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Lot 343
Description:
Clarence Millet (Ameri-can/Louisiana, 1897-1959), "Beyond Flows the Mississippi", oil on canvas, signed lower right, signed and titled en verso, 30 in. x 35 in., in a period frame.
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Notes:
- Note: Louisiana artist Clarence Millet (1897-1959) painted scenes of the French Quarter, rural Mississippi and the Mississippi River batture. Works from the latter group are among his most developed and mature compositions. "Beyond Flows the Mississippi," the painting offered here, dramatically conveys the breeze off the river through the arc of the trees and the moss blowing in the wind. The dramatic sky is characteristic of his batture works as shown in paintings in the collections of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and The Historic New Orleans Collection. Millet¹s depiction of the budding trees and fresh green grass evoke spring while the sky and wind suggest a coming rain storm. The building of houses on the batture land became common throughout the depression-era and continued through the middle of the 20th century. The fact that the land was technically owned by the government meant that building there was tax-free, if not strictly legal. Many of the batture dwellers would take advantage of the fertile soil that was inundated with river water in the springtime and create small gardens near their houses. Eventually, the "batture dwellers" were forced to leave their homes and find legal housing; most of the homes have since been demolished, although a few examples still exist on the Mississippi River at the Jefferson Parish line. Reference: Delehanty, Randolph, Art in the American South: Works from the Ogden Collection, Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1996, page 66-67, nos. 46 and 47. Brady, Patricia, ed., Complementary Visions of Louisiana Art: The Laura Simon Nelson Collection, The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1996, page 54, no. 48.
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March 27, 2010 10:00 AM CDT
New Orleans, LA, US
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