It's a fine oil on board, ably executed, with literary associations - certainly tempting for any Jeffers collector out there. The painting is signed, and a note card glued to the verso is signed and inscribed to the artist's friend Marlan Beilke in California, who specifically requested a portrait of the famous poet's house. 1969, goes to auction next week at PBA Galleries in San Francisco. This original oil painting of Tor House by Australian artist Kenneth Jack, c. Now open for tours and events, Tor House is on the U.S. The Foundation sponsors events and publishes material designed to preserve and extend the cultural and literary legacy of Robinson Jeffers, poet of California. Tour groups are limited to a maximum of six people. Vincent Millay, and Langston Hughes, and where he died in 1962. Tor House is open for full indoor tours on Saturdays at 10am, 11:30am, 1pm and 2:30pm. Tor House was where Jeffers did his writing, where he entertained literary friends, e.g. Together, on a craggy knoll so near the sea, they seem to belong more to Ireland than coastal California. Construction began in 1918, and soon thereafter Jeffers began work on a second structure, Hawk Tower. Jeffers designed the original stone cottage as a home for his wife and their twin sons. Tor House, the iconic Carmel, California, home built by poet Robinson Jeffers, is a beautiful Tudor-style cottage.
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