tokyo, 1986, no. 29, color illustration.
W.H. Gerdts, Theodore Wores 1859-1939, New York, 1987, no. 9, pg. 15, color illustration.
W.H. Gerdts and J.N. Thompson, Theodore Wores: An American Artist in Meiji Japan, Pasadena, California, 1993, no. 10, pg. 77, color illustration.