Jeanne Davies (Pennsylvania/New Jersey, b. 1936) oil on canvas genre painting titled "Barnyard Friends" depicting a kitten and two rabbits resting in the grass. Signed "Davies" lower right. Title and artist name on nameplate, lower center. Housed in a contemporary gilt frame with gadrooning decoration. Sight:13 1/2" H x 17 1/2" W. Framed: 17 1/2" […]
Lot 910: Small Jeanne Davies O/B Painting, "Morning Chores"
Jeanne Davies (Pennsylvania/New Jersey, b. 1936) small oil on board genre painting titled "Morning Chores" depicting a young girl standing next to a small cat in a garden feeding a goose and its goslings surrounded by floral foliage. Signed "Davies" lower right, titled and artist name engraved on nameplate, lower center. Housed in a contemporary […]
Lot 907: Sterling Strauser O/B Sunflower Painting
Sterling Strauser (Pennsylvania, 1907-1995) oil on board abstract painting depicting a large sunflower against a blue and green background, rendered in a heavy impasto technique. Signed and dated "Strauser 76" top right. Housed in a carved giltwood frame with pierced corner decorations and an off white wooden fillet. Sight: 10 1/2" H x 13 1/2" […]
Lot 908: 2 Sterling Strauser O/B Still Life Paintings w/ Hands and Flowers
Two (2) Sterling Strauser (Pennsylvania, 1907-1995) oil on board still life paintings featuring hands and flowers. 1st item: Painting titled "Crocus" depicting a vase of purple Crocus flowers and a hand resting on a white surface adorned in a red bracelet rendered in an abstract technique with heavy impasto. Signed "Strauser '90" upper right. Signed, […]
Lot 905: Dixie Durham O/C Painting, Tree Frog and Lichen
Dixie Hampson Durham (Arkansas/Tennessee, 1913-2010) oil on canvas impressionist style painting depicting a tree trunk with white mushrooms and lichen moss, with a tree frog seated atop a mushroom in the lower margin, rendered with heavy impasto. Signed "Dixie" lower right. Information about the work attached en verso. Housed in a painted wood frame. Sight: […]
Lot 906: Sterling Strauser O/B Painting, Trotter Race
Sterling Strauser (Pennsylvania, 1907-1995) oil on board abstract painting depicting two harness race jockeys in two-wheeled carts pulled by trotting horses across a tan track below a bright blue sky. Signed and dated "89 Strauser" lower right. Float mounted in a wooden frame with a gilt top edge with a linen mat and burlwood fillet. […]
Lot 904: Exhibited David Schroder W/C Painting, House at High Creek
David Schroder (Arkansas, 20th Century) watercolor on paper painting titled "House at High Creek" depicting a rustic wooden cabin in a forest setting. Signed "D. Schroder" lower right. Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR paper label stating that this drawing was purchased from the 28th Annual Delta Art Exhibition, 1985 with additional inscriptions and paper […]
Lot 902: Donny Finley O/C Painting, Door Light
Donny Finley (Alabama, b. 1951) oil on canvas painting titled "Door Light" depicting the facade of a white building, the portico and barred lower story windows filled with flowering plants, with green shutters and an arched window grill to the upper story windows. Signed "Donny Finley" lower left. DeBruyne Fine Art, Naples, FL gallery label, […]
Lot 903: Exhibited Fred Schmidt Painting, Little Red River
Fred Schmidt (Arkansas, 20th Century) oil on paper landscape painting titled "Little Red River" depicting a bridge situated over the Little Red River in Arkansas, a line of trees and a mountain range visible in the background. Signed "Fred Schmidt" lower right. The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR exhibition label with artist's information and […]
Lot 900: Olen Bryant, Sculpture of Angel on Side
Olen L. Bryant (American/Tennessee, 1927-2017) tan unglazed ceramic sculpture of a winged angel figure with closed eyes and hair swooped back lying on its side on a cuboid base. Signed and dated "O. Bryant â72" near base of block. 12â H x 20â W x 7â D. Biography: Born in Cookeville, TN, Bryant was a […]