'Main Street, Port Costa, 1968' by Muriel Backman, California Woman Post Impressionist, Crocker Museum

Description

Signed twice, lower right, 'Muriel Backman' (American, additionally signed verso, titled 'Main Street, Port Costa' and dated May, 1968.

Muriel … more Signed twice, lower right, 'Muriel Backman' (American, additionally signed verso, titled 'Main Street, Port Costa' and dated May, 1968.

Muriel Backman exhibited widely and with success from the 1930's through the 1950's, including at the Crocker Art Museum, the Kingsley Art Club, the Berkeley YWCA and the Santa Cruz Art League. She is well-listed in relevant art reference works and her work is held in public and private collections including the permanent collection of the San Francisco Public Library.

Reference:
"Santa Cruz Art League Statewide Art Exhibition Index, First through Twenty-seventh, ublications in California Art, No. 12)" Nancy Dustin Moure; et al. less