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  1. Carolands by Galen Wolf , n.d. - Painting

    Carolands by Galen Wolf , pre-1944. Watercolor on paper, mounted under glass beneath an aqua-green colored mat inside a brown stained wooden frame. Image depicts a large white estate with dome in the center on the roof. There are windows all around on the main two stories as well as on the front section of the top-most floor, which has a steep red roof on its sides. In front of the building is a low wall with potted red flowers and in the fo...

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    Carolands by Galen Wolf
  2. Clement Nash Ranch, Higgins Canyon by Galen Wolf, c. 1955-1976 - Painting

    Clement Nash Ranch, Higgins Canyon by Galen Wolf, c. 1955-1976. Watercolor on paper, matted with light brown mat and framed behind glass in a plain gold-colored wooden frame. Image depicts a white house with red roof in center with a brown barn on left. A large green tree is just right of house. In foreground is a bridge and road leading toward house. Painting is signed by artist in lower right corner.

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    Clement Nash Ranch, Higgins Canyon by Galen Wolf, c. 1955-1976
  3. Coastland 1885 - Wolf, Galen

    Coastland 1885 by Galen Wolf, c. 1962. Times Printing, San Mateo, CA. This pamphlet commemorates the Levy Brothers’ 90th anniversary (founded In Half Moon Bay in 1872) and features an anecdotal tour of the Coast by railroad and coach. Includes informal social history and references to flora, landscape, and towns. Illustrated by the author. 8 pages

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    Coastland 1885
  4. El Cerrito-St. Cyr Estate by Galen Wolf, n.d. - Painting

    El Cerrito-St. Cyr Estate by Galen Wolf, n.d.. Watercolor on paper, mounted under glass beneath an aqua-green colored mat inside a brown stained wooden frame. Image depicts a large brown house with multiple roof lines. The foreground has a large grassy area with a row of shrubs and two sets of brick steps leading up to the house. There is a large Cyprus tree in the left foreground. There are more trees in the background and to the right of th...

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    El Cerrito-St. Cyr Estate by Galen Wolf
  5. Farm at Half Moon Bay by Galen Wolf, n.d. - Painting

    Farm at Half Moon Bay by Galen Wolf, n.d.. Watercolor on paper mounted under glass beneath a white mat with pink and green inner borders inside a brown stained wooden frame with a gold painted center border. Image depicts a blue creek or road leading to a large white building with a red water tower out front. There is a wooden fence behind the tower, a small building to the right of the fence and another small building to the left of the large...

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    Farm at Half Moon Bay by Galen Wolf
  6. Hatch Mill-Purisima Canyon by Galen Wolf, n.d. - Painting

    Hatch Mill-Purisima Canyon by Galen Wolf, n.d.. Watercolor on paper; mounted under glass beneath an aqua-green colored mat inside a brown stained wooden frame. Image depicts a wooden deck with a frame of a building and a sloped roof with a chimney extending from the back. There is a tree stump in front and to the right of the building next to a cylindrical object on its side alongside a road leading back to trees and a hillside in the backgrou...

    Record Type: Object

    Hatch Mill-Purisima Canyon by Galen Wolf`
  7. Legends of the Coastland - Wolf, Galen

    Legends of the Coastland by Galen Wolf; edited by Shannon Nottestad, 2012. This book is a series of stories and illustations from Galen Wolf "recounting his childhood in San Francisco and Spanishtown (Half Moon Bay)....and other highlights of his life in art" [front book jacket]. Includes a signature and note to both JoAnn and Julie; illustrations and stories of Galen Wolf; a foreword by Shannon Nottestad; introduction; acknowledgement page incl...

    Record Type: Library

    Legends of the Coastland
  8. Newhall Estate by Galen Wolf, n.d. - Painting

    Newhall Estate by Galen Wolf, n.d. Watercolor on paper, mounted under glass beneath an aqua-green colored mat inside a brown stained wooden frame. Image depicts estate grounds consisting of multiple lawns and walkways lined by Cyprus trees, two rows of shrubs, and a row of broad leafed trees all in front of a low wall. The wall sits in front of a large building which is mostly blocked from view by the trees. Two chimney tops are visible alo...

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    Newhall Estate by Galen Wolf
  9. Pigeon Point Lighthouse by Galen Wolf - Painting

    Pigeon Point Lighthouse by Galen Wolf, c. 1950-1976. Framed watercolor painting in landscape orientation of Pigeon Point Lighthouse on a grassy and rocky promontory extending into the ocean. The lighthouse tower is white and about a third of the way from the left side of the painting; the buildings surrounding it are white with terracotta-red roofs. The building on the far right is entirely red, and sits at the highest point of the promontory. Th...

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    Pigeon Point Lighthouse by Galen Wolf
  10. The Last Whale by Galen Wolf, c. 1950-1976 - Painting

    The Last Whale by Galen Wolf, c. 1950-1976. Acrylic painting on gray-blue paper, stylized to look almost like stained glass, of a breaching whale. Whale is dark blue, almost black, and leaps vertically out of the water. Surrounding its head are a half dozen white seabirds. The background is light gray-blue with stylized white clouds near the horizon and dark gray clouds in the upper right corner. In the lower left corner of the painting, mostly u...

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    The Last Whale by Galen Wolf
  11. Vallejo by Galen Wolf, c. 1930-1976 - Painting

    Vallejo by Galen Wolf, c. 1930-1976. Framed watercolor painting of a riverside or coastal scene. In the left foreground is a pair of trees that rise up from a patch of grass in the bottom left corner. Behind and to the right of them is another pair of rounder trees, with a small white boat docked in the water underneath them. Beside these trees is a small house. Farther in the distance on the right side of the painting is a long, low white buildi...

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    Untitled Watercolor by Galen Wolf

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