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John Ayres
Head in Hand
May 1, 1937
Charcoal on Paper
25"x19", unframed
Signed and dated in charcoal top right
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John Ayres
Head in Hand
May 1, 1937
Charcoal on Paper
25"x19", unframed
Signed and dated in charcoal top right
Came from a portfolio owned by artist John Bowers
John Clawson Ayres (1914 - 2005)
Born in Modesto, California, John Clawson Ayres became a watercolorist whose styles ranged back and forth between realist and non objective. He began watercolor painting in the 1930s when he was a student of Erle Loran and John Haley.
He studied at the University of California at Berkeley, earning a Masters Degree, and from 1936 to 1938 was a teaching assistant there. From 1939 to 1942, he taught art at Pacific Grove High School and then to 1946 in schools in Modesto. After that he was head of the art department fo 30 years at Chico State College.
Ayres was a member of the San Francisco Art Association. Since World War II, he taught painting and art history at Chico State College, 1947-1977.
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- Dimensions
- 25ʺW × 0.5ʺD × 19ʺH
- Frame Type
- Unframed
- Period
- 1930s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Charcoal
- Paper
- Pen and Ink
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Charcoal
- Condition Notes
- Very Good Condition- minor wear consistent with age and history. 2.5" tear on lower right Very Good Condition- minor wear consistent with age and history. 2.5" tear on lower right less
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