Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-04
PICTURES LUCKY
ASTR|DE BUFFALO,;
WANTS HIS MONEY
Chicago Painter Sues Estate for
$22,150 He Claims Is
Due on Portraits
DEPICTS ATTACK BY INDIANS
Famous Horses Owned by Late
Millionaire Subjects of
Man of the Brush
DEPICTS ATTACK BY INDIANS
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4A Baldwin's millions was made in
the superior court yesterday with the
filing of a suit for $22, $50 against the
estate by II. II. Grass, Chicago ar
tist, for payment for about thirty big
oil paintings which Grass claims to
have executed for the late millionaire,
at the latter's orders.
Years ago Grass painted huge pic
ture Of Lucky" representing him as
he was supposed to appear on his en-
try into California in 1853. He intro
duces copies of letters In his COM
plant in which Baldwin some months
before his death asked him to paint
a series of portraits for himself and
the most noted of his thoroughbred
race horses.
NO DATE FOR DELIVERY
Grass claims that Baldwin set no
specified time for either the delivery
or payment of the paintings, the one
time famous race horse man expect
ing, he says, that the pictures would
all be delivered at one time, when COM
pleted. When BaldWin'S death year
ago closed his interest in the paint
ings, Grass went ahead with his work
delivery by February 1 of this year,
he says.
Communicating with H. A. Unruh,
as executor of the Baldwin estate, Grass
claims that no notice was paid to him
as to the rejection or acceptance of
the paintings, and failing to secure
payment he has filed suit against
Unruh as executor of the Baldwin prop
erty.
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lustration of Baldwin riding a wild
buffalo on the plains, executed, Grass
says, at the request of Lucky" The
painting stands about seven feet high
and Grass values 1t at $4,000.
ATTACK BY INDIANS
Another painting is one illustrating
an assault by Indians, which Grass
values at $5000 Six paintings of
Baldwin and some of his horses, which
were scorched during the San Fran
cisco fire, were repainted and refined
by Grass at "Lucky's" request, ac-
cording to the plaintiff, and he asks
$2100 for the work.
Then there are twenty-three oil por-
traits of heads of that number of the
late millionaire's thoroughbreds,
many of them famous for their speed.
For these Grass asks $4,000 and $3.50
for an oil painting Of Cruzados, a ia
vorite Baldwin horse. A portraite of
Lucky" himself as he appeared dur
ing his last years is valued at $500.
Grass states in his complaint that
the paintings were to be done at the
convenience of the eccentric million
aire, the delivery of them being with
held at Baldwin's request, Grass pro-
viding the frames for the big array
of paintings. He claims that most of
them were completed before Baldwin s
death and that he finished the remain
der afterward, delaying delivery until
all were ready.
BALDNIN'S LETTERS
In the copy of letters sent to him
by Baldwin, the latter stated that he
wanted to place all the pictures in
the Hotel Lake Tahoe or at Santa
Anita, where they could be shown to
racehorse owners as an epression of
Baldwin's appreciation of fine horse
flesh.
tThe letter also referred to the pic
ture of Baldwin riding on a buffalo
and stated he wanted this picture es-
pecially for the hotel at Tahoe. In
the letter is shown the famous turf
mans estreme fondness for horses and
his desire to hand down Illustrations
of some of the famous horses he had
bred during his lifetime.
Grass has placed his suit in the
hands of Attorney Grey, Barker and
Bowen and intends to make every eff
fort to collect for the pictures, alleg-
ing that the order stands just the
same as though Baldwin were yet alive.