Laura Bodenbender Sold at Auction Prices

Laura Bodebender (American/Louisiana, 1900-1991)

Laura Bodebender (American/Louisiana, 1900-1991), "Story Hour", 1936, oil on panel, signed and dated upper left, "Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts" label with artist and title en verso, 18 3/4 in. x 14 3/4 in., framed, overall 27 1/4 in. x 23 1/4 in. x 1 3/4 in.

†Laura Bodebender (Louisiana, 1900-), "Little Sailor Boy and His Mother," 1935, oil on panel, signed and dated on right, with a 1939...

Laura Bodebender (Louisiana, 1900-), "Little Sailor Boy and His Mother," 1935, oil on panel, signed and dated on right, with a 1939 New York World's Fair Sticker attached en verso, with artist and painting information on label, presented in a wood frame, H.- 20 5/8 in., W.- 18 in., Framed H.- 26 in., W.- 23 1/4 in.

Laura Bodebender (American/New Orleans, 1900)

Laura Bodebender (American/New Orleans, 1900-1991) , "Seated Nude with Beads in an Interior", 1933, oil on panel, signed and dated upper right, 29 in. x 24 1/4 in., framed. Note: New Orleans artist Laura Bodenbender studied at the University of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York before spending six years painting in Italy. In the painting offered here, possibly a self-portrait, Bodenbender utilizes a muted palette, distinctive stylized female nude figure with a sense of modernity. The painting decorating the wall in the background incudes Bodebender’s signature as perhaps another hint that this work is indeed a self-portrait. Bodenbender was well-known during her lifetime and exhibited widely throughout the South. The Art Association of New Orleans hosted a one-person exhibition of Bodebender’s paintings at the Delgado Museum of Art in 1936, which traveled to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Art the following year.

Laura Bodebender (American/New Orleans

Laura Bodebender (American/New Orleans, b. 1900), "Supper", oil on canvas, signed upper left, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts exhibition label en verso, 16 in. x 16 in., in a period frame.

Laura Bodebender (American/New Orleans, b. 1900), "The Outing", oil on canvas

signed and dated "32" upper right, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts label en verso, artist label en verso, 18 in. x 14 in., in a period frame.

Laura Bodebender (American/New Orleans, b. 1900), "The Outing", oil on canvas, signed and dated "32" upper right, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts label en verso, artist label en verso, 18 in. x 14 in., in a period frame.