LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

16.50 in. (41.91 cm.) (height) by 20.50 in. (52.07 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed lower right and pencil signed and dated on stretcher, with framer's label en verso

Condition:

original W. E. Seebold giltwood frame. In generally good condition with scattered abrading and pinprick-sized losses, especially along edges. Evidence of past restoration: small scattered areas of inpainting in sky. relined, surface soiling

Exhibited:

Richard Clague Retrospective, November 17- December 30, 1974. New Orleans Museum of Art. Illustrated: Toledano, Roulhac. Richard Clague, 1821-1873. New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1974. pl. 61, p. 95

Literature:

Times-Picayune . Sunday, July 30, 1972. sect. 3, p. 4

Provenance:

From the artist to the father of Leon Gibert of Monrepos (now Anadele's Plantation) on the Bogue Falaya River, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana; thence by descent to his grandson William Gibert and his wife Rosalie Johnston; Private collection, Louisiana, 1983; Neal Auction Company, June 6, 1998, lot 291