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John Clemmer (American/Louisiana, 1921-2014) "Toward Wahgouly", 1998 colored pencil on Bristol board signed and dated lower right and artist label with title and date en verso. Plexiglass frame. 14" x 14", framed 18" x 18" Provenance: Estate of Lin Emery, New Orleans, Louisiana. Notes: The Orleans Gallery was founded in 1956 by a group of young artists with the goal of supporting contemporary art in New Orleans. The gallery located at 537 Royal Street in the French Quarter, functioned as an artist cooperative and where artists could explore the tenants of abstract expressionism and modernism. The rotating exhibitions gave the artists exposure and the opportunity to sell their art. Additionally, the gallery would host exhibitions of artists of national and international acclaim. Among the talented group of artists who actively participated in the gallery were Lin Emery, John Clemmer, Jean Seidenberg, George Dunbar, Jimmy Lamantia, Robert Helmer, Millie Wohl and Ida Kohlmeyer. The artist owned gallery would prove to be a catalyst for the thriving gallery scene evident in New Orleans today.