William Posey Silva (1859-1948)

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William Posey Silva - "Blue Bay - Santa Monica Coast" - Oil on canvas/board - 8" x 10"
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William Posey Silva
"Blue Bay - Santa Monica Coast"

William Posey Silva - "California Coast" - Oil on canvas/board - 9" x 12"
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William Posey Silva
"California Coast"

William Posey Silva - "Carmel Pt." - Oil on canvas/board - 14" x 18"
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William Posey Silva
"Carmel Pt."
1930

William Posey Silva - "Cliff and Cypress - Point Lobos" - Oil on canvas - 16" x 20"
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William Posey Silva
"Cliff and Cypress - Point Lobos"

William Posey Silva - "Cypress on the Crags of Lobos" - Oil on canvasboard - 8" x 6"
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William Posey Silva
"Cypress on the Crags of Lobos"

William Posey Silva - "Del Monte Lake" - Oil on canvas/board - 8" x 10" - Signed and titled lower right <br>Signed and titled on reverse
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William Posey Silva
"Del Monte Lake"

William Posey Silva - "Golden West" - Oil on canvas - 32" x 40"
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William Posey Silva
"Golden West"

William Posey Silva - "Hills in Springtime, Carmel River" - Oil on canvasboard - 8" x 10"
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William Posey Silva
"Hills in Springtime, Carmel River"

William Posey Silva - "Lake - Del Monte" - Oil on canvas - 8" x 10"
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William Posey Silva
"Lake - Del Monte"

William Posey Silva - "Lobos 'Dome' in Fog" - Oil on panel - 24" x 27"
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William Posey Silva
"Lobos 'Dome' in Fog"

William Posey Silva - "Majestic Cypress" - Point Lobos - Oil on canvas - 32" x 40"
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William Posey Silva
"Majestic Cypress" - Point Lobos

William Posey Silva - "Morning Fog - Point Lobos" - Oil on canvasboard - 11 1/2" x 14 1/2"
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William Posey Silva
"Morning Fog - Point Lobos"
1937

William Posey Silva - "Old Adobe Ruins" - Oil on canvasboard - 12" x 15" - Signed lower right <br>Titled, signed, dated, and inscribed on reverse: <br>'To my very good friend and neighbor George Marion as a slight token of my love of him as a man and an artist in his great historic work.' <br>William P. Silva - June 8th, 1944. <br> <br> <br>The Estate of Ann Whitman Chapman/AWC Family LLC <br>Ann Whittman Chapman was the daughter of early California artist - Paul Whitman (1897-1950). <br> <br>In the late 1920s, Whitman moved with his wife, and the first two of his three children—Colden and Ann—to Carmel where he quickly gained notoriety for his oils, watercolors, lithographs, landscapes, and waterfront depictions. The family built a home on the fifteenth fairway at Pebble Beach, which also served as a studio. <br> <br>He was one of the original members of the celebrated Carmel art community, which included over the years such notable American artists as William Ritschel, Armin Hansen (one of Whitman’s mentors), Gottardo Piazzoni, Charles Rollo Peters, as well as photographer Ansel Adams and poet Robinson Jeffers.
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William Posey Silva
"Old Adobe Ruins"
c. 1925

William Posey Silva - "On the Mountain Top" - Oil on canvas/board - 9" x 12" - Signed lower right <br>Signed and titled on reverse
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William Posey Silva
"On the Mountain Top"

William Posey Silva - "Pines along the Gulf" -New Orleans- - Oil on canvasboard - 14 1/2" x 11 1/2"
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William Posey Silva
"Pines along the Gulf" -New Orleans-

William Posey Silva - "Pines on the Dunes" - Oil on canvasboard - 8"x10"
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William Posey Silva
"Pines on the Dunes"

William Posey Silva - "Point Lobos from Carmel Point" - Oil on canvas - 12"x16"
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William Posey Silva
"Point Lobos from Carmel Point"

William Posey Silva - "Poppies & Lupines" - Carmel Shore- - Oil on board - 11" x 14"
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William Posey Silva
"Poppies & Lupines" - Carmel Shore-
1926

William Posey Silva - "Rainbow, Carmel Bay" - Oil on canvasboard - 6" x 8"
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William Posey Silva
"Rainbow, Carmel Bay"

William Posey Silva - "Reflections…" 1924 - Oil on canvas - 16"x20" - Signed lower left <br>Titled, dated and located on reverse stretcher
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William Posey Silva
"Reflections…" 1924

William Posey Silva - "Rough Waters - Carmel Shore" - Oil on canvasboard - 12" x 15"
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William Posey Silva
"Rough Waters - Carmel Shore"

William Posey Silva - "Sunset in the Fog" - Point Lobos - Oil on canvasboard - 14" x 18"
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William Posey Silva
"Sunset in the Fog" - Point Lobos
1926

William Posey Silva - "Sunset" - Point Lobos - Oil on canvas/board - 8" x 10" - Signed and dated lower right <br>On reverse: <br>Titled, signed and dated <br>Written under the signature are the words: Sketch for large painting
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William Posey Silva
"Sunset" - Point Lobos
1929

William Posey Silva - "Texas Flowers" - Oil on canvas/board - 8" x 10"
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William Posey Silva
"Texas Flowers"
April 17, 1928

William Posey Silva - "The Cove" - Oil on canvasboard - 10 3/4" x 14"
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William Posey Silva
"The Cove"
circa 1915

William Posey Silva - "The Fog On Lobos" - Oil on canvasboard - 12" x 16" - Signed lower left
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William Posey Silva
"The Fog On Lobos"

William Posey Silva - "The Processional" -Santa Monica- - Oil on canvas/board - 16" x 20"
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William Posey Silva
"The Processional" -Santa Monica-