Up for sale from a recent estate in Honolulu Hawaii this 1960s Taos New Mexico modernist abstract landscape oil on masonite painting that is titled "Along the Strip of Herbage Strown" and was created by the well known artist Mario Larrinaga (1895-1979). The condition is described above for more details please check the photos. The artist stayed here in the islands off and on and I was able to secure a small collections of his paintings that are very mid-century...some from Hawaii and some from Taos New Mexico.
Additional info on the title:
Based on the following poem attributed to Persian mathematician and poet Omar Khayyam (1048-1131)
With me along the strip of Herbage strewn That just divides the desert from the sown, Where name of Slave and Sultan is forgot- And Peace to Mahmud on his golden Throne!
Measurements:
Board 20 inches x 36 inches
Frame 21.75 inches x 37.75 inches
More about the artist:
Illustrator, painter, designer. Born in Las Flores, Baja Calif
Condition:
The painting and frame are overall in good pre-owned condition, it was lightly conserved and cleaned, the artist was working in Taos New Mexico and Hawaii, The texture of the painting looks somewhat spotty but this is a wanted effect almost looking like a mix of pointillist and a scrape technique the artist employed at the time, the frame is ok but no show-stopper, the frame has some thin places on the front from old bug damage (were fumigated) nothing active
