Neal Auction Important Estates September 2015

Additional information at www.nealauction.com 61 358. Newcomb College Art Pottery Vase , 1912, decorated by Anna Frances Simpson with relief carved Easter lilies, semi‑matte glaze with green, yellow and blue underglaze, base marked with Newcomb cipher, decorator’s mark, Joseph Meyer’s potter’s mark, reg. no. FG‑49 and “B” for buff clay body, h. 6 in. $4000/6000 359. Pair of Newcomb College Art Pottery Candlesticks , 1923, decorated by Corinne Chalaron with a stylized floral design in low relief, matte glaze with blue and green underglaze, base marked with Newcomb cipher, decorator’s mark, Joseph Meyer’s potter’s mark, reg. no. NH6, and shape no. 232, one retains original paper label, h. 7 1/2 in. $1500/2500 360. Newcomb College Art Pottery Vase, 1930, decorated by Sadie Irvine with relief‑carved Moon and Moss design , matte glaze with blue and green underglaze, base marked with Newcomb cipher, decorator’s mark, Jonathan Hunt’s potter’s mark, reg. no. SF25, and shape no. 18, h. 5 1/8 in. $1200/1800 361. Newcomb College Art Pottery Vase , 1932, decorated by Sadie Irvine with a relief‑carved Moon and Moss design, matte glaze with blue and green underglaze, base marked with Newcomb cipher, decorator’s mark, Kenneth Smith’s potter’s mark, and reg. no. UC31, h. 4 7/8 in., dia. 5 1/2 in. $2000/3000 362. Pair of Newcomb Guild Art Pottery Table Lamps , mid‑20th c., decorated by Sadie Irvine and thrown by Kenneth Eugene Smith, cylindrical incised red clay bodies in cumulus glaze, not marked, body h. 11 1/4 in.; natural color yarn shades, on removable wooden bases, overall h. 23 3/4 in. $800/1200 Provenance: Jean Bragg Gallery, New Orleans. Ill.: Bragg, Jean Newcomb College Arts & Crafts Sales Exhibition , New Orleans: Jean Bragg Gallery, 1998. p. 116, no. 124. 363. Anne Wilson Goldthwaite (American/Alabama, 1869‑1944) , “Young Nude Woman in a Hat”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 25 in. x 21 in., framed. $3000/5000 Note: Born in Alabama, Anne Goldthwaite always considered the South to be her home though she traveled extensively throughout her life and lived in both Paris and New York. At the age of twenty-three, Goldthwaite began art studies at the National Academy of Design. In 1906, she continued her education in Paris where, through her friendship with Gertrude Stein, she became acquainted with such notable artists as Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. While in Paris, she joined a group of young artists who exhibited together each spring and founded the Académie Moderne. At the onset of the World War I Goldthwaite returned to the United States in 1913, where she participated in the famed Armory Show in New York of that year. Though associated with many abstract artists, Goldthwaite’s artistic style, exemplified in the work offered here, remained more expressive with loose, artistic brushstrokes and recognizable subject matter. After returning to New York, she taught at the Art Students League for twenty-three years and worked as an advocate for both women’s and minorities’ rights. She painted many portraits of close friends, one of which may be the subject of the portrait offered here, and honed her skills at printmaking. Goldthwaite executed 320 prints between 1895 and 1942, with subjects generally relating to her paintings. An etching of 1929 features identical seated nude figure with hat. Despite her active participation in the New York art scene, Goldthwaite returned home to Alabama every summer. It was there that she painted genre scenes of the South which furthered her national acclaim. Edith Halpert, owner of the Downtown Gallery in New York, gave Goldthwaite several one-woman shows between 1929 and 1934, one of which may have included the work offered here. Ref.: Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme. Anne Goldthwaite: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Work. Montgomery, AL: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 1982.