Moonlit Sea

Provenance

Mark Smith, Lynchburg, Virginia

Estate of above

Sale, Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 6, 2022, lot 24, from above

Related Works

Sunset, Colden Gate, oil on canvas, 28 x 48 inches; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California

Moonrise Over Seacoast at Pacific Grove, 1886, oil on canvas, 40 x 60 inches; Oakland Museum of California, California

Note: Raymond Dabb Yelland rendered numerous coastal scenes, many depicting California’s shorelines. This work highlights the artist’s mastery of light, as the pale glow of the moon reflects onto the calm waves.