Neal Auction 2012

W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com 181 963. James Michalopoulos (Louisiana, b. 1951) , “Smelts, Creole Cottage”, oil on canvas, monogrammed lower left, inscribed en verso, 24 in. x 18 in., framed. $2500/3500 964. William Hollingsworth (American/ Mississippi, 1910- 1944) , “Conscience”, watercolor on paper, signed lower right, 10 in. x 8 in., matted and framed. $4000/6000 Note: Sold to benefit the Scarsdale Woman’s Club, New York. 965. George Rodrigue (American/Louisiana, b. 1944) , “Tee Coon at Home”, 1991, oil on canvas, signed lower left, signed, titled and dated en verso, 18 in. x 36 in., attractively framed. $12000/18000 Note: Rodrigue’s friend, whom he affectionately called “Tee Coon,” was a janitor at Catholic High in New Iberia, where Rodrigue attended school. Rodrigue painted “Tee Coon” dozens of times, and used the image of “Tee Coon” to personify the Cajun legend about a man who hunted an alligator for many years, only to find that when he had caught him, he had lost his companion. Rodrigue’s most iconic portrait of “Tee Coon” is in the c. 1980 painting The Day We Told “Tee Coon” Goodbye . Selected “Tee Coon” paintings have been published in Rodrigue’s books The Art of George Rodrigue and Le Petit Cajun . Reference: Danto, Ginger and George Rodrigue. The Art of George Rodrigue . New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2003, p. 70. Rodrigue, George and Dotsie L. LeBlanc. Le Petit Cajun . Baton Rouge: Legacy Publishing Company, 1978, p. 19. Wendy Wolfe Rodrigue, Musings of an Artist’s Wife , “Alligator Crossing,” July 9, 2010, http://www.wendyrodrigue. com/2010/07/alligator-crossing.html. Wendy Wolfe Rodrigue, Musings of an Artist’s Wife , “Riding to New Orleans; An Artist’s Journey,” September 13, 2010, http://www. wendyrodrigue.com/2010/09/riding-to-new-orleans-artists-journey.html. 963 964 965