"Steamboating on the Dover" (1930)
Sacramento River Watercolor Series by Otis Oldfield (1890-1969) - Exhibition
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During the Spring of 1930, Otis Oldfield arrived aboard the 19th Century American paddlewheeler, the Dover, as a passenger for her last excursion up the Sacramento River, from the Sacramento Delta, to Red Bluff (Tehama County) California. NOTE: The collection originally contained over 30 pieces, but most were lost while being shipped back from a mid 1930s museum exhibit in New York. These are the last remaining pieces. The paintings are in watercolor over charcoal, with india ink highlights.
Copyright 2002, Estate of Otis Oldfield/A.R.S., N.Y.; Courtesy Trustee, S.F., CA
"The Cub," 10 x  7.5
Copyright 2002, Estate of Otis Oldfield/A.R.S., N.Y.; Courtesy Trustee, S.F., CA
Copyright 2002, Estate of Otis Oldfield/A.R.S., N.Y.; Courtesy Trustee, S.F., CA
"Crew on Deck," 12 x 9.5
"Fireman's Hobby," 13.5 x 14
Copyright 2002, Estate of Otis Oldfield/A.R.S., N.Y.; Courtesy Trustee, S.F., CA
"Officers' Quarters, Quarter Deck,"
9.5 x 12
Copyright 2002, Estate of Otis Oldfield/A.R.S., N.Y.; Courtesy Trustee, S.F., CA
"Fireman," 9 x 11
"Crew's Quarters,
Quarter Deck,"
9.5 x 12
Copyright 2002, Estate of Otis Oldfield/A.R.S., N.Y.; Courtesy Trustee, S.F., CA
Left: "Steamboat Landing" (The Dover) 1935,
Telegraph Hill Studio, Oil on Canvas, 42 x 34,
Exhibited:
Crocker-Kingsley, 9th Annual, Sacramento, 2-1935;
Utah State University, Logan, 7-1935;
Art Center, San Francisco, Solo Exhibit, 1-1936;
San Francisco Museum of Art, Solo Exhibit, 9-1936;
Family Club, Christmas Show, San Francisco, 12-1947
Copyright 2002, Estate of Otis Oldfield/A.R.S., N.Y.; Courtesy Trustee, S.F., CA.
"The Pilot's Room," 13.5 x 12