Artist: Thomas Moran (American, 1837 - 1926). Title: "Near Point Lobos, China Cove, Monterey Coast, California". Medium: Oil on canvas. Date: Composed 1912. Dimensions: Frame size: 21 x 25 in. (533 x 635 mm). Image size: 17 1/8 x 21 1/8 in. (435 x 537 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed and dated, lower right. Overall very good condition; thinly painted; craquelure in the clouds, predominately upper right; blacklight examination reveals no defects; signature contemporary to the painting; not relined; original stretcher; recent frame; perhaps a study for a larger, unfinished painting. Comment(s): Moran composed several paintings along the Monterrey coast in 1912. Perhaps the best known of this group is “Point Lobos, Monterrey, California, 1912” currently in the collection of the White House Historical Association, Washington, D.C. [6895-10-30000]