Neal Auction Important Estates September 2015

56 332. American Classical Carved Mahogany Work Table , c. 1820‑1830, New York, manner of Duncan Phyfe, drop leaf top, 2 drawers and pull out work basket, columnar supports, incurvate plinth, disc feet, casters, h. 29 1/2 in., w. 19 in., d. 18 1/2 in. $1000/1500 Provenance: Didier, Inc., New Orleans. 333. American Classical Carved Mahogany Rocking Chair , c. 1830, padded back, scrolled arms carved with anthemion petals, bolection molded seat rail, scroll legs, rockers, h. 39 1/2 in., w. 24 in., d. 37 in. $800/1200 Provenance: Didier, Inc., New Orleans. 335. Marshall Joseph Smith, Jr. (American/New Orleans, 1854‑1923) , “Tuscan Terrace” and “Lakeside Villa”, 1875, 2 oils on canvas affixed to boards, both signed, dated and inscribed “Roma” lower right, 10 3/4 in. x 17 1/4 in. and 11 1/2 in. x 17 1/2 in., matching period frames; ACCOMPANIED by vintage albumen photograph of Marshall J. Smith, Jr., unknown photographer, 14 in. x 11 in., unframed, (3 pcs.) $10000/15000 Provenance: Family of the artist. Note: The two canvases offered here represent a brief but important moment in the career of Marshall Joseph Smith, Jr. Born in Norfolk, VA, Smith spent most of his early life in New Orleans and took his first art lessons from Adolphe Jacquet in 1866. In 1870, he became a pupil of Richard Clague, the city’s foremost landscape painter, who is credited as Smith’s greatest artistic influence. Following Clague’s death in 1873, Smith left New Orleans to travel Europe and study in Rome, where he completed the landscapes offered here. Inspired by his travels throughout Italy, each canvas reflects the technical expertise in composition that Smith undoubtedly learned from Clague, as well as highlights the artist’s skill in depicting water and foliage that can be seen in his famous Louisiana bayou scenes. Ref.: Louisiana Landscape and Genre Paintings of the 19th Century . Shreveport: The R.W. Norton Art Gallery, 1981. 336. Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, N.A. (British/American, 1819‑1905) , “The Fold”, 1904, oil on canvas, signed “A.F. Tait, N.A., N.Y.C.” lower right, signed, titled, dated and inscribed “(C.M.), Ludlow Park/ Yonkers, NY.” en verso of original backing board, 14 1/4 in. x 22 1/4 in., framed. $4000/6000 337. Continental School , early 19th c., “Portrait of a Young Officer”, oil on canvas, unsigned, 34 in. x 27 in., period frame. $2000/4000 Provenance: Ex-Collection David Calcote, Natchez, MS; Temple Heights, Columbus, MS. 334. Harry Armstrong Nolan (American/ New Orleans, 1891‑1929) , “Woman Wearing a Tignon, Toulouse Street Doorway, French Quarter”, 192?, oil on canvas board, signed and dated lower right, typewritten note en verso, 16 in. x 12 in., framed. $1500/2500