Lot 346
Clementine Hunter (American/Louisiana, 1886-1988), "Wash Day with Clementine Painting", c. 1955, oil on board, monogrammed lower right, inscribed by owner en verso, 20 in. x 24 in., attractively framed Provenance: Purchased from the artist in 1955, Natchitoches, Louisiana; accompanied by a copy of a letter written to the owner and photograph taken at Melrose Plantation in 1955. Note: The early painting offered here was painted before Clementine Hunter had developed her style for common themes of life at Melrose Plantation. Four women work at the laundry with a clothesline full of wash hanging along the background. What is exceedingly rare and distinctive about this work is Hunter's inclusion of herself painting on the right side of the composition. She is shown seated, holding the canvas in her lap, which is how Hunter preferred to paint. As such, most of her paintings have paint smudges an sometimes even a fingerprint on the edges of the board on the back of the painting.
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