Lot 185: Walter Anderson W/C Painting, Perch

Walter Inglis Anderson (American/Mississippi, 1903-1965), watercolor and graphite on paper painting that depicts four perch huddled closely together. With estate stamp to lower right. B. Bullock Walters Studio, Houston, TX label affixed to backing. Housed under glass in a giltwood frame with pale green mat and purple reveal. Sight: 7 3/4 in. H x 9 in. W. Sheet: 8 in. H x 10 3/8 in. W. Framed: 15 1/4 in. H x 16 in. W. Biographical Note: Walter Inglis Anderson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. After his early military school education, he attended the Parsons Institute of Design in New York from 1922 to 1923 and then the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia from 1923 to 1928. Walter traveled throughout Europe and spent some time in France. While there, he visited the caves at Les Eyzies. Fascinated by the cave paintings, he absorbed and incorporated these primitive designs into many of his later works. In 1929, he returned home to Ocean Springs, MS, and with his younger brother Mac, opened a workshop and began to work with his brother Peter Anderson (Shearwater Pottery). He sculpted and molded many pieces, including lamp bases, bookends, vases, and ashtrays. Additionally, Walter decorated many of his brother Peter’s pottery items. Walter was versatile and prolific, creating wood and clay sculptures and pencil, crayon, pastel, and ink drawings. He painted in watercolors and oils and also made linoleum woodblocks. In the 1930s, Walter, Peter, and Mac worked with the Works Progress Administration created by President Roosevelt and created works for the Ocean Springs Public School system: murals by Walter and tiles created by Peter and Mac. Walter continued to decorate pottery at Shearwater until his death on November 30, 1965, in New Orleans from complications of surgery for lung cancer. (Adapted from www.shearwaterpottery.com).

CONDITION: Overall, very good condition. With minor even toning to the sheet and a faint crease to the lower left corner, outside of the image. Sheet affixed to backing with linen tape, not removed from backing. With two punched holes along the lower edge of the sheet, as issued.