Incredible view of 1930s Carson looking West. This work is on artist's board measuring 16 by 24. It is signed lower right and housed in what is likely her original frame. This rare work is fresh from decades in a local estate. It is as found, and may benefit from cleaning or light conservation. The attached label is shown with the location of "Park and Division Sts
Carson City, NEV Painted 1935".
 
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Below is from Askart
 
Biography from the Archives of askART
Virginia Harsh (1907-2000) (Mrs. Dwight Harsh) (Carson City, Nevada)

Carson City, Nevada, artist who spent 1940 recuperating in Cambia from a hospital stay, and who painted begonias and landscapes.

“Virginia Harsh, 92, a Carson City resident since 1936, died Oct. 15, 2000, at Carson Healthcare Center. …. Mrs. Harsh was born Nov. 13, 1907, in Los Angeles to Charles Winfield Davis and Grace Eleanor Spooner. She married Dwight Harsh in June of 1936 in Reno, who preceded her in death in 1966.

Mrs. Harsh was a graduate of Manuel Arts High School in Los Angeles in 1926. Prior to living in Carson City, she resided in Southern California. Mrs. Harsh was a professional artist, and most of her paintings were of the Nevada desert. She organized the Nevada Artists Association in 1950. She is survived by her nephew, Wayne Davis of Monrovia, Calif. Interment will be at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, Calif.” per archive on rootsweb on ancestry website.

Source: Nancy Dustin Wall Moure, CAMBRIA (including HARMONY and SAN SIMEON) ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY BEFORE 1960 (Publications in [Southern] California Art, vol. 13, no. 2), Los Angeles: Dustin Publications, 2016