Lot 899
Gideon Townsend Stanton (American /New Orleans, 1885-1964), 'The Batture', oil on canvas, signed lower left, artist's biography en verso, 20 in. x 24 in. Provenance: From the estate of the noted New Orleans antiquarian, Juanita Elfert. Note: Born in Minnesota, Gideon T. Stanton moved to New Orleans as a child in the late 1880s. Stanton worked primarily as a stockbroker, but as his interest in painting began to grow he became actively involved in the emerging New Orleans art community. He was a member and exhibited with the Art Association of New Orleans, Arts and Crafts Club, New Orleans Art League and the Southern States Art League. Stanton served on the board of the Delgado Museum of Art (today New Orleans Museum of Art) and was the Louisiana State Director of the WPA Federal Art Project. In this painting, Stanton focused on the communities of cottages, cabins and shacks on the riverside of the levees that line the Mississippi River. Since these lands, referred to locally as the batture, were considered Federal property, they were rent and tax-free. The batture dwellers built their homes and walkways on stilts to protect them against flooding. Over time, as the homes were destroyed or damaged by the forces of nature, the government forbade rebuilding.
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