porfirio-salinas-texas-1910-1973-blooming-yucca
Lot 362
Porfirio Salinas (Texas, 1910-1973), Blooming Yucca
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas, signed at lower right, presented in a period gilt frame.

SS 23.5 x 19.5 in.; DOA 30 x 25.75 in.

From the Estate of the late Mr. & Mrs. Walter R. Davis, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Texas born, Porfirio Salinas received his artistic training under the tutelage of an English painter and artist supplier based in San Antonio, Robert William Wood. Salinas is best known for his Texas landscapes, which were highly sought after by Texans and tourists alike. Salinas' reputation was further enhanced in the early 1960s following the patronage of future President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson.

Good estate condition - no evidence of retouch visible under UV light.

$15,000 - 20,000