Watercolor / gouache on paper

Signed and dated lower right

Provenance: Estate of artist Rosemary Sage (1922-2023), Pasadena, California. With label on verso from Pasadena Art Museum (Norton Simon Museum)

21 x 27 inches, image size

About the artist: Born: Hollywood, CA; Studied: University of Southern California, Claremont College (California), Mills College (Oakland); Member: American Watercolor Society, California Water Color Society. Jae Carmichael studied art with; Francis de Erdely, Millard Sheets, Phil Dike, Dong Kingman and William Gaw. In 1953, she became a member of the California Water Color Society and has exhibited in the annual shows since that time.

In addition to painting and exhibiting her watercolors on a national level, Carmichael has produced sculpture, murals, oil paintings and films. She was a director of the Pasadena School of Fine Arts, president of the Pasadena Society of Artists and a director of the California Water Color Society. She is currently an Adjunct Professor of Cinema at the University of Southern California. Biographical information: Interview with Jae Carmichael, 1984.

Biography courtesy of California Watercolors 1850-1970.