Neal Auction Louisiana Purchase 2015

Additional information at www.nealauction.com 61 287. Leónard Tsugouharu Foujita (Japanese/French, 1886‑1968) , “Nu assis (l’Album Femmes)”, 1930, color etching and aquatint on paper affixed to mat board, pencil‑signed and numbered “HC 9/10” on mat board, 22 in. x 14 3/8 in., sheet 28 1/4 in. x 20 in., framed. $2500/3500 288. Enrique Alferez (American/New Orleans, 1901‑1995) , “Moses”, 1962, carved wood, signed and dated on reverse of base, h. 45 1/2 in., w. 24 in., d. 9 3/4 in. $15000/25000 Provenance: Gift of the artist to his friend, sculptor and jewelry designer Jack Brown (1915‑2002); thence by descent. 289. Enrique Alferez (American/New Orleans, 1901‑1995) , “Cloaked Woman”, terracotta, unsigned, h. 29 in., hardwood base. $10000/15000 Provenance: Acquired from the artist; thence by descent. Note: Enrique Alferez was a prolific sculptor who worked in a variety of media, including bronze, terracotta, wood, and plaster. A large body of his work depicts women in graceful poses such as the standing figure offered here. A seated, kneeling version of this same figure, titled Terracotta Widow, is in the collection of Dr. Tlaloc Alferez and illustrated online at www.knowla.org/ image/1965. That work is executed in the same manner as the terracotta sculpture offered here. Ref.: Kemp, John R., “Enrique Alferez,” KnowLA Encyclopedia of Louisiana, 2012. 290. Paul Ninas (American/New Orleans, 1903‑1964) , “Spanish Colonial Buildings, probably Havana, Cuba”, oil on mixed media on masonite, signed lower right, 24 in. x 36 in., framed. $8000/12000 Note: Paul Ninas was one of the pioneer modernists of the South, often described as the “Dean of Modern Art” in New Orleans. Active in New Orleans from 1932 until his death, Ninas was extensively well traveled, having spent time in Europe, Africa and the West Indies. The two years prior to his arrival in New Orleans were spent on a coconut and lime plantation that he owned on the island of Dominica. In December 1940, the Delgado Museum in New Orleans presented a major Picasso exhibition organized by the Museum of Modern of Art. The show certainly made an impact on Ninas, for his work becomes increasingly abstract from this point forward. The painting offered here is a beautiful example of a Spanish Colonial streetscape, depicted in a bright primary Fauvist palette with rectangles of color under an anthropomorphic sky. In some of the abstract elements of the composition, Ninas has incorporated some mixed media, something he was continually experimenting with in his work of the 1940s and 50s. He also chose to delineate the details of the doors and balustrades which help identify the unique architecture and provide a sense of place and context to the painting. Ref.: Kemp, John R., “Paul Ninas,” KnowLA Encyclopedia of Louisiana, 2012. Pennington, Estill Curtis, Downriver: Currents of Style in Louisiana Painting 1800-1950 , Gretna: Pelican Publishing Co., 1991.