Danish School, 20th century, oil on board abstract painting rendered with a variety of bright colors and dynamic shapes in heavy impasto. Monogram with date "Hd 73" lower right. Housed in a plain painted frame. Sight: 23 7/8" H x 31" W. Framed: 29" H x 36" W. PROVENANCE: The estate of Dr. Thomas Bechtel, […]
Lot 513: Carl Trock-Madsen O/C Landscape Painting w/ Roosters, Hous
Carl Trock-Madsen (Denmark, 1891-1953) oil on canvas landscape painting, titled "Hous", rendered in dark green, blue, and black colors depicting a group of roosters in various states of preening, pecking, and spreading their wings with a building in the background to the left and rolling hills under a blue sky to the right. Signed and […]
Lot 510: Norman Adams Mixed Media Abstract Painting
Norman Adams (England/France, 1927-2005) acrylic and watercolor on paper abstract painting comprised of black lines on a red ground surmounted by multicolored shapes. The paper is lined with events and dates under a layer of transparent paint depicting multicolored abstract forms and black lines. Signed and dated "Image NA '99," lower left. Attributed and titled […]
Lot 511: Heinz Munnich O/C Abstract Expressionist City Scape Painting, Sunset
Heinz Ludwig Munnich (Germany, 1921-1977/78) Abstract Expressionist oil on canvas cityscape painting titled "Sunset" rendered in rich, saturated colors and depicting a bayside skyline beneath a vast, clouded evening sky, all reflected in the still water below. Signed "Heinz Munnich" lower left corner. W. T. Burger Co. stencil label, en verso of canvas. Printed label […]
Lot 509: 4 Religious Items, incl. Textiles
Four (4) European Religious items. 1st item: Ecclesiastical metallic embroidered silk textile, likely for a liturgical vestment, comprised of a gold field with red stitched scrolling foliate decorations. Housed under glass in a giltwood frame. Sight: 16 1/4" H x 13 3/4" W. Framed: 20 1/2" H x 18" W. 2nd item: Paten cover comprised […]
Lot 507: 3 18th C. European Samplers incl. Signed
1st item: Band sampler, likely British, appears to be wool on linen, featuring alphabets in various stitches interspersed with bands of geometric patterns and dated 1748 on 4th line. Float mounted in a woodgrain frame. Sight: 16 1/2" H x 8" W. Framed: 23" H x 15" W. 2nd item: Band/Family Register sampler dated 1765, […]
Lot 508: 3 Religious Silk Needlework Images, including David with Harp
1st item: Silk needlework and watercolor image of King David playing the harp with a landscape in the background. Housed in a burlwood frame with an oval eglomise glass mat having rosettes at each corner. Sight: 13 1/8" H x 11" W. Framed: 17 1/2" H x 15 1/4" W. American or English, early to […]
Lot 506: 3 Scottish & American Needlework Samplers, Signed
1st item: Scottish sampler, wool on linen, having a guilloche pattern border surrounding rows of alphabet and numbers separated by geometric bands. Signed and dated with location "Helena L. Shaw/Aug Sanquhar 1873" at the bottom. Float mounted on a green fabric backing and housed under glass in a carved, stained wooden frame. Sampler: 18 7/8" […]
Lot 504: 3 Antique Textiles incl. 1 Quilt with TN Provenance, 2 Coverlets, Southern & Jacquard
Three (3) antique textiles. 1st item: One (1) hand-pieced and hand-quilted Tennessee quilt with Goose Tracks pattern blocks, cotton throughout with brown and green fabrics and one block with maroon patterned fabric. Having medium-weight cotton batting and back-to-front binding on three sides with rounded corners and one side with a knife edge. 85 1/4" H […]
Lot 505: Massachusetts Sampler by Emily Sparhawk (Perry), Early 19th C.
Massachusetts School Girl Sampler made by Emily Sparhawk (Perry) (1813-1894), silk on linen, having rows of alphabet letters, numerals, and other decorative images above a poem reading "Religion should our thought engage/Amidst the youthful bloom/Twill fit…for declining age/And for the silent tomb" with images of birds, above images of three houses flanked by willow trees, […]