"This is My Own, My Native Land," 1932 Oil on canvas laid to strip-lined canvas Signed and dated lower left: William Wendt, signed again and inscribed verso: Laguna Beach, Cal. / "G.G.I.E.," titled on an exhibition label affixed to the backing board 40" H x 50" W Provenance: Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles, CA. Exhibitions: Chicago, IL, The Art Institure of Chicago, "45th Annual Exhibition of American Paintings & Sculpture," October 27, 1931 - January 2, 1932. San Diego, CA, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, "The Seventh Annual Exhibition of Southern California Art," June 2 - September 4, 1933, no. 86. Cincinatti, OH, Cincinatti Art Museum, "49th Annual," March 1945, no. 108. Laguna Beach, CA, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, "William Wendt Retrospective," February 1977 Literature: J. Walker, "Documents on the Life and Art of William Wendt 1865-1946," Big Pine, CA, 1992, p. 193, no. 710