Alma Lavenson

mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, a San Francisco Museum of Art exhibition label, titled and annotated in ink, and the photographer's '58 Wildwood Gardens, Piedmont, 11, Calif.' studio stamp on the reverse, framed, circa 1947

San Francisco Museum of Art, Twenty-Third Annual Exhibition, San Francisco Society of Women Artists, 1947

This early, slightly warm-toned print, on paper with a slight surface sheen, is in generally excellent condition. The upper edge of the print at the right corner is rubbed. In raking light, the following are visible: slight silvering in the dark areas; a few tiny deposits of original retouching; and a diagonal mounting bubble at the upper right corner. The top paper ply of the tip of the upper left mount corner has lifted.
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'Photograph Studio, Mendocino City' was included in the annual San Francisco Society of Women Artists exhibition in 1947.  The SFWA began in the 1880s as the Sketch Club, a group of women artists who met to view and critique each other's work. The name was changed in 1925 and became the non-profit organization that continues today.  The annual SFWA exhibitions were held into the 1980s.