1st item: John Frederick Richardson (Tennessee/Illinois, 1906-1998) acrylic on canvas abstract expressionist painting titled "Rapid Flow," depicting a surge of color in shades of blue, green, red, pink, orange, brown, white, and black against a white background. Signed "John Richardson" lower left. Handwritten artist, title, and medium paper label en verso. Housed in a wooden […]
Lot 891: 2 Adrian Deckbar (Louisiana) Drawings, Taking a Break & Study for Dancing
Two (2) Adrian Deckbar (Louisiana, born 1950) graphite on paper drawings titled "Study for Dancing II" and "Taking a Break," each depicting the same partially nude woman seated on the floor of a room, including one in which she is looking over her right shoulder and one in which she is smoking a cigarette. The […]
Lot 892: Ray Kleinlein O/C Still Life with Pear & Gold Bowl
Ray Kleinlein (American, b. 1969) oil on canvas still life titled, "Pear and Gold Bowl", depicting a pear and shaped gold bowl resting on a table top, rendered in various shades of red, black, muted green, yellow and gold. Signed faintly, lower right, additionally signed en verso. Lisa Kurts, Memphis, TN gallery label en verso. […]
Lot 893: 3 John Sember O/C Minimalist Paintings
Three (3) oil on canvas paintings by John D. Sember (Illinois, born 1938). 1st item: Painting titled "October 1962" depicting a steamboat sailing towards a group of buildings on a hill beneath a sun, the yellow sky reflecting into the water that encompasses the majority of the canvas. Signed and dated "Sember 68" center left […]
Lot 889: 2 Framed Haku Maki Signed Prints
Two (2) Haku Maki (Japanese, 1924-2000, sometimes listed as Hadu Maki) color intaglio prints. 1st item: Poem 68-31, numbered 14/91 and titled and signed in pencil lower margin. Housed and matted under plexiglass in a black wooden frame. Sight: 12 1/2" H x 5 1/4" W. Framed: 17 3/4" H x 11" W. 2nd item: […]
Lot 890: Exhibited Wattana Wattanapun Oil Painting, Purple Diffusion
Wattana Wattanapun (Thailand, late 20th century) abstract oil on paper painting titled "Purple Diffusion" depicting multicolored geometric shapes against a wash of color in shades of purple, red, brown, blue, and white. Signed "W. Wattanapun" lower right below image. One Nashville, TN Allstate Art Exhibition, 1990 identification tag and one typed label indicating that the […]
Lot 887: 2 After Pierre-Auguste Renoir Etchings, incl. Les Baigneuses
Two (2) Aquatint etching on after paintings by Pierre Auguste Renoir (France, 1841-1919). 1st item: Etching titled "Les Baigneuses (The Great Bathers)," depicting nude women bathing and lounging in a landscape setting. Unsigned. "Musee Louvre Chalcographie" blindstamp, lower center below plate. Housed under plexiglass in a giltwood frame with a wooden fillet. Plate: 12" H […]
Lot 888: 2 Prints After Edouard Manet attr. Villon incl. Balcony, Luncheon on the Grass
Two (2) aquatint etchings attributed to Jacques Villon (French, 1875-1963) after paintings by Edouard Manet (France, 1832-1883). 1st item: Etching titled "Le Dejeuner sur L'herbe (The Luncheon on the Grass)" originally painted in 1863, depicting three figures, including a nude woman and two clothed men having a picnic on the grass before a pond with […]
Lot 884: 2 Jacques Villon framed Abstract Prints, Le Gouter and Composition
1st item: Jacques Villon (French 1875-1963), "Composition," abstract aquatint on Arches paper, signed in plate lower right with monogram seal lower left. Likely from the Chalcographie de Louvre edition, circa 1947. Double frame with giltwood inner molding and stained wood exterior frame. Inscription en verso for Myron King/Lyzon Gallery, Nashville, with partial label for Watkins […]
Lot 885: 2 Aquatints, Alfred Sisley & J. Villon, Canal & Beach Scenes
1st item: Aquatint etching after a painting by Alfred Sisley (French, 1839-1899) titled "Le Chanel du Loing (The Loing Chanel)," originally painted in 1892, depicting the River Loing, the left tributary of the Seine, following through a forested landscape with a house in the opposite bank, beneath a cloudy blue sky. Inscribed "Sisley 92" in […]