#69 • Sydney Laurence "Old Prospector's Cabin at Otter Lake, Anchorage, Alaska" Oil Painting

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

High bid $7,000.00

Status: Sold

Category: Art

An original oil painting titled "Old Prospector's Cabin at Otter Lake, Anchorage, Alaska," by the late, great Alaska artist Sydney Laurence (1865-1940), signed in the lower right-hand corner. Piece depicts a trail to a cabin featuring a sky at dusk in blues and greys, the foreground already seeing sundown, while the middleground is bathed in soft pastel pinks and purples of the sunset, painted in Laurence's recognizable thick and heavy brush stroke style. By the late 1920s, Sydney Mortimer Laurence was clearly Alaska's most prominent painter, known for his portrayals of grand Alaskan wilderness landscapes, as seen in many of his paintings. This piece has some light discoloration to its surface, likely aging varnish, impure pigments, or other issues that come with age. The frame is a brushed silver tone with some wear, likely intentional. Measures approximately 20" x 15.75" overall with a sight view of 15" x 10.75".