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Joseph Jacinto "Jo" Mora, born 22 October 1876 in Uruguay, died 10 October 1947 in Monterey California. Mora came to the United States as a child, he studied art in New York, then worked for Boston newspapers as a cartoonist. He was a man of many other talents, artist-historian, sculptor, painter, photographer, illustrator, muralist and author. In 1903, Mora came to California, then in 1904 he moved to Keams Canyon in northeast Arizona, living with the Hopi and Navajo Indians. He learned their languages and photographed and painted an ethnological record, particularly of the Kachina ceremonial dances. In 1907, he married Grace Needham and they moved to Mountain View, California. He moved to Pebble Beach in 1922 and established a home and large studio there, it being near the Carmel Mission (San Carlos Borroméo De Carmelo Mission) after being commissioned to do the Serra Sarcophagus* for Padre (Father) Ramon Mestres.

During his long and productive career, Mora illustrated a number of books including Animals of Aesop (1900), Dawn and the Dons - The Romance of Monterey (1926), Benito and Loreta Delfin, Children of Alta California (1932), and Fifty Funny Animal Tales (1932). He authored three books, A Log of the Spanish Main (1933), Trail Dust and Saddle Leather (1946) and his posthumous publication, Californios (1949).

His map work included Monterey Peninsula (1927), and Seventeen Mile Drive (1927), California (1927), San Diego (1928), Grand Canyon (1931), Yosemite (1931), Yellowstone (1936), Carmel-By-The-Sea (1942), California (1945) (large and small versions), and Map of Los Angeles (1942).

Place/Date:
Monterey / 1931
Size:
14 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
72787
Place/Date:
Monterey / 1931 (1949)
Size:
14 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
94897
Place/Date:
Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1931 (1959 ca)
Size:
18 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
108380
Place/Date:
Monterey / 1936 (1941)
Size:
22.7 x 30.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
108171
Place/Date:
Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1942
Size:
24.5 x 18.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
94893
Place/Date:
Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1945
Size:
18.5 x 24.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
108378
Place/Date:
Monterey / 1950
Size:
23 x 33.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
106063
Place/Date:
Westport, CT / 2013
Size:
24 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
94900

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Place/Date:
Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1927
Size:
30.5 x 23 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
22061
Place/Date:
Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1927
Size:
30.5 x 23 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
42136
Place/Date:
Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1927
Size:
30.5 x 23 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
50187
Place/Date:
Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1927
Size:
23 x 30.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
62293
Place/Date:
Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1927
Size:
23 x 30.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71440
Place/Date:
Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1927
Size:
22 x 30.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
76647
Place/Date:
Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1927
Size:
22.5 x 30.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
96499
Place/Date:
/ 1931 (1941)
Size:
14 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
17799
Place/Date:
/ 1931 (1941)
Size:
14 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
18876
Place/Date:
Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1931
Size:
18 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
23611
Place/Date:
Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1931
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
24755
Place/Date:
Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1931 (1935)
Size:
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
43090
Place/Date:
Monterey / 1931 (1941)
Size:
14 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
45443
Place/Date:
Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1931
Size:
20 x 25.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
46661op
Place/Date:
Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1931
Size:
19 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
50304jc
Place/Date:
Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1931
Size:
18 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
50624
Place/Date:
Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1931
Size:
25.5 x 20 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
58193
Place/Date:
Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1931 (1935)
Size:
20 x 25.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
60519
Place/Date:
Carmel-By-The-Sea / 1931 (1959 ca)
Size:
18 x 14 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
61071
Place/Date:
Monterey / 1931 (1941)
Size:
14 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
64618