471. Eda Sterchi (American, b. 1885), a pair of oil sketches, one pictured: "The American Desert", c. 1925; both are oil/board, 5" x 16", signed. Sterchi studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and in Paris. She met with early success, exhibiting in 1913 at the American Artists Club and the International Artists Union (both in Paris). She also exhibited at the Salon d’ Automne, American Womens Club and the Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts (all in Paris). In the United States, she exhibited annually at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1915-1920, and had a one man show there in 1929. She also exhibited at the Chicago Artist Guild, Corcoran Gallery (1928), and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. She worked in Taos and in Phoenix, Arizona from the 1910s-40s. 500-700