Post #698197 by tikicleen on Sat, Nov 2, 2013 4:07 PM

nice!

the58guy- the dates you supplied are perfectly in line with the history of minnie's. ownership changed in 1960 to the mah family. good ol' hop louie was probably close to moving down south, and probably was having a little too much fun in letting new acquired pieces go during his dice games (considering that was just painted in
'59) it is staggering to think of the treasure trove of tyree paintings that once hung in minnie's modesto over time. we would love to hear of any stories your dad may have shared about minnie's and the owners -- (or pictures perhaps?)

and i agree with bigbro, let's see this one in focus please! :)

On 2013-10-31 22:41, bigbrotiki wrote:
Very nice, black velvet nudes in such a dynamic action pose are not that common, most are portraits. It would be even very nice-ER if one could see it right side up and in focus. You have succeeded in figuring out how to post images here, surely that extra step could be achieved also, please? :D

The story of its acquisition is a real Tiki history classic, by the way, akin to Leeteg paying his bar tap with his paintings :) :

On 2013-10-31 17:01, the58guy wrote:
I have one of those. It is about 40 x 29 in the same hand-cut wooden frame (total @ 47 x 36) It came from Minnie's in Modesto CA and shows '59 Tyree on the bottom right. My dad, a frequent visitor and friend of the owner won it in a dice game back in the 60's from the then-owner, I think his name was Hop Louie. Mine is in perfect condition with the original lamp (and cord) still in tact. Too bad you had to cut your cord, it was probably the original one used when the painting was hanging on a restaurant wall.