landscape in muted colors; blue, green and dark red mountains in distance; tan/orange mountains in middle ground; trees in foreground

%C2%A9 Estate of Anders Gustave Aldrin

California Hills, c. 1934

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A Swedish émigré who spent 40 years in Los Angeles—after first settling in Minnesota—Anders Aldrin knew this landscape well. It is Griffith Park, five square miles of mountainous terrain on the city’s eastern edge. Unlike typical printmakers, whose goal is to have each successive impression resemble the sheet before and after it, he gave nearly every impression a new color scheme, treating each like an individual artwork. In California Hills, Aldrin wanted to capture the park’s mood during different seasons and times of day.

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Details
Title
California Hills
Artist Life
American (born Sweden), 1889–1970
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2017.77.1
Provenance
[Art market, New York]; Gary Levine, Ridgefield, Conn. (2006-2008; sold to Scholten);[Scholten Japanese Art, New York; 2008-2017]
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landscape in muted colors; blue, green and dark red mountains in distance; tan/orange mountains in middle ground; trees in foreground

© Estate of Anders Gustave Aldrin

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