Gordon Coutts (CA, 1880-1937), The Prospector

Oil on canvas (lined), signed at lower right, presented in a period walnut frame with gilt liner and gallery plaque, stamped with collector's mark of John F. Miller, Palm Springs CA.

Sight size 29.5 x 45.5 in.; Frame dimensions 39 x 55 in.

From the Collection of James H. Craig and Randy S. Johnson, Sarasota, Florida

Butterfield & Butterfield, American & California Paintings, San Francisco, December 8, 1998, Sale 6847D, Lot 2334

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Gordon Coutts studied and traveled throughout England, Paris and Australia before settling in San Francisco in 1902.

Some rubbing to edges of canvas from frame.

$3,000 - 5,000