Lot 203
William Henry Buck (American/New Orleans, 1840-1880), "Louisiana Sugar Mill", oil on academy board, signed "Sketch by Buck" lower right, pencil-signed en verso, "W.E. Seebold, Bookseller, Stationer and Fine Arts, New Orleans" label en verso of backing board, 9 1/2 in. x 12 1/4 in., original giltwood frame Provenance: Descended in a New Orleans family. Note: William Henry Buck's views of Louisiana often depict aspects of plantation life. In the painting offered here, Buck shows a sugar mill with its distinctive square chimney on the right side of the composition. Just beyond is a raised low-slung building along the banks of the bayou. A large moss-laden live oak tree features prominently in the landscape providing shade to grazing cattle. Other buildings and cows are depicted in the background. Signed "Sketch by Buck," this painting has looser brush work which is very much in keeping with the plein aire tradition of landscape painting. Buck, together with his teacher Richard Clague, Jr., made visits to locales in the Louisiana countryside where they made studies in order to complete ambitious paintings in their respective studios. The work offered here captures a moment in time on a late 19th c. Louisiana plantation, ...
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