Neal Auction 2012

W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com 85 359. John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) , “Carbonated Warbler”, Plate 60, hand-colored aquatint engraving from Birds of America , Havell edition, sheet 38 in. x 26 1/4 in., attractively float mounted and framed. $2500/3500 360. John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) , “Hudson’s Bay Titmouse”, Plate 194 (var. 2), hand-colored aquatint engraving from Birds of America , Havell edition, sheet 37 1/2 in. x 25 1/4 in., attractively float mounted and framed. $1200/1800 361. John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) , “Lark Finch, Prairie Finch, Brown Long Sparrow”, Plate 390, hand-colored aquatint engraving from Birds of America , Havell edition, sheet 38 1/2 in. x 26 in., attractively float mounted and framed. $1200/1800 362. Theodore “Fonville” Winans (American/Louisiana, 1911-1992) , “Dixie Belles”, silver gelatin print, signed and dated “1938” on ink lower left, 20 in. x 24 in. $10000/15000 Note: The image of two young women dressed in their Sunday clothes, staring at the camera with intensity, has become an iconic example of Fonville photography. The 1938 image depicts Fonville’s familiarity with capturing the various expressions on the faces of native Louisianians. Although the mood greatly differs from the jovial expression on the face of the oyster shucker in The Oysterman or the rough nature of Pierre Lombas in Native Shrimpman , the similarities between these three famed images are displayed through Fonville’s ability to see into his sitter’s emotional state of mind and capture it through the camera. 359 360 362 361