


Lucia Kleinhans Mathews(1870-1955)Three Women Standing in a Window (The Three Graces) 24 1/4 x 32in framed 32 x 40in
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Lucia Kleinhans Mathews (1870-1955)
unsigned
oil on canvas
24 1/4 x 32in
framed 32 x 40in
Footnotes
Provenance
Arthur and Lucia Mathews, San Francisco, California.
Harold Joseph Wagner (executor of the Arthur F. Mathews estate), San Francisco, California.
The Estate of Michael di Cosola, San Francisco, California.
Private collector, San Francisco, California, by descent from the above.
According to Harvey L. Jones, the leading scholar on the art of Arthur and Lucia Mathews, this painting was designed most likely as a lunette above a doorway or as a study for a mural or piece of furniture. The triptych features three women standing in front of a magnolia tree, a signature motif of Lucia's, holding flowers and branches. On the left panel is a man farming with a patch of Lucia's iconic poppies in the foreground. On the right panel are two figures in a pasture with cows. Spanning the background across all three panels are hills painted in layered, varying shades of gold, blue and purple.