Neal Auction 2012

W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com 205 W 1174. Marie de Hoa LeBlanc (American/New Orleans, 1874- 1954) , five oils on canvas, including two European cityscapes, and three still lifes, most signed, various sizes from 12 in. x 15 in. to 20 in. x 16 in., all unframed. $1500/2500 Provenance: Discovered in a collection of paintings and drawings by Newcomb artists, New Orleans. W 1175. Joseph Day Knap (American/New York, 1875-1962) , “Hunting Down Mallards”, watercolor, signed lower left, titled en verso, 15 in. x 22 in., unframed. $300/500 1176. Mildred Nungester Wolfe (American/ Mississippi, 1912- 2009) , “Meadow with Birds”, watercolor on paper, signed lower right, 12 3/4 in. x 16 in., attractively matted and framed. $800/1200 W 1177. Mildred Nungester Wolfe (American/ Mississippi, 1912- 2009) , “English Stream”, 1984, pastel on board, signed, dated and inscribed “England” lower right, 9 in. x 12 in., attractively matted and framed. $400/600 W 1178. Don Wright (American/Louisiana, 1938-2007) , “Reclining Nude”, 1981, pastel on paper, signed and dated lower right, 27 1/2 in. x 21 1/2 in., framed. $400/600 1179. J.W. Matthews (American/Texas, 20th c.) , “Big Bend Landscape”, oil on canvas board, pencil-signed and with Dow Frame Shop, Fort Worth label en verso, 16 in. x 20 in., in a giltwood frame. $400/600 1180. Knute Heldner (Swedish/New Orleans, 1877-1952) , “Birch Trees, Minnesota”, oil on canvas board, signed lower left and artist’s monogram lower right, signed, monogrammed, and titled en verso, Devoe and Reynolds Co., New York label en verso, 16 in. x 20 in., in a period gilt frame. $3000/5000 Provenance: Purchased from the artist and descended in a New Orleans family. 1181. [Mardi Gras] , 19 costume designs for floats by Jennie Wilde (Georgia/New Orleans, 1865-1913), probably Mistick Krewe of Comus, “A Leaf from the Mahabarata”, 1903, watercolors, unsigned, 9 in. x 6 3/4 in., unframed; accompanied with costume design, “Cave Woman”, watercolor, unsigned, titled lower left, inscribed en verso, 9 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in., unframed, (20 pcs.) $800/1200 1176 1179 1180 1181