Jessie Arms Botke (1883-1971)

Hawaiian Memories

Details

Jessie Arms Botke (1883-1971)
Hawaiian Memories
signed 'Jessie Arms Botke' (lower right)
oil and gold leaf on board
36 x 48 in. (91.4 x 121.9 cm.)

Provenance

The artist.

Exhibited

San Buenaventura, California, Ventura County Museum of History and Art, Jessie Arms Botke: 1883-1971, December 1984-January 1985, p. 4

Lot Essay

Hawaiian Memories by Jessie Arms Botke was commissioned by Katherine H. Haley to hang in a prominent space in the living room at Rancho Mi Solar. The work is a bold mosaic of birds, flowers and tropical greenery with an atmospheric landscape in the far distance. Botke's unique use of gold leaf and her careful, accurate renderings of a variety of species of birds create a magnificent composition.