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 […]
Lot 901: Olen Bryant, Gilded Sun Face on Stand & Mother Child Sculpture
Two (2) Olen L. Bryant (American/Tennessee, 1927-2017) gilt sculptures. 1st item: Ceramic sculpture of a textured spherical head with closed-eye face, flared at seam nearly all the way around; head tilted upwards and to the side. Gilded on top half, with red-brown clay underneath. Incised signature "O'BRYANT" and illegible date to underside. Sculpture fits into […]
Lot 899: Olen Bryant, Sculpture of a Head on a Cube with Face
Olen Bryant (American/Tennessee, 1927-2017) textured, sand-colored with turquoise undertone ceramic sculpture of hollow head with a peaceful, closed-eye facial expression and headband with a star on top of a cube with symmetrical face on front square. Signed and illegibly dated "O, Bryant". 19 1/4" H x 12 1/2" W x 9" D. PROVENANCE: Provenance: Estate […]
Lot 898: 2 Ted Burnett TN Mixed Media Paintings, incl. The Horseman
Two (2) Ted Burnett (Tennessee, 1908-1982) abstract mixed media paintings, including one (1) titled "The Horseman" and one (1) untitled, both rendered in muted, earthen colors. "The Horseman" signed "Ted Burnett" lower right; titled on backing lower left. Untitled painting unsigned. Both mounted to white cardstock backing. "The Horseman": sheet: 22 3/4" H x 17 […]