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Matilda Lotz (1858-1923)
Lot 54 PROPERTY OF A MIDWESTERN INSTITUTION

Matilda Lotz (1858-1923)

Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford Driving on the Beach at San Francisco

Closed26 February 2014

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Matilda Lotz (1858-1923)
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford Driving on the Beach at San Francisco
signed and dated 'Matilda.Lotz./1878.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
25¾ x 41¾ in. (65.4 x 106 cm.)

Private collection.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1975.

Specialist note

Leland Stanford (1824-1893) was a United States Senator, the eighth Governor of California and a leader in the railroad industry, acting as director of Wells Fargo and Company and the Southern Pacific Railroad. He and his wife, Jane, founded Stanford University in 1885. The University retains a portrait of Stanford by Matilda Lotz in its collection.