April 17, 2024
SAM HYDE HARRIS, Listed California, High Sierra Scene pencil signed Woodblock
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SAM HYDE HARRIS (Listed California 1889-1977). High Sierra Woodblock print, 8" x 10" image size (with margins: 10-1/4" x 12") (framed size: 17" x 21") signed lower right in pencil: Sam Hyde Harris; authenticated on the backby estate appraiser, Maurine St. Gaudens. This is a very popular woodblock by the artistbecause it's High Sierras! Biography from the Archives of askARTAt 14 years of age Sam Hyde Harris was already a successful commercial artist. A 1903 letter of recommendation from Andre & Sleigh, stated that, "We have the pleasure in stating that Samuel Harris (aged 14 ½ years) has given every satisfaction during the 8 or 9 months he has been engaged in our Artists Department." After moving to California with his family Harris got a job as painter of signs, billboards and hand-lettered show cards in 1906. He developed a reputation for doing excellent commercial work and opened his own commercial art studio by 1914. His commercial art business received a boost in 1920 when he was hired by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company to work on their poster advertising. He was later hired to do artwork Southern Pacific Railways as well. He began studying painting with Hanson Puthuff in 1906, and continued studying throughout much of his life. As early as 1920 he was exhibiting with the California Art Club. He continued exhibiting
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