Tim Lewis (Kentucky, b. 1952) folk art carved sandstone sculpture depicting Noah's Ark, with giraffe heads and necks protruding out of the stern onto the roof, sheltering a male and female to one side and a hippo and and other animal to the other. Another male and female figure with kissing birds to the stern […]
Lot 477: James Harold Jennings Outsider Art Whirligig
James Harold Jennings (North Carolina, 1931-1999) painted wood whirligig comprised of a cross beam structure with applied figures in the form of animals, a truck, a crown, a moon, stars, and a Native American man with a windmill, top. Applied lettering reading "James Harold Jennings" across the bottom. Signed "James Harold Jennings" with a sun, […]
Lot 478: Leroy Almon Autobiographical Bi-fold Painting
Leroy Almon, Sr. (Georgia, 1938-1997) outsider art autobiographical bi-fold painting, mixed media, signed en verso and dated 1990. This assemblage is composed of scenes from the artist's life, rendered in paint and markers on paper and applied to a painted and hinged pair of plywood boards with applied rope edging. Scenes include his birthplace in […]
Lot 479: Eddy Mumma Outsider Art Painting of a Woman
Ed (Eddy) Mumma (Florida/Ohio, 1908-1986) Folk Art house paint on board painting depicting a woman with orange skin against an orange background, rendered in a heavy impasto technique. Unsigned. Housed in a giltwood frame. Sight: 15 1/2" H x 11 1/2" W. Framed: 21" H x 17" W. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN. […]
Lot 475: Mose Tolliver Folk Art Painting, Nall Profile
Mose Ernest Tolliver (Alabama, 1919-2006) folk art house paint on wood panel painting depicting a portrait of Southern (Alabama) artist Fred Nall Hollis, more commonly refer to as "Nall," rendered in shades of pink and black against a green background. Signed "MOSET" with backwards "S," lower left. Metal bar and a soda can tab, en […]
Lot 476: 6 Peti Clements Alabama Outsider Art Paintings
Six (6) Peti Clements (Alabama, 1911-1999) Black Americana folk art acrylic on board paintings, including one (1) titled “Dinner on the Ground”, “General Store”, “Jones Grocery”, “Sunning Quilts”, “Last Short Round”, and “Jump on the Broom” each depicting African African figures engaged in various scenes of everyday Southern rural life, including a wedding scene. All […]
Lot 473: East TN Sheraton Banquet Ends Dining Table, Hawkins Co.
Pair of East Tennessee banquet end tables which join to form a dining table. Figured walnut and cherry primary, poplar secondary. Tables with semicircular design and drop leaf, figured curved aprons and turned Sheraton legs. Rear swing leg for leaf. 29 1/2" H x 46" W x 38 1/2" D (w/ leaf) x 20" D […]
Lot 474: Vannoy Streeter Six-Piece Band Wire Sculptures
Vannoy Streeter (Tennessee, 1919-1998) wire sculptures depicting a six-piece band, 8 items total, comprised of a vocalist, a guitar player, a fiddle player, a banjo player, a drum player seated at a drum set, and a piano player seated at a piano. Ranging in size from 5 5/8" H x 5 3/4" W x 5" […]
Lot 470: Sheraton Server or Press, Poss. Southern
Sheraton server or press, walnut with mahogany veneer, poplar and white pine secondary woods. Plain rectangular top over a single wide dovetailed drawer veneered with figured mahogany and scratchbeaded at edges and having two original round wood knobs; two paneled and hinged doors opening to a single fixed shelf; full length reeded stiles and four […]
Lot 471: Tennessee Inlaid Hepplewhite Sugar Chest, attr. Nashville area
Tennessee Federal inlaid sugar chest, rare Hepplewhite form, probably Davidson County (Nashville area). Cherry primary, poplar secondary. Line-inlaid hinged lid opening to an interior with original dividers, dovetailed vertical case with inlaid kite escutcheon, one dovetailed drawer with an oval brass pull above tapered and line-inlaid Hepplewhite legs. 35" H x 25" W x 20 […]