Sterling Strauser (Pennsylvania, 1907-1995) abstract oil on board landscape painting depicting a suburban neighborhood partially obscured by large flowering trees with a black cat passing by, beneath a cloudy sky, rendered in a heavy impasto technique. Signed and dated "Strauser 79" lower left. Housed in a wooden frame with faint gilt trim. Sight: 21 1/2" […]
Lot 383: Sterling Strauser O/B, Floral Still Life Painting
Sterling Strauser (Pennsylvania, 1907-1995) oil on board still life painting depicting roses and other flowers in a vase, rendered in a thick impasto technique. Signed and dated "Strauser 68" top left. Housed in a giltwood frame with pierced corners and centers with an off white wooden fillet. Sight: 23 1/2" H x 17 1/2" W. […]
Lot 380: 3 Frank Penfold W/C Paintings, Landscape & Seascapes
Three (3) Frank Crawford (Francis) Penfold (New York/France, 1849-1921) impressionistic watercolor paintings, including one (1) depicting a sailboat sailing across tumultous waters beneath a stormy sky, signed and dated "Frank C. Penfild 1921," lower left; one (1) watercolor and graphite work depicting a man and a woman standing before a windmill, additional buildings visible in […]
Lot 381: Jesse Hobby Oil on Canvas Snow Landscape
Jesse Carl Hobby (American/Illinois, 1871 – 1938) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a river running below a stone bridge flanked by snow-covered riverbanks, with a small village visible in the background. Signed lower right "Jess Hobby". Housed in an Arts & Crafts style carved giltwood frame. Sight: 33 1/2" H x 35 1/4" W. […]
Lot 378: Attr. Alfred Bricher O/C, Coastal Landscape
American marine oil on canvas painting attributed to Alfred Thompson Bricher (New York/New Hampshire, 1837-1908) depicting a coastal seascape with sailboats visible in the distance and a rocky coast line with trees and flora in fall colors. Unsigned. Gilt name plate with artist's name and dates, affixed lower center of frame. Housed in a giltwood […]
Lot 379: Morley Hicks O/B, The Gertrude Thebaud, Gloucester
Morley Hicks (Ontario/Wisconsin, 1877-1959) impressionist oil on board harbor scene depicting a schooner moored at a dock with figures standing nearby, and a cloudy sky overhead. Signed lower right with painted number 806 lower left. Titled en verso THEBAUD, GLOUCESTER FISH BOAT, with additional signature en verso and notes, "No. 806 1936 From sketch no. […]
Lot 375: Wanda Gag Ink Wash, The Martyr (Self Portrait)
Wanda Hazel Gag (New Jersey/New York/Minnesota, 1893-1946) ink wash on cardstock drawing titled "The Martyr (Self Portrait)" depicting a nude woman with cropped black hair kneeling on a blanket in an interior setting. Signed "Wanda Gag" lower left, titled , lower center. Handwritten label with artist's name, title, medium, and date "c 1925," en verso. […]
Lot 376: Exhibited John Enser O/B, the Boat Builder's House
John F. Enser (Massachusetts/New Hampshire, 1898-1968) exhibited oil on board painting titled "The Boat Builder's House" depicting a white house surrounded by partially constructed boats, lumber, two adults, and a child in the front yard before a body of water and a row of small houses before trees and a mountain range in the background. […]
Lot 377: Carl W. Peters O/C Painting, Pleasant St.-Rockport
Carl William Peters (New York, 1897-1980) oil on canvas impressionist landscape painting titled "Pleasant Street, Rockport" depicting the residential Pleasant Street neighborhood in Rockport, Massachusetts. Unsigned. R. H. Love Gallery, Chicago, IL label en verso. Housed in a gilt carved frame with pierced scrolling foliate projecting corners and center decorations. Sight: 18 7/8" H x […]
Lot 373: Clarence H. Carter W/C Painting, Trees in a Field
Clarence Holbrook Carter (Ohio/New Jersey, 1904-2000) watercolor on paper landscape painting depicting trees with little to no leaves in a field, the foremost tree with a small red bird house at the top, beneath a cloudy grey sky. Signed and dated "Clarence H. Carter 36" lower right. Housed and triple matted under glass in a […]