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La Buenaventura, 1927
Charles Percy Austin (American, 1883 - 1948)
Oil on canvas; 35 1/2 × 35…
La Buenaventura
La Buenaventura, 1927
Charles Percy Austin (American, 1883 - 1948)
Oil on canvas; 35 1/2 × 35…
La Buenaventura, 1927 Charles Percy Austin (American, 1883 - 1948) Oil on canvas; 35 1/2 × 35 1/2 in. 32195a Gift of Mr. Ralph J. Steven
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La Buenaventura

ClassificationsPaintings-oils
Artist Charles Percy Austin (American, 1883 - 1948)
Date1927
Made AtUnited States, North America
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: 42 1/4 × 42 × 2 in. (107.3 × 106.7 × 5.1 cm)
35 1/2 × 35 1/2 × 1 in. (90.2 × 90.2 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. Ralph J. Steven
Object number32195a
DescriptionCharles Percy Austin painted La Buenaventura in 1927, using his wife, Martha Austin, as a model for the tarot card reader depicted. Entertainments like fortune telling and flamenco were staged for tourists during pageants and fiestas at the California missions.

Posed for by Mrs. Austin the wife of the artist, but companion painting of the same woman at Mission San Juan Capistrano contests that the woman pictured is Eustalia Soto, a docent at the Mission. Mr. Austin began painting at Mission San Juan Capistrano in 1906. He married and lived there for several years.
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