Sadie Van Patten Hall (1884-1967)
Gold Ridge, California Gold Rush Three-panel Screen
signed and dated 'S. Van Patten Hall / 1949 (lower right)
oil and gilt paint on painted wooden panel
each panel 61 x 17 in.
full screen 61 x 51 in.
Footnotes:
Provenance
Private collection, South Dakota.

The present work appears to depict a detailed scene of the gold rush town of Gold Ridge, California, now called Camptonville, located in Yuba County, California. Figures conduct business and socialize while horses, dogs and cats amble and run through the main business district that includes the Gold Ridge Hotel, Cook's General Merchandise, a Wells Fargo outlet, a post office and a blacksmith shop. Painted in gold and grey tones against a black background, the stylized and modernist town is nestled amidst rows of forested trees while a line of donkeys and horses decorate the three panels' scenes and extend in an abbreviated design onto the verso panels.

Oil and gilt paint on three hinged black painted wooden panels. Various scuffs and losses throughout. A 12 x 12 in. area of heavier scratching and losses to the decoration on the lower part of the right panel. The left front panel veneer coming loose from the panel. Some separation to the panel joints throughout. Each panel with two metal hinges with various sized screws. No further condition issues to report.

Each panel 61 x 17 in. Overall 61 x 51 in.