Lot 335
William Henry Buck (Norwegian/New Orleans, 1840-1888), "View of Bayou St. John", oil on canvas, signed and dated "1880" lower right, 12 in. x 20 1/4 in., in a period giltwood frame. Provenance: Descended in the family of John Lang and Julian Dodge Lang, Scottish émigrés to New Orleans in the 19th century. Note: The companion painting to "View of Bayou St. John" was sold in these rooms on May 22, 2010 (lot 433). That work depicted the Spanish Fort Hotel on Bayou St. John. In the painting offered here, William Henry Buck shows the Bayou from a different perspective. Buck depicts this historic waterway in New Orleans down the middle of the composition. Two sailboats are tied to a dock on the left, intimating their proximity to the open waters of Lake Ponchartrain. A distinctive looking building with a pair of chimneys on either side of the front gallery is situated on the right bank. The gentle curve and recognizable oak trees of Bayou St. John sit on the horizon. In the distance, small houses and indistinct buildings are shown on the left bank as a tug heads towards the viewer. This work and its companion painting belong to a small group of works by William Henry Buck with identifiable locations. It is clear that within this small group, the artist took considerable effort to complete the composition with a recognizable landscape.
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