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    • Howard Reeve Newton (American/New Orleans, 1912-1984), "Avery Island Salt Mine"
      Oct. 14, 2018

      Howard Reeve Newton (American/New Orleans, 1912-1984), "Avery Island Salt Mine"

      Est: $1,000 - $1,500

      Howard Reeve Newton (American/New Orleans, 1912-1984) "Avery Island Salt Mine" oil on canvas signed lower right. Framed. 30" x 24", framed 32-3/4" x 26-3/4" Provenance: Descended in the family of Edith Avery Duncan, Avery Island, Louisiana and New Iberia, Louisiana. Notes: Howard Reeve Newton graduated from the Tulane University School of Architecture and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. During the Depression, Newton served as Director of the Monkey Hill Project at Audubon Park under the auspices of the Civil Works Administration (the forerunner of the Works Project Association). While the original intention of this project has been debated in recent years, it soon became a beloved playground for the children of New Orleans, who were thrilled at the novelty of a hill. Newton was able to deftly combine his love of local architecture and landscape with his love of painting, and he soon became known and admired for his precise, intimate depictions of Louisiana. These carefully composed works, rendered in a deep, rich color palette of blues, browns and greens, are steeped in the distinct atmosphere of the region. The painting presented here - of the iconic Avery Island Salt Mine, which by family repute won a local award - was gifted by Newton to his first cousin Edith Avery Duncan sometime in the 1930s. It remained in her possession until her death when it was bequeathed to her daughter.

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