718. James “Mac” Anderson (American/ Mississippi, 1907-1998), “Skiff Panel”, 1991, oil on masonite, signed and dated lower right, 48 in. x 24 in., framed. 719
$4000/6000 Provenance: Acquired from the artist. 719. Sister Gertrude Morgan (American/ Louisiana, 1900-1980), “Jesus with Angels”, mixed media on cardboard, signed mid-right, 12 1/2 in. x 18 1/4 in., framed.
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717. James “Mac” Anderson (American/Mississippi, 19071998), “Oyster Tonging”, 1984, oil on masonite, signed and dated lower right, 48 in. x 24 in., framed. $4000/6000 Provenance: Acquired from the artist. Note: After Mac Anderson completed his studies at Tulane University School of Architecture, he joined his brothers Walter and Peter Anderson in Ocean Springs, MS, developing a series of small figurine sets at Shearwater Pottery. From these early collaborative works, Mac’s mature style emerged: an affinity for the flora, fauna, and people of the Gulf Coast that he beautifully captures through “reticulated floral designs” woven into exquisite patterns of daily life that are clearly visible in the previous lot, “Soft Shelling” (1989), “Skiff Panel” (1989), “Pelican Nest” (1990), and in “Oyster Tonging,” the painting offered here.
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The lasting legacy of the Andersons’ works is ubiquitous throughout the South. Mac’s pottery toured the U.S. and Europe in the late 1930s with the Robineaux Exhibition, and the brothers were commissioned by the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) to execute murals and ceramic tile panels for the Ocean Springs High School. According to Anne Craton, the field coordinator of the Public Works of Art Project, the Anderson commission was the “most significant and interesting works of art done under the auspice of the program.” Other famous paintings by Mac, such as Scene of the Singing River and Pitcher Plants and Pine Trees, can be seen at the Jackson County Courthouse, Pascagoula and the Ocean Springs Women’s Club. Reference: “James McConnell Biography,” Shearwater Pottery, Web, 9 Oct. 2013; Patti Carr Black, Art in Mississippi, 1720- 1980 (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1998) 189.
Provenance: The Chuck and Jan Rosenack Collection. 720. Clementine Hunter (American/ Louisiana, 1886-1988), “Juke Joint, Saturday Night”, c. 1948, oil on canvas board, monogrammed lower right, 18 in. x 24 in., framed. $7000/10000 Provenance: Judge Alexander Polk, Alexandria, LA.