Lot 385
Clarence John Laughlin (American/Louisiana, 1905-1985), "Tender Shadows, Waverly Plantation, West Feliciana Parish", silver gelatin print, negative date October 17, 1946, print c. 1946-1950s, 41.25in. x 55 in, unframed. Provenance: Collection of Laughlin Family, Waveland, Mississippi, to the present owner. Note: "Tender Shadows" is part of a series of photographs Laughlin pursued from 1939-1941 and again after the War's end, in which he aimed "to rescue some of the tragic and poetic beauty" of Louisiana plantation homes. His book Ghosts Along the Mississippi (originally published in 1948) collected this work and presents an unforgettable visual record of these structures, including many which have since vanished. Waverly Plantation burned c. 1970. References: C.J. Laughlin, Ghosts Along the Mississippi, revised ed., New York, 1961; John Lawrence and Patricia Brady, Haunter of Ruins: The Photography of Clarence John Laughlin, Boston, 1982.
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