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 […]
Lot 198: Large William Lester O/C Expressionist Landscape, Ship Channel
Large William Lewis Lester (Texas, 1910-1991) oil on canvas Expressionist landscape painting, titled "Ship Channel", depicting a bird's eye view of a man-made waterway emptying into a body of water to the right with a tree line, road, and hills in the midground and a lock system with ships in the background below a blue […]
Lot 199: Harvey Joiner Oil on Board Forest Landscape
Harvey Joiner (Kentucky/Indiana, 1852-1932) oil on board landscape painting depicting sunlight breaking through a deserted road or path in a lush springtime forest setting. Signed "Harvey Joiner" lower left. Housed in a gilt carved rococo style frame with molded gilt wood liner, placard with artist name attached to lower margin of liner. Sight: 9 1/2" […]
Lot 195: George Edwin Bissell Bronze of President Abraham Lincoln
George Edwin Bissell (American, 1839-1920) bronze sculpture depicting President Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, standing and holding a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation in his right hand. Signed "Geo. E. Bissell" on the rear left corner of the base and "Copyright 1898" on the rear right corner of the base, with Gorham […]
Lot 196: Edward Berge Bronze Fountain, Duck Mother
Edward Berge (American, 1876-1924) bronze titled "Duck Mother", depicting a young child holding a duckling, standing above and gazing downward at a mother duck with outstretched wings and an open beak, who is gazing upward at the child. Impressed signature "E. Berge" on the rear of the base together with an impressed circular foundry stamp […]
Lot 197: Jo Davidson Bronze Sculpture of Ida Rubinstein, dated Paris 1909
Joseph (Jo) Davidson (New York/Paris, 1883-1952) patinated bronze sculpture depicting Russian dancer and arts patron Ida Rubinstein in her role as Cleopatra in the 1909 ballet by Michael Fokine. Signed and dated, JO DAVIDSON PARIS 1909 at the back of base. 11 1/8″ H x 11 1/4″ W x 5 1/2″ D. Note: This sculpture […]
Lot 193: John M. Tracy O/C Painting of a Cow and Calf
John Martin Tracy (American/Ohio, 1843-1893) oil on canvas genre painting of a cow and a calf standing outside the entrance of a barn with a hen and chicks at their feet. Signed "J. M. Tracy" lower right. Housed in a period gilt and gesso frame. Sight: 23 1/4" W x 15 1/2" H. Framed: 36 […]
Lot 194: Charles Fleischmann 19th c. W/C, Maryland Farm Scene
Charles Louis Fleischmann (District of Columbia/Maryland, 19th century) watercolor on paper landscape painting, depicting a farm with man plowing in a field, with horse and buggy, farm buildings, and brick house in the background, and cattle grazing in the foreground. Signed and dated "Ch L. Fleischmann 1886" lower right. Handwritten old paper label reading "July […]