Helen La France (Kentucky, 1919-2020) oil on canvas (laid on board) country landscape depicting an active tornado bearing down on a rural farm community. A man driving a horse-drawn cart on a dirt road in the foreground tries to outrun the twister, while figures to the left seek cover in an underground earthen dugout. A […]
Lot 104: Jeanne Davies O/C Painting, Rebecca & Cloud
Jeanne Davies (Pennsylvania/New Jersey, b. 1936) oil on canvas genre painting titled "Rebecca & Cloud" depicting a young girl with strawberry blonde hair and wearing a pink floral dress with a white apron, standing in a landscape setting with a sheep on a leash. Signed "Davies" lower left. Victory Frame Shop, Lafayette, NJ label en […]
Lot 105: Jeanne Davies O/B Painting, Jeremy & his Pup-Gone Fishin'
Jeanne Davies (Pennsylvania/New Jersey, b. 1936) oil on board genre painting titled "Jeremy & his Pup-Gone Fishin'" depicting a young boy with blonde hair in overalls and boots, holding a fishing pole and two fish dangling from a line, and standing with his pug dog before a body of water in a landscape setting. Signed […]
Lot 103: Jeanne Davies Architectural O/C Painting, Home
Jeanne Davies (Pennsylvania/New Jersey, b. 1936) oil on canvas painting titled "Home" depicting a woman with a black Scottish Terrier on a leash and two children standing before a wooden house surrounded by trees and flowers. Signed "Davies" lower right. Victory Frame Shop, Lafayette, NJ label en verso. Gilt metal placard with title and artist's […]
Lot 101: George Davis Exhibited O/C Painting, Owl and Pucci-Cat
George P. Davis (American, 1914-2001) oil on canvas illustration painting, titled "Owl and the Pucci Cat," depicting an owl in top hat and leopard wearing a designer scarf, in a pea green boat in choppy waters, observed by seagulls and fish. Signed lower right. Exhibition label en verso for the National Invitational Western Art Show, […]
Lot 102: Jeanne Davies Architectural O/C Painting, The Olde Antique Shop
Jeanne Davies (Pennsylvania/New Jersey, b. 1936) oil on canvas painting titled "The Olde Antique Shop" depicting a wooden building painted in pastel colors with flower trellises and a sign reading "ANTIQUES" with two children and a woman milling before its facade, a pathway to a red brick house and an additional house visible in the […]
Lot 99: David Burliuk O/B, Still Life Painting of Flowers
David Davidovich Burliuk (New York/Russian Federation/Ukraine/China, 1882-1967) post-impressionistic oil on board still life painting depicting a vase of multi-colored flowers upon a ledge before the ocean and clouded-filled sky in the background, rendered in a heavy impasto technique. Signed and dated "Burliuk 1954" lower left, date slightly obscured by frame. Partially torn address label of […]
Lot 100: Pal Fried O/C Paris Landscape w/ Bridge, Pont Neuf
Pal Fried (New York/California/Hungary, 1893-1976) oil on canvas Parisian landscape depicting the Pont Neuf bridge extending across a body of water, with autumn foliage in the foreground and architecture in the background. Signed "Fried Pal" lower left. Housed in a carved wood frame with a linen liner and gilt fillet. Sight: 23 1/2" x 29 […]
Lot 98: Sterling Strauser O/B Painting, Expressionist Seascape
Sterling Strauser (Pennsylvania, 1907-1995) oil on board Expressionist-style seascape painting rendered in an impasto technique depicting a shoreline with low, murky waves and seafoam beneath a gray sky. Signed and dated "Strauser 86" lower left. Float mounted with a canvas mat in a chrome-painted wooden frame with a gilt fillet. Sight: 8" H x 20" […]
Lot 96: Wayne Amerine O/C Painting, Girls in Field of Wildflowers
Wayne Amerine (Kansas/Texas, 1928-2008) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting two young girls in a field of wildflowers before a group of white buildings and trees. Signed "Amerine" lower right. Housed in a wooden frame with an off-white linen liner. Sight: 27" H x 38 1/2" W. Framed: 31 1/4" H x 42 3/4" W. […]