(Panoramic View from Alcatraz of President Lines Freighter and Hills of the Presidio), Panel 6


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John Paul Chase
1950 – 1955

Chase, an inmate at Alcatraz, completed a series of ten paintings on artboard panels depicting a 180-degree panoramic view of San Francisco Bay from Telegraph Hill to Tiburon. This panel captures freighters leaving the Bay, along with the northern edge of the Presidio and its hills.

Oil on board. W 50.8, H 40.6 cm
Alcatraz Island, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, GOGA 18471