The painting depicts a scene from the corner of 2nd and H Streets in Crescent City, and features most prominently the Bank of America building. Further to the left in the painting is the old “Surf Hotel”, the only structure in that area which survived the tidal wave of 1964. The Bank of America has rebuilt on the same location, though route 101 has been diverted several blocks over.
Falter (1910-1982) was a noted illustrator for the Saturday Evening Post, producing over 200 of the magazine’s covers. He also painted a notable series of street scenes in cities across the United States and this work is likely one of those.
It has a distinguished provenance being from the estate of Louis Lundborg, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of America and noted art collector.
See Reed and Reed, The Illustrator in America 1880-1980. A Century of Illustration, New York, (1984), page 216.

$4,500.00      ID#7164

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