Neal Auction Louisiana Purchase 2015

Additional information at www.nealauction.com 33 151. American Late Classical Carved Mahogany Pier Table , c. 1830, labeled Deming & Bulkley, New York, original marble top, cove‑molded frieze, concave supports, conforming plinth, scrolled feet with bosses, h. 35 3/4 in., w. 42 in., d. 19 1/4 in. $4000/6000 Provenance: Neal Auction Company, April 3, 2004, lot 506. Note: Deming and Bulkley, a New York firm located at 56 Beekman Street, established a thriving retail business at 205 King Street in Charleston in the 1820s and became the most important supplier of fashionable furniture to the first families of Charleston for the next twenty years. 152. Rare Louisiana Painted Slat‑Back Side Chair , early 19th c., River Parishes region, acorn finials, cylinder and sausage turned stiles with scribed rings, shaped slats, double box stretcher, later hide seat and paint. $600/900 Provenance: Buckholz Family Home, Napoleon Ave., New Orleans. 153. Lulu King Saxon (American/New Orleans, 1855‑1927) , “Louisiana Cabin Scene”, oil on board, signed in red lower right, “Seebold Gallery, New Orleans” label en verso, 6 1/4 in. x 9 1/8 in., period frame. $1200/1800 154. George Louis Viavant (American/Louisiana, 1872‑1925) , “Nature Morte: Pintail Drake”, 1924, watercolor on paper, signed and dated lower left, “M.... Bros. Inc., 200‑206 So. Wabash Ave, Chicago” label en verso, 28 3/4 in. x 21 in., framed. $20000/30000 Provenance: D. Benjamin Kleinpeter, Sr. Collection, Baton Rouge. 155. Achille Perelli (Italian/New Orleans, 1822‑1891) , “Nature Morte: Passenger Pigeon”, watercolor on paper, signed and inscribed “N.O.” lower left, sheet 27 1/2 in. x 21 in., framed. $12000/18000 Provenance: William E. Groves Collection, New Orleans; D. Benjamin Kleinpeter, Sr. Collection, Baton Rouge. 156. George Louis Viavant (American/Louisiana, 1872‑1925) , “Nature Morte: Large Mouth Bass”, 1920, watercolor on paper, signed and dated lower left, sight 27 in. x 15 1/2 in., framed. $10000/15000