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ALICE BARBER STEPHENS

Pennsylvania/New Jersey, 1858-1932

The 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition.

Initialed lower center "A.B.S.". Signed in pencil on stretcher "Alice B. Stephens".
Oil on canvas, 13.5" x 10.5". Framed 20.75" x 17.75".
Condition: Excellent condition: two tiny pin holes (one in upper right corner, one in lower left), but otherwise no damages and no restorations. Very faint stretcher lines visible under raking light.

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  • Provenance:
    Bonhams California, June 9, 2002, Lot #8173.

    Notes:
    The Pan-Pacific or Panama–Pacific International Exposition world fair was held in San Francisco from February 20 to December 4, 1915. While its stated purpose was to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, it was also considered an opportunity for the city of San Francisco to show how well it had recovered from the 1906 earthquake. The fair was held in what is now known as the Marina District and exhibits included a steam locomotive, the Liberty Bell, the Tower of Jewels and a telephone line that ran to New York so that people could hear the ocean from opposite sides of the continent.

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