SELDEN CONNOR GILE (1877-1947) Cottage with Red Tile Roof (Chow...

SELDEN CONNOR GILE (1877-1947)
Cottage with Red Tile Roof (Chow House)
oil on board
14 1/4 x 17 in.
Painted circa 1920.
Footnotes

Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Elizabeth C. Hall, Belvedere, California, from the above.
WIM Fine Arts, Oakland.
Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco.
Private collection, Laguna Beach, California, acquired from the above in 1991.

Exhibited
Walnut Creek, Civic Arts Gallery, A Feast for the Eyes: The Paintings of Selden Connor Gile, June 9-July 10, 1983. no. 59.

Literature
Walter A. Nelson-Rees and Terry N. St. John, A Feast for the Eyes: The Paintings of Selden Connor Gile, Walnut Creek, 1983, n.p.
WIM Fine Arts, Paintings by Selden Connor Gile Volume II, Oakland, 1983, p. 20, no. 26, illustrated.

There is a handwritten note from Louis Siegriest affixed to the verso from March 10, 1983 further identifying the work as by Selden Gile.

The present work depicts Selden Connor Gile's rustic cabin on Chabot Road in Oakland where he resided from 1917 to 1927. The cabin, affectionately called 'The Chow House', was the creative hub for The Society of Six where they met weekly for hearty food, drink and debate.