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 […]
Lot 213: Garland and Minnie Adkins Folk Art Cabinet with Animals
Garland and Minnie Adkins (Kentucky, 20th century) Folk Art green painted cabinet, having a floral design on the glass and pink and yellow paint droplets throughout. The cabinet has a hinged glass door and is adorned with twelve (12) small carved and painted animals including foxes, dogs, turkeys, and other creatures. A standing female figure […]
Lot 210: Vannoy Streeter Banjo Player & Streetcar Wire Sculptures
Two (2) Vannoy Streeter (Tennessee, 1919-1998) wire sculptures, including one (1) depicting a banjo player wearing a hat and one (1) depicting a streetcar with hinged doors and front hood, having a denim fabric roof with cutout window sewn on with white thread, and two cardboard license plates at the front and rear with handwritten […]
Lot 211: Georgia Blizzard Folk Art Pottery Vase, Jacob's Well
Georgia Blizzard (also known as Georgia Michael, Virginia, 1919-2002) folk art pottery vase titled "Jacob's Well," rectangular form, with molded bibical scenes to each side, surmounted by a short, cylindrical neck with stipple decoration. Titled and signed "G. Blizzard" to underside of base. 8 3/4" H x 13 1/2" W x 7 1/4" D. Biography: […]