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A Boeing B314 Flying Clipper is moored outside the Treasure Island Terminal during the early 1940s. Treasure Island was one of three Pan Am Clipper bases in the United States along with the Marine Air Terminal in new York and Dinner Key in Miami. The remnants of the 1939-1940 Golden Gate International Exposition can be seen behind the hangar, including the various exhibition halls and the Tower of the Sun.
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An important work by EJ Hughes is up for auction…again, this time by Heffel Gallery. As John Mackie reported in the Vancouver Sun,
…A small watercolour painting Hughes executed in 1938 as a preparatory work for the mural has turned up at the Heffel Gallery, which is having a preview of its spring auction at 2247 Granville St. It’s also like a collage: a totem pole has been pasted onto the left side, and a church has been pasted between the woman and the passing ship. David and Robert Heffel like to kick their auctions off with a noteworthy artwork, and Indian Life is the first lot in the sale. It’s on display through April 17; the auction itself is May 22 in Toronto…
This painting was last purchased by Jacques Barbeau at Pappas Auctions (of Pappas Furs) in 1997, he wrote about it in his book dedicated to Hughes. While it is too bad the VAG was outbid on this purchase back then, one can hope it will one day make its way back into a public collection. Only Hughes’ preparatory drawings of the murals survived; Paul Goranson’s and Orville Fisher’s drawings never surfaced; the VAG did succeed in acquiring the other 3 Hughes drawings. This panel called Indian Life is one of the best panels of the 12 panel mural IMHO, expertly rendered here as well.
Earlier in the article John calls the mural ‘lost’, which is partly true. Yes, the mural is lost now, but it didn’t disappear forever. In 1954, it was repurposed as decoration around the Challenger Map in the BC Pavilion at the PNE, where it remained for many years, perhaps till the building was demolished. I wrote extensively about this here, but it seems not everyone has read the post. I still like to dream about the mural turning up again in storage at the RBCM…but so far this dream has not yet become a reality.
Check out the drawing at Heffel before April 17; it may be you best chance to see it for some time to come! The estimate is 30,000–40,000 CAD.
The results?! Just over estimate…$32,500! I admit it is maybe difficult to market preliminary artwork, but still it achieved a fair price for what it is. Now, if we had the preliminary renderings for all 12 panels, at this price we would be approaching $400,000!
Just imagine what the life size murals would be worth?! (I would suggest they should be valued at a minimum of $100,000 to $300,000 each, times 12, the entire mural would be worth a theoretical $1.2 to 3.6 million!) We must keep the search alive!
Lot 4 Ladysmith did better than anticipated at $210,000, and lot 11 achieved the top price for Hughes at $350,000. Absolute signature Hughes compositions!
Here's that letter I referenced in the previous post, showing the behind the scenes look at the finances required to put together the Nude Ranch. Also included is a postcard showing a few of the leading ladies, and what looks like a whiteboard in the background of an attendee's photograph, showing a list of ladies or 'contestants', and a number of 'prints' that have perhaps been offered for sale to the public? I believe all of these images came from ebay listings over the years, with perhaps one or more images sourced elsewhere from the web.
A few items from the collection...
A tribute to Sally Rand, born April 3, 1904. Here she is on her ‘Dude Ranch’ at the GGIE. This clip of film fell on the cutting room floor, perhaps one of the only surviving film clips from this famous exhibit? Well, at least half a second’s worth of motion picture film. This was from James A. Fitzpatrick’s Traveltalk series of short films. He did a number of Golden Gate International Exposition films, including “A Day on Treasure Island”, “Night Descends on Treasure Island”, and the “Cavalcade of San Francisco”. He also shot scenes from the 1939 short “Mendolsohn’s Wedding March" on the man-made Island.
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The Festival Hall, and a portion of the relief of the exterior wall, in elaborate deco style.
Just some of the renowned artworks on display at the GGIE in 1939. Amazing all this art was seen in one place.
Farewell to Treasure Island, originally posted at https://archive.org/details/Farewell1940
