November 23, 2024: Premier Americana - Day Three
Sat, Nov 23, 2024 09:00AM EST
Lot 2194
OUTSTANDING AMERICAN FOLK ART PAINTING OF MOUNT VERNON
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for
$3,360
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $10 |
| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
OUTSTANDING AMERICAN FOLK ART PAINTING OF MOUNT VERNON, oil on canvas with pencil markings outlining home and figures, a bold depiction of Washington's home perched on a bluff overlooking the Potomac River with figures in the foreground, an African-American servant entering the rear of the home, and circling birds in distance above the weathervane set atop the cupola, likely influenced by contemporaneous printed depictions of the Washington home, no signature located. Label verso reads "Bicentennial Inventory / 'Mount Vernon, View of' / Loan of Mrs. George Neal" along with an inventory label from the Smithsonian Institution. Housed in a 19th century walnut frame with gilt liner. Mid 19th century. 17 1/2" x 23 1/2" sight, 22 3/4" x 28 3/4" OA.
Catalogue Note: The present lot was from the estate of Jane K. Neal (West Virginia, 1923-2013), a talented and accomplished woman of the 20th century, who attained some degree of celebrity in her day. Raised during the Depression, Neal demonstrated musical and performance talent at a young age and even hosted her own local radio show at the age of 15. Neal went on to Marshall College but left before earning her degree in order to work as a secretary with the FBI. In Washington, DC, she continued to pursue her singing career, studying and performing with the Washington Opera Guild.
Neal's professional life took a different turn, however, when a Washington Post Christmas photograph of her circulated around the country on the Associated Press wire service. This sparked a modeling and design career that included graduation from the Barbizon School of Modeling in New York City. Later in life, she even hosted a noontime television talk show in Huntington, WV, interviewing such notable people as Jackie Kennedy. A woman of diverse talents, Jane K. Neal, along with her husband George Neal, Jr., collected a wide variety of art and antiques during their marriage. This painting was said to have been discovered by Mrs. Neal in the basement of an old home in Huntington in the 1960s. It was extremely dirty, and she had the work cleaned and conserved.
Condition
Relined on old, possibly original, stretcher with areas of associated retouch, particularly at bottom, heavy streaked layer of varnish applied during conservation, frame with some wear.
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Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, 6/21/2014, lot 396.
Ex-estate of Jane K. Neal, Huntington, WV.
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