Lot 933: Lucy May Stanton (Georgia/New Orleans, 1875-1931),

Lucy May Stanton (Georgia/New Orleans, 1875-1931), "A Girl Reading", watercolor and graphite on paper, sight 14 3/8 in. x 21 in., matted and framed. Provenance: Descended in the family of the artist; to private collector, New Orleans. Note: Although Lucy Stanton is generally known for her portraits and landscapes in miniature, this full-size portrait of a young woman reading a book employs her traditional technique, called "puddling". This method of painting in watercolor, which Stanton created, involves very wet application of color to the paper, which can be seen in the shirt and background of this painting in particular, causing the colors to run together in an impressionistic manner.