Joan Savo
(1918-1992)
Untitled, abstract composition, 1960
Oil on board
Signed and dated lower right: Savo
31" H x 48.5" W
Provenance: Claypool Freese Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA

Other Notes: A signed letter from Claypool Freese Gallery discusses their involvement with Joan Savo's career and offer to assist collectors in purchasing her work in the secondary market.

This lot is accompanied by a color transparency of the painting as well as copies of personal letters written by Joan Savo.

Other Notes: Post War California artist, Joan Savo was active in the San Francisco North Beach area in the 1950's, and later on the Monterey Peninsula.

Solo Exhibitions: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1964.

Selected Group Exhibitions: "79th Annual Painting Exhibition of the San
Francisco Art Association" at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1960
"Fifth Winter Invitational," California Palace of The Legion of Honor, San
Francisco, 1964

Public Collections: Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Walnut Creek Civic Arts
Center; Kaiser Center, Oakland; Oakland Museum; Monterey Peninsula Museum of
Art; City of Viborg, Denmark.

Literature: Thomas Albright, "Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980"

Visual: Overall good condition. Occasional small areas of very fine craquelure in the black pigments throughout the center.

Blacklight: No evidence of restoration.

Frame: 30.75" H x 49" W x 1.5" D Condition reports are offered as a courtesy and are typically published in Moran's catalogue or can be made available upon request. The absence of a condition report does not imply that an item is free from defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of others. Buyers are responsible for determining to their own satisfaction the true nature and condition of any lot prior to bidding. Though buyers are not legally required to inspect lots prior to purchase, failure to do so may constitute a waiver of complaint that an item was not delivered in a condition equal to the existent condition at the auction.