Lot Essay
The present work hung at the entrance to the Oval Office in the White House during the administration of Jimmy Carter (1977-1981).
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North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain at Mandeville
Details
Richard Clague (1821-1873)
North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain at Mandeville
signed 'R. Clague' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 1/8 x 60 ¼ in. (91.7 x 153 cm.)
North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain at Mandeville
signed 'R. Clague' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 1/8 x 60 ¼ in. (91.7 x 153 cm.)
Provenance
Augustus de B. Hughes, New York.
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1968.
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1968.
Exhibited
Montreal, Canada, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, The Painter and the New World: A Survey of Painting from 1564 to 1867, Marking the Founding of the Canadian Confederation, June 8-July 30, 1967, no. 342.
New Orleans, Louisiana, New Orleans Museum of Art; Shreveport, Louisiana, R.W. Norton Art Gallery; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana State University, Anglo-American Art Museum; Corpus Christi, Texas, Art Museum of South Texas; Mobile, Alabama, Mobile Art Gallery, Richard Clague 1821-1873, November 17, 1974-December 21, 1975, no. 71, pp. 42, 103, cover illustration.
Washington, D.C., The White House, entrance to the Oval Office, on extended loan, circa 1976-81.
New Orleans, Louisiana, The Historic New Orleans Collection and New Orleans Museum of Art, The Waters of America: 19th Century American Paintings of Rivers, Streams, Lakes, and Waterfalls, May 6-November 11, 1984.
New Orleans, Louisiana, New Orleans Museum of Art; Shreveport, Louisiana, R.W. Norton Art Gallery; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana State University, Anglo-American Art Museum; Corpus Christi, Texas, Art Museum of South Texas; Mobile, Alabama, Mobile Art Gallery, Richard Clague 1821-1873, November 17, 1974-December 21, 1975, no. 71, pp. 42, 103, cover illustration.
Washington, D.C., The White House, entrance to the Oval Office, on extended loan, circa 1976-81.
New Orleans, Louisiana, The Historic New Orleans Collection and New Orleans Museum of Art, The Waters of America: 19th Century American Paintings of Rivers, Streams, Lakes, and Waterfalls, May 6-November 11, 1984.