Neal Auction Louisiana Purchase 2015

Additional information at www.nealauction.com 91 468. Southern/American School , 19th c., “Pay Train Locomotive Louisville & Nashville Railroad”, watercolor and tempera on paper, inscribed lower margin “F. de FUNIAK/ CHF. ENG’R & SUP’T MACH’Y./ AUG. SCHAEFFER ASSIS’T / ENG’R”, sight 17 1/4 in. x 42 in., period giltwood frame. $1500/2500 Provenance: Didier Inc., New Orleans, Nov. 3, 1996. 469. Clarence John Laughlin (American/Louisiana, 1905‑1985) , “The Three Distances: 1955”, silver gelatin print mounted on board, signed, titled and dated lower margin, 11 in. x 13 3/4 in., framed. $800/1200 Provenance: A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans. 470. John McCrady (American/New Orleans, 1911‑1968) , “Ghost of the Evening”, multi‑stage on masonite, signed “John McCrady” lower right, titled on “Downtown Gallery New Orleans” label en verso, overall 16 3/4 in. x 16 3/4 in., original artist‑embellished frame. $8000/12000 Note: John McCrady’s paintings of the South are often compared to those of other American Scene masters such as John Steuart Curry, Grant Wood, and Thomas Hart Benton. McCrady depicted images of everyday life in America with serious iconic effect. In “Ghost of the Evening,” McCrady conveys religious sentiment through form and color, reaffirming the traditional spiritual values common to his later work through a compositional combination of an Arts and Crafts bungalow and a Gothic church. The juxtaposition of the buildings with McCrady’s characteristic storm clouds and anthropomorphic shadows create a dramatic and mysterious view of a New Orleans neighborhood. Ref.: Marshall, Keith. John McCrady 1911-1968 . New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1975; Bonner, Judith H. “John McCrady.” KnowLA Encyclopedia of Louisiana . Feb. 4, 2011. www.knowla.org. Ac cessed Oct. 12, 2015. 471. Clarence John Laughlin (American/Louisiana, 1905‑1985) , “The Magnificent Spiral (The Houmas House)”, silver gelatin print mounted on board, signed and titled lower margin, sight 14 1/4 in. x 11 in., framed. $800/1200 Provenance: A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans. 472. Clarence John Laughlin (American/Louisiana, 1905‑1985) , “Triumph Over Metal, The Automotion Landscape, The Landscape in the Machine”, silver gelatin print, unsigned, title and photographer’s notes incl. print date “3/29/62” en verso, 11 in. x 13 3/4 in.; and “Archway to the Sky #4 (The Tree as Architecture)”, silver gelatin print, unsigned, title and photographer’s notes incl. print date “11/12/53” en verso, 11 in. x 13 1/2 in., framed alike. (2 pcs.) $800/1200 Provenance: A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans. 473. Clarence John Laughlin (American/ Louisiana, 1905‑1985) , “Light on the Cylinders, No. 3”, 1937, silver gelatin print, unsigned, 40 in. x 20 in., framed. $500/700 474. Clarence John Laughlin (American/Louisiana, 1905‑1985) , “The Unborn: 1941”, silver gelatin print, unsigned, handwritten photographer’s notes incl. print date “8/15/45” en verso, 5 in. x 4 in.; and “Receding Rectangles”, unsigned, handwritten photographer’s notes incl. print date “5/7/81” and “Photograph by Clarence John Laughlin: The Historic New Orleans Collection” stamp en verso, 11 1/4 in. x 14 in., both framed. (2 pcs.) $600/900 Provenance: A Gallery of Fine Photography, New Orleans