#73 • Jeanne Laurence Oil Painting of Mount McKinley

Part of June 2025 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $800.00

Status: Sold

Category: Art

An original oil painting on masonite by the late Alaska artist Jeanne Laurence (1887-1980), wife of prominent Alaska artist Sydney Laurence (1865-1940). The piece depicts Mt. McKinley, as it was known at the time, a subject featured prominently in his own work. From a vantage point above the Tokositna River, a foreground of spruce trees fades into a mist-shrouded river valley and into the base of the Alaska Mountain Range. In contrast, the summit rises above, and is clearly visible against a blue-gray sky, its snow-capped brilliance alternating with receding shadows. The artist follows faithfully along the artistic trail her pioneering husband blazed - one of atmospheric, Impressionist landscapes of romantic old Alaska with a superb palette of warm versus cool hues, combined with with expressive brushwork. Here's your chance to own a splendid original by the author of My Life with Sydney Laurence. Not just beautiful art, but true Alaskana at its finest. Signed lower left by the artist, and housed in the original gilt frame by acclaimed Seattle frame maker, Lloyd E. Jensen (1921-1989) who is noted to have corresponded frequently with Jeanne and Sydney Laurence throughout the 1930s. Measures approximately 17.75" x 14.75" overall, with a sight view of 14" x 11".