JOSEPH KLEITSCH (1882-1931)

Mission Canyon

Details

JOSEPH KLEITSCH (1882-1931)
Mission Canyon
signed and dated 'Joseph Kleitsch/1923' (lower right)--numbered '748' and '12' (on the stretcher)--signed again and inscribed with title (on an original label affixed to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
29 x 33 in. (73.7 x 83.8 cm.)

Provenance

Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles, California.
David and Sons, Laguna Beach, California.
Joan Irvine Smith Fine Arts, Laguna Beach, California.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Lot Essay

Painted just two years after Joseph Kleitsch arrived in Southern California from Chicago, Mission Canyon is an enchanting view of a tree-filled canyon bathed in bright winter sun.

Dr. Patricia Trenton writes, "In December 1922, Kleitsch set up his easel in the back canyon country of Northern San Diego County to depict Mission Canyon with its tangled branches of gnarled gray sycamores 'lifting their burden of golden leaves above a river-bottom green with winter.'" (P. Trenton, Joseph Kleitsch: A Kaleidoscope of Color, The Irvine Museum, Irvine, California, 2005-6)