Bill Sawyer (American/Tennessee, 1936-1920) oil on board painting titled "Flower Growing from a Tire". The painting depicts a young African American toddler sitting on the top step of a narrow red brick house with partially boarded window. In the foreground, a small group of flowers bloom in soil set into a planter fashioned from a […]
Lot 223: Bill Sawyer O/B Painting, "Jones Comas"
Bill Sawyer (North Carolina/Tennessee, 1936-2020) oil on board painting depicting an elderly man with downcast head, using crutches to walk down a deserted road. The sun is setting behind him, casting his shadow into the foreground. On his neck, he wears a sign reading “Jones Comas”. The painting is rendered with clean lines and mathematical […]
Lot 219: 3 Joseph Delaney Female Figure Sketches, incl. Nudes
Three (3) Joseph Delaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991) ink on paper drawings depicting recumbent female subjects, including two (2) nudes. Smallest nude drawing signed "Joseph Delaney" lower left; two (2) drawings unsigned. All items unframed. Ranging in size from 16" H x 10 1/2" W to 20" H x 26 3/4" W. Biography (By Frederick C. […]
Lot 220: 3 Joseph Delaney Sketches, Male Figures
Three (3) Joseph Delaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991) ink on paper drawings depicting male subjects in suits, including two (2) bust portraits and one (1) full-length portrait. Unsigned. All items unframed. Ranging in size from 16 1/4" H x 14" W to 24" H x 18" W. PROVENANCE: The Estates of Ogust and Lois Imogene Delaney, […]
Lot 217: 3 Small Peti Clements Folk Art Paintings
Three (3) Small Peti Clements (Alabama, 1911-1999) Black Americana folk art acrylic on board paintings, including one (1) “The Twins”, one (1) titled “Bound for the Promised Land”, and one (1) titled “Welcome Home”, each depicting African African figures engaged in various scenes of everyday life in the rural south. All signed “Peti Clements”, lower […]
Lot 218: Meyer Wolfe regional Realist Lithograph, Vanderbilt Clinic
Meyer R. Wolfe (Tennessee/New York, 1897-1985), "Vanderbilt Clinic," 1939, American regional realist lithograph depicting a group of Black patients with weary expressions in a segregated waiting room at the Vanderbilt Medical Clinic in Nashville, Tennessee. A narrow doorway shows a white nurse, seated at a desk and reading, in an adjacent room. Titled and numbered […]
Lot 214: Ed Mumma Outsider Art Double-Sided Painting of Women
Ed (Eddy) Mumma (Florida/Ohio, 1908-1986) double-sided painting, house paint on board, both sides depicting women with pink or red skin and dark hair, rendered in broad brush strokes. Unsigned. Unframed. 16" H x 12" W. PROVENANCE: Private Nashville, TN Collection. CONDITION: Overall good condition with areas of loss, largest 1/2", primarily to tips of impasto. […]
Lot 215: 2 Peti Clements Acrylic Paintings, Going Home I and II
Two (2) small Peti Clements (Alabama, 1911-1999) Black Americana folk art acrylic on board paintings, both titled “Going Home”. 1st item. Painting depicting a group of African American figures going home at the end of a day of work in the field with bags full of cotton towards their homes. Signed “Peti Clements” lower right. […]
Lot 216: 2 Peti Clements Folk Art Paintings: Quilting Bee, General Store
Two (2) Peti Clements (Alabama, 1911-1999) Black Americana acrylic landscape paintings. 1st item: Acrylic on board painting titled “Come Up and See Me Sometime” depicting a village scene with African American adults and children working and playing along a road leading to a house and General Store. Signed “Peti Clements” lower right. Title, dated “1981” […]
Lot 212: Andy Anderson & Bud Odell, 4 Carved Figures plus book
Four (4) folk art painted Western theme wooden figures carved by Herbert "Andy" S. Anderson and his stepson, Bud Odell, plus book, 6 items total. 1st-2nd items: Herbert "Andy" S. Anderson (California/Illinois, 1893-1960) carved cowboy with a box of dental floss stuck in his teeth and rolling a cigarette. Incised signature "ANDY" en verso, dated […]