Neal Auction Louisiana Purchase 2015

44 191. Andres Molinary (American/New Orleans, 1847‑1915) , “Le Chemin des Chapitoulas”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, typewritten label reading “Mrs. Boullemet, 2625 St. Charles Ave” en verso, 18 in. x 30 in., period frame. $30000/50000 Note: Bayou Tchoupitoulas (derived from the Indian tribe “Chapitoulas”), located between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, centered historic plantations and farms. Today it is the location of Metairie Ridge and Road in Old Metairie. Land closer to the lake inevitably took longer to develop since the swampy areas had to be carefully cleared and drained. In this beautifully rendered painting, Andres Molinary focuses on a dredger working to make the canal in Bayou Tchoupitoulas more navigable. On the shore, an African-American fisherman with his skiff at the ready and pole in hand meets with his wife. Molinary was known for traveling outside of New Orleans and exploring the surrounding bodies of water to find interesting compositions for his landscapes. Ref.: Bezou, Monsignor Henry C., Metairie: A Tongue of Land to Pasture , Gretna: 1979. New Orleans City Guide : American Guide Series, Boston: 1952. 192. Walker Evans (American, 1903‑1975), “Belle Grove Plantation (with tree stump in foreground) , White Chapel, Louisiana”, 1935, silver gelatin print, printed before 1955, 3 photographer’s stamps and pencil notations incl. “II 60”, “133f”, and “1800” en verso, 8 in. x 10 in., framed. $3000/5000 194. Good New Orleans Coin Silver Repoussé Covered Sugar Bowl , Adolphe Himmel (1825/6‑1877) for Hyde & Goodrich, c. 1853‑1861, marked “H”, “HYDE & GOODRICH” in arc, “MANUFACTURERS”, and “NEW ORLEANS” in arc; domed cover with Asian figural finial, pear‑shaped body chased with roses and convolvulus, one cartouche monogrammed “EVF”, other cartouche vacant, branchwork handles, h. 7 3/4 in., wt. 21.25 troy ozs. $2000/3000 Note: The mule-drawn “bobtail” streetcar, made by the Johnson Car Company of St. Louis, was used in New Orleans from the late 1850s until the electrification of the streetcar line at the end of the nineteenth century. P. Zimmerman and later C.H. Zimmerman were in business at 94-96 Canal St., New Orleans from 1865 to 1870. C.H. Zimmerman was associated with Major William C. Driver, an accomplished silversmith formerly at Hyde & Goodrich. A butter cooler by C.H. Zimmerman from the collection of the Anglo-American Art Museum (now the LSU Museum of Art) is illustrated in Crescent City Silver and in Marks of Achievement . Ref. Historic New Orleans Collection, Crescent City Silver , pp. 105-107 and 127; Warren, David B. et al, Marks of Achievement: Four Centuries of American Presentation Silver , p. 129. 193. Fine and Rare New Orleans Coin Silver and Silver Gilt Exhibition Model of a Mule‑Drawn Streetcar , P. or C.H. Zimmerman, wc. 1865‑1870, the moveable “bobtail” streetcar with front panel “MANUFACTURED/ BY/ ZIMMERMAN’S/ SILVERWARE FACTORY/ 94/ 96/ CANAL STREET NEW ORLEANS”, side panels chased with scenes depicting steamboat and railroad, moveable louver windows, base mounted with plaque engraved “EACH & EVERY PART/ OF THIS/ HORSE CAR/ MANUFACTURED AT/ ZIMMERMAN’S/ 94 & 96 CANAL ST/ NEW ORLEANS”, h. 6 in., l. 15 1/2 in., d. 9 1/2 in., wt. 53.65 troy ozs. $3000/5000 Provenance: The Collection of Richard Mellon Scaife.