Lot 206: Achille Perelli (American/New Orleans, 1822-1891)

Achille Perelli (American/New Orleans, 1822-1891), "Nature Morte: Red Squirrel", watercolor, signed and inscribed "N.O." lower left, sight 24 in. x 15 in., attractively framed Provanance: Descended in the family of Mrs. Joseph Airey, 555 Audubon Street, New Orleans. Note: A nearly identical depiction of a red squirrel by Perelli is in the Laura Simon Nelson Collection at the Historic New Orleans Collection Reference: Simon Nelson Collection at the Historic New Orleans Collection, 1996, illus. p. 42; Jordan, George, George L. Viavant: Artist of the Hunt, 2003, illus. p. 31.