Robert Loftin Newman (Tennessee/New York/France, 1827-1912) oil on canvas painting of a woman, nude from the waist up, who kneels as she looks upward and away from the viewer, into the darkness above. A white cloth covers her lower body and a red curtain hangs behind her. Partial signature with losses and overpainting at lower left reads “R L […]
Lot 199: Carl Gutherz O/B Portrait of The Artist’s Daughter Plus Study
Carl Gutherz or Guthers (Tennessee/Missouri, 1844-1907) oil on board full-length portrait depicting the artist’s daughter, Godfriede. She is depicted seated, gazing to her left, resting against a pillow, and holding her head with her right arm and red book with her left arm. She is attired in a white lace dress with a sky blue sash around […]
Lot 198: Joseph Delaney Sketchbook, 35 Works on Paper Incl. Ink Wash Paintings & Drawings
Joseph Delaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991) sketchbook with thirty-five (35) images that includes thirty-two ink wash paintings and ink drawings and three pencil drawings. Includes one street scene, likely New York, with a restaurant and pedestrians and thirty-two figure studies, many with multiple figures, including male and female nudes plus studies of a boy. Some images with inscriptions or notes, primarily en verso, and […]
Lot 197: William Edmondson Sculpture, Two Doves, exhibited
William Edmondson (American/Tennessee, 1874-1951) carved limestone sculpture of two doves perched on a rectangular ledge. Both birds lower their beaks into their breast feathers in a shared posture. Incised lines describe their wing, breast, and tail feathers. Underside of base marked “30”. 7 in. H x 9 in. W x 7 in. D. Exhibited, “Will […]
Lot 196: William Edmondson School Teacher Sculpture, Exhibited
William Edmondson (American/Tennessee, 1874-1951), “Schoolteacher Lifting her Skirt,” carved limestone sculpture of a woman with thick, deeply-incised medium length hair, wearing a long dress with bow at neck and in back. With her right arm she holds a book against her side and with her left she raises the hem of her dress to reveal a scalloped slip […]
Lot 195: Carroll Cloar Lithograph, C/O The Marked Tree Jail, 1941
Carroll Cloar (Tennessee, 1913-1993) signed lithograph, “C/O The Marked Tree Jail.” A woman looks out from behind barbed wire in the yard of a Marked Tree, Arkansas jail while two men stand nearby. Signed in pencil lower right and titled lower left. 1941. From the edition of 25. Ref. Guy Northrop, “Carroll Cloar: Hostile Butterflies,” Cat. Raisonne #26. Housed […]
Lot 194: Carroll Cloar Drawing, Watermelon Girls
Carroll Cloar (American/Tennessee/Arkansas, 1913-1993) drawing, graphite on paper, study for “Watermelon Girls.” Two young girls sit before an outdoor fence, enjoying oversized slices of watermelon. Trees and bushes are partially drawn in the background. Signed “Carroll Cloar 86” lower right and titled lower left. Unframed. 34 in. W x 23 in. H. Note: the acrylic painting for which […]
Lot 193: Carroll Cloar Framed Drawing, Pondside Girl
Carroll Cloar (American/Tennessee, 1913-1994) drawing, pencil and marker on paper, titled “Pond Side Girl” lower left and signed “Carroll Cloar” lower right. Double matted under glass in a molded giltwood frame. Sight: 21 1/4 in. H x 31 1/4 in. W. Frame: 33 in. H x 43 in. W. Note: Carroll Cloar was known for incorporating nostalgic […]
Lot 192: Bill Sawyer O/B Painting, Girl at a Window
William “Bill” Rozelle Sawyer (American/Tennessee, 1936-2020), oil on board painting of a little girl in a pink dress peering out a window at the end of a long hallway, with her back to the viewer. Only a brick-red square, probably the corner of an adjacent building, hints at what has captured her attention. The words “clean me” […]
Lot 191: Early Knoxville Photo & Art Archive, McCrary & Branson, Lloyd Branson, Adelia Lutz, Appalachian Expo
McCrary & Branson, Lloyd Branson, and Adelia Armstrong Lutz archive, c. 1860s-1910s. Includes early Knoxville photographs (primarily albumen prints), postcards and stereo cards, documents, and 1910-11 Appalachian Exposition material, plus one T.H. Smiley’s, Knoxville, photograph dated 1866 and one McCrary & Branson, Memphis photograph. Documents include a letter on Appalachian Exposition stationery addressed to Adelia Lutz and written […]
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