It was painted while they were both at Chouinard Art School in Los Angeles (she was Dorothea Cooke at the time) and Dad made a solo trip down to Mexico
Painted on site
"My husband and I used this painting to show the builders in 1996 how to make an exact replica of the old grape trellis in front of our house
Headquarters-5th Command Battalion
Balboa Bay
Plantation Party, 1940 Limited Edition Lithographs It was painted while theyPlantation Party, 1940, a limited edition stone lithograph by Ben Messick. Exhibited: Chouinard School of Art, Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 1 15, 1941. Smithsonian Institution, Wash., D. C., March 27 April. 23, 1944. Literature: As seen in: Ben Messick, Stone Lithographs, page 19. Ben Messick by James R. Lafferty Sr..