Large Carroll Cloar (American/Tennessee, 1913-1993) drawing, "The Mower We Found," pencil, colored pencil, and crayon on paper. The drawing, likely a study for a painting, features bust-length pencil depictions of a young white boy, likely Cloar himself, and a young black playmate, surrounded by elements of a tractor (seat, wheel), amid circles and other images, […]
Lot 155: Cornelius Hankins Large O/C Still Life with Fruit & Birds
Cornelius Hankins (Mississippi/Tennessee/Virginia, 1863-1946) oil on canvas still life painting depicting an assortment of fruits, including melons, peaches, plums, berries, and grapes, along with the handle of an overflowing basket, upon which perches a bird. The bird tends to a nest containing three eggs that has been constructed amidst the fruit. In the upper right […]
Lot 153: Carroll Cloar Acrylic Painting, The Explorer
Carroll Cloar (American/Tennessee/Arkansas, 1913-1993), acrylic on board painting titled The Explorer, depicting a man in a rowboat, with binoculars, viewing the landscape around him. The lush green trees in the background, rendered in precise pointillist brush strokes, are mostly blocked from the subject’s view by clusters of brick commercial buildings, reflected in the placid water; […]
Lot 151: Walter Hollis Stevens Expressionist Painting, Knoxville II
Walter Hollis Stevens (Tennessee, 1927-1980), "Knoxville II," watercolor on paper depicting an abstracted view of the city's skyline under a night sky. Signed "Stevens 61" lower right. Titled and additionally signed en verso. Housed in a chrome frame under glass, double matted. Sight: 16 1/2" x 21 1/2" W. Framed: 23 1/2" H x 28 […]
Lot 152: Large Exhibited George Cress O/C Abstract Expressionist Landscape
Very large George Ayers Cress (Alabama/Tennessee, 1921-2008) oil on canvas landscape painting titled "Shadowed Landscape" rendered in shades of blue, green, yellow, orange, grey, and red. Signed and dated "George Cress 1963" lower right. Exhibited, The Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, "George Cress: 50 Years of Painting," March 25-April 22, 1990. Exhibition label en verso. […]
Lot 150: Charles Kermit Ewing Mixed Media Painting, San Sebastian Wall
Charles Kermit "Buck" Ewing (Tennessee, 1910-1976) large mixed media on canvas painting titled "San Sebastian Wall". Depicts an abstract collage image featuring textured three-dimensional motifs, newspaper clippings, and shades of blue, grey, and white paint. Signed and dated "Ewing 64" lower left. Titled, signed, and dated " C. Kermit Ewing, Knoxville Tenn, Oct. 1964" upside […]
Lot 148: Geoffrey Holder Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Woman in White
Geoffrey Lamont Holder (1930 – 2014, active/lived in New York, Spain) impressionist oil on canvas profile portrait painting depicting a black female, seated with her arms crossed, wearing a white dress and red head wrap, against a mottled gold backdrop. Signed and dated lower left "G. Holder '57". Remnants of illegible label en verso top […]
Lot 149: Merton Simpson O/C Abstract Expressionist Painting
Merton D. Simpson (1928-2013, active/lived in New York, South Carolina, Africa) oil on canvas Expressionist painting depicting a boat in a tumultuous sea. Signed lower right in block letters "M. D. Simpson". Housed in a narrow ebonized and gilt wood frame with wide linen border and gilt wood fillet. Sight: 15 1/2" x 19 1/4" […]
Lot 147: 6 Joseph Delaney Nude Figure or Portrait Drawings, incl. Signed
Six (6) Joseph Delaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991) figural ink and pen sketches on paper including three (3) in blue ink on Japan paper and three (3) in black ink on heavy wove paper. 1st item: 3/4 portrait in blue ink depicting a nude woman with shoulder-length hair gazing directly at the viewer. 7 1/2" H […]
Lot 146: 4 Joseph Delaney New York Street Scenes, incl. 1 Watercolor & 3 Pencil Drawings, 1 Signed
Four (4) Joseph Delaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991) street scenes sketches on paper including one (1) watercolor or ink wash and three (3) pencil on paper drawings. 1st item: Watercolor or ink wash on paper with pencil underdrawing depicting a New York City intersection. A figure pulls a cart along the sidewalk, lower left, while a […]