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San Juan Bautista by Rowena Fischer Meeks Abdy
San Juan Bautista
Rowena Fischer Meeks Abdy
Title
San Juan Bautista
Artist
Rowena Fischer Meeks Abdy
1887 - 1945 (biography)Year
1925
Technique
charcoal drawing
Image Size
18 3/4 x 24 5/8"
Signature
signed within image, lower left
Edition Size
1 of 1 unique
Annotations
pencil: "Exhibited Chicago Art Institute 1925/Arizona State Fair, 1925.â" in lower right
Reference
Paper
antique-white laid paper with Michallet France watermark
State
Publisher
Inventory ID
PMJ266
Price
SOLD
Description
This charcoal drawing by Roweena Weeks Abdy is of a farm in the California community of San Juan Bautista, which built up around the mission of the same name. The mission was the 15th of the 21 California missions, opened in 1797. The city was incorporated in 1869.
his drawing was exhibited in 1925 at the Art Institute of Chicago and at the Arizona State Fair.