#5 • David Mollett "Late Summer, Georgeson Garden" Oil Painting

Part of June 2024 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $1,200.00

Status: Sold

Category: Art: Alaskan Originals

An abstract oil painting on canvas c.2020 by the Fairbanks based Alaskan artist David Mollett (b.1950) entitled "Late Summer, Georgeson Garden". The work depicts a view of the five-acre botanical garden located on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus, which hosts a variety of research and educational programs in subarctic horticulture. Named after Charles Christian Georgeson, USDA Special Agent in Charge of Alaska Investigations in 1899, who arrived in Alaska during the Gold Rush to research the possibilities for agriculture in Alaska, and surveyed the land near Fairbanks. He started the Fairbanks Experiment Farm, a portion of which was later annexed for use as the first campus of the University of Alaska. The work is signed lower right by the artist, and further titled, dated, and signed en verso on the edge of the wooden frame. Measures approximately 17" x 21" overall.