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140. George Bauer Dunbar (American/Louisiana, b. 1927), “Copreus”, 2001, tan and black clay with palladium leaf, signed lower right, titled and dated on “Galerie Simonne Stern” label en verso, 48 in. x 55 in., framed. $12000/18000 141. Marie Atkinson Hull (American/ Mississippi, 1890-1980), “Macaws: A Three-Panel Folding Screen”, c. 1925, oil on wood, signed upper right of right panel, 66 1/4 in. x 17 in. (individual panels), 69 in. x 60 in. (overall screen). $20000/30000 Note: In the mid 1920s, Marie Hull and her husband Emmett spent a year in St. Petersburg, Florida, where Emmett opened an architectural office. Marie painted the flora and fauna of the then-undeveloped landscape. In this monumental three-paneled screen of colorful parrots, she beautifully captures the multi-hued feathers and distinctive traits of the macaw parrots as they perch on branches and interact with one another. Reference: Malcolm M. Norwood, Virginia Elias and William S. Haynie, The Art of Marie Hull, University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, 1975.
142. Clarence Millet, A.N.A. (American/New Orleans, 1897-1959), “St. Louis Cathedral from Chartres Street”, oil on canvas board, signed lower left, 10 in. x 8 in., attractively framed. $4000/6000 Provenance: Descended in the family of Jeanne Cloar, the artist’s French Quarter landlady. 141 W denotes the lot is illustrated at www.nealauction.com
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