Louis E. Jones (Tennessee, 1878-1958) oil painting (canvas laid on board) depicting a sunlit creek bed in the Great Smoky Mountains, with water rushing over boulders at the edge of a lush tree line. Blue-green mountains in the background with a sliver of cloudy blue sky in the upper right-hand corner. Signed in red lower […]
Lot 224: Large George Cress O/C Abstract Landscape Painting
Large George Ayers Cress (Alabama/Tennessee, 1921-2008) polymer on canvas mountain landscape painting titled "Beyond The Ridge" rendered in shades of blue, pink, lavender, and green. Signed and dated "George Cress 1968" lower right. Titled and additionally signed, en verso. Housed in a wooden frame with linen liner. Sight: 31 1/2" H x 35 1/2" W. […]
Lot 223: Lloyd Branson O/C Painting, Classical Scene
Lloyd Branson (American/Tennessee, 1861-1925) large oil on canvas Classical painting, after the original painting by Friedrich Paul Thumann (Germany, 1834-1908) titled "Ancient Greek Man Painting a Vase". Depicting a seated male painting a Greek vase in an interior setting as female stands in the open door way gazing at his work with the sea visible […]
Lot 222: Grouping of 30 Joseph Delaney Sketches, incl. Signed
Grouping of thirty (30) Joseph Delaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991) ink on paper drawings on twenty-seven (27) loose sheets of paper, 28 items total, depicting male and female nude figures in various poses, images of buildings facades, presumably in New York City, and other human figures including one profile of a standing skeleton. Two signed "Joseph […]
Lot 221: 5 Joseph Delaney Sketches + Book, 6 items total
Five (5) Joseph Delaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991) ink on paper and crayon on paper drawings, 6 items total, depicting female nudes in various poses. One (1) signed and dated "Jos. Delaney 1969" lower right. All unframed, housed in a black portfolio. Also includes a copy of the book THE ARTISTS OF TODAY: DRAWINGS BY JOSEPH […]
Lot 220: Bertha Herbert Potter TN Portrait of African American Woman
Bertha Herbert Potter (American/Tennessee, 1895-1949) pastel on paper painting depicting an African American woman seated in a chair, knitting, with a ball of blue yarn in her lap. Signed below the hands. Housed in a carved, grey-washed frame with pierced and swept edges and painted sight edge. Signed center below the hands, "Potter" (smeared chalk) […]
Lot 219: 2 Outsider Art Paintings, incl. Mr. Hooper, Muddy Waters & American Gothic
1st Item: Mr. (Tim) Hooper (Tennessee, 20th/21st Century) Southern folk outsider art oil on canvas painting titled "This is Muddy Waters". The painting depicts the African American blues singer and songwriter McKinley Morganfield, known professionally as "Muddy Waters" playing an electric guitar in an interior setting surrounded by lyrics to his song "Rollin' Stone" reading […]
Lot 218: Lamar Sorrento Outsider Art, Robert Johnson Meets Legba
Lamar Sorrento (Tennessee, 20th/21st Century), "Robert Johnson Meets Legba," outsider art acrylic on board painting depicting the mythological midnight meeting in a graveyard between blues musician Robert Johnson and Legba, a trickster African deity who was said to have given Johnson mastery over the guitar in exchange for his soul. Signed lower left. Unframed. 40" […]
Lot 217: Sybil Gibson Outsider Art Still Life Painting with Flowers
Sybil Deyarmon Gibson (Alabama, 1908-1995) folk art mixed media on paper grocery bag painting depicting a still life with brightly colored flowers. Signed "Sybil Gibson" in ink, lower right. Float mounted in a contemporary giltwood frame with a white liner under plexiglass. Sight: 16 3/4" H x 13 1/4" W. Framed: 22 1/4" H x […]
Lot 216: B. F. Perkins O/C Folk Art Painting, Miss Liberty
Benjamin Franklin Perkins (Alabama, 1904-1993) oil on canvas outsider art painting depicting Lady Liberty on a starred blue background adorned in a yellow garment with banners reading "Miss Liberty Welcomes Those Persecuted, Sick, Hungry, To The Land of Liberty to Pursue Happiness, Business, Opportunity, Education, Place to Live, Occupation, Vacation, Military Service, This Is America". […]