william-moreland-la-put-down-your-nets
Lot 614
William Moreland (LA), "Put Down Your Nets"
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas, retaining its original Painting of the Year exhibition label and another label indicating that it was purchased by the Mead Corporation in 1957, housed in the original frame. In 1957, Moreland was appointed chair of fine arts and art education at the University of Louisiana - Lafayette. A fine grouping of his paintings are found in the Mary Lee Eggart Collection at Ogden Museum of Southern Art at the University of New Orleans.

From the Mead Corporation art collection which was begun in 1955 and actively acquiring works until the early 1980s.

DOA 49.5" x 69.5"

$300 - 500