2003.122.1

Rocks & Swirls
1916|1876-1956
Purchased with funds from Anonymous through the Art Acquisition Fund
2003.122.1

Wood frame painted silver
O'Shea in lower right corner
"The Great O'Shea" November 6-December 24, 1986, Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA. "John O'Shea Retrospective", January 17-March 2, 1986, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art.

Watercolor image of rocks with waves crashing over them. Image is abstracted. Verso side has six separate labels affixed. Lower right corner is gold label from Something Special in Oakland, CA. Upper right corner small white label gives title, date, size, medium and signed location. To the left of this label is a larger white label from the Monterey Peninsula Museum of art. To the left of that label is a larger white label with the artist name, birth to death dates, title, size, medium and signing location. To the right center edge is a black label from an exhibition on O'Shea at the Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA. Below that is a yellowing label with the title, date, medium, size and signing location. Verso notation in black pen: "Purchased from Butterfields Oct. 92 by Helen Saunders."
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