


Alson Skinner Clark(1876-1949)San Juan Capistrano Mission (Mission Cloisters) 35 1/2 x 45 3/4in framed 43 x 54in
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Alson Skinner Clark (1876-1949)
signed and dated 'Alson Clark 21' (lower left), signed and dated again (upper left)
oil on canvas
35 1/2 x 45 3/4in
framed 43 x 54in
Painted in 1921.
Footnotes
Provenance
David and Sons, Laguna Beach, California.
Thence to the present owner.
Exhibited
Irvine, The Irvine Museum, Romance of the Bells, [travelling exhibition], 2004-2005.
Irvine, The Irvine Museum, Selections from The Irvine Museum, October 6, 2009 – February 13, 2010.
Irvine, The Irvine Museum, California Impressionism: Selections from the Irvine Museum, September 28, 2013 - January 9, 2014.
Irvine, The Irvine Museum, Along El Camino Real, January 28 – May 18, 2017.
Irvine, The Irvine Museum, CALIFORNIA, This Golden Land of Promise, January 24 – May 21, 2015.
Literature
J. Stern, Romance of the Bells, the California Missions in Art, Irvine, 1995, p. 110, illustrated and illustration for the dustjacket.
J. Stern, Reflections of California, The Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Memorial Exhibition, Irvine, 1994, p. 122, illustrated.
J. Irvine Smith, A California Woman's Story, Irvine, 2006, p. 178, illustrated.
J. Stern, Selections from the Irvine Museum, Irvine, 2009 (reprise of the 1992 exhibition of the same name), p. 92-93, illustrated.