Jimmie Lee Sudduth (Alabama, 1910-2007) mud and paint on board outsider art bust portrait of a woman in a button-down blouse, executed in shades of red, pink, and gray, with painted red border. Signed center left side. 48" H x 24" W. Provenance: private Middle Tennessee collection. CONDITION: Wood frame added to verso for hanging. […]
Lot 208: Jimmie Lee Sudduth Painting, Picking Cotton
Jimmie Lee Sudduth (Alabama, 1910-2007) paint and mud on board outsider art painting depicting four crouching African American figures picking cotton, surmounted by a large horse, wagon and driver. Signed "Jim Sudduth" top center. Housed in a natural rough hewn wood frame. Sight: 23 1/4" H x 46 3/4" W. Framed: 26 3/4" H x […]
Lot 209: Jimmie Lee Sudduth Full Length Painting, Native American
Jimmie Lee Sudduth (Alabama, 1910-2007) paint and mud on board outsider art full length portrait of a Native American with feathered chaps and headdress. Signed "Jim Sudduth" in pencil, across the top of the board. Housed in a contemporary wooden frame. Sight: 47" H x 23" W. Framed: 51 1/8" H x 27 1/4" W. […]
Lot 204: Monumental Helen LaFrance Double-Sided Painting: Africa & Fox Hunter
Monumental Helen La France (American/Kentucky, 1919-2020) double sided oil on canvas painting, depicting a horizontally oriented African landscape on one side and a vertically oriented Equestrian scene on the other. One side depicts a large African watering hole with various animals clustered around it, including elephants, lions, flamingos, rhinos, cheetahs, gazelles, zebras and giraffes. In […]
Lot 205: Helen LaFrance Oil on Canvas, Church Picnic
Helen La France (Kentucky, 1919-2020) large oil on canvas landscape painting depicting an African American congregation gathering for a Church Picnic, with automobiles parked in grassy areas aroung the church and a family driving a horse and buggy approaching lower left via a dirt road; a table is being prepared right mid-ground between two shade […]
Lot 206: Mary Tillman Smith, Outsider Art Painting of a Figure in Pinks/Blues
Mary Tillman Smith (American/Mississippi, 1904-1995) house paint on plywood plank painting in shades of pink and blue, depicting a figure with halo or corona, possibly the Virgin Mary. Signed en verso in marker: "Mary T. Smith". 34"H x 24"W. Circa 1970s. Provenance: Private Nashville collection; acquired mid 1980s. Biography: Mary Tillman was born into a […]
Lot 202: Helen LaFrance O/B Portrait, Possible Self Portrait
Helen La France (Kentucky, 1919-2020) oil on board painting, possibly a self-portrait depicting the artist in her mid-80's. The subject wears a black and white floral patterned dress with her hair braided over to one side, and looks directly and serenely at her viewers. Signed lower right "Helen La France" and dated "7-2004" lower left. […]
Lot 203: Helen La France O/B Portrait of Cornell Jones
Helen La France (Kentucky, 1919-2020) oil on board portrait painting depicting Cornell Jones (1923-1998) from Mayfield, Kentucky. Depicted as a middle-aged male, his hair parted to one side, sporting a pencil mustache and attired in a pale yellow suit. Signed "Helen La France" lower right and dated "'89". Pen notes en verso identifying the sitter […]
Lot 200: Louisiana signed Portrait, "The Old Slave"
Exhibited New Orleans oil on board painting titled "The Old Slave," depicting a white-haired and bearded African American gentleman in suit and tie, facing the viewer with a direct gaze. Signed lower right "Bayon." Titled on label en verso for the Art Association of New Orleans with artist listed as Harriet Bayon (Louisiana, b. 1905) […]
Lot 201: Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Pastel on Silk Portrait, Flower Seller
Elizabeth O'Neill Verner (South Carolina, 1883-1979) pastel on silk portrait depicting a Charleston flower vendor, seated with a bouquet of flowers in her hands while smoking a pipe. Faint, smeared signature lower right corner. Housed in an oak frame. Originally purchased from Knoke Galleries of Atlanta, Georgia, original gallery label included. Sight: 8 3/8" H […]