Mt. Diablo by William Seltzer Rice
Mt. Diablo
William Seltzer Rice
Title
Mt. Diablo
Artist
William Seltzer Rice
1873 - 1963 (biography)Year
c. 1914
Technique
watercolor
Image Size
9 5/8 x 12 3/4" image & paper
Signature
signed, lower right
Edition Size
1 of 1 unique
Annotations
titled in another's hand on verso
Reference
W-K8
Paper
watercolor board
State
Publisher
Inventory ID
RRT741
Price
SOLD
Description
Contra Costa County is located in northern California. It is bounded on the south and west by Alameda County; on the northwest San Francisco Bay (San Francisco and Marin Counties); on the North by San Pablo Bay, the Carquinez Strait, and Suisun Bay (Solano and Sacramento Counties); and on the east by the San Joaquin River (San Joaquin County).
Mount Diablo can be seen from most of northern California cities. It is an isolated peak of 3,864 feet (1,178 m), and it appears from many angles to be a double pyramids that include many subsidiary peaks. The peak is the centerpeice of Mount Diablo State Park, a park of about 20,000 acres.
Rice taught in nearby Oakland and made frequent painting trips throughout the county.