Mary Tillman Smith (Mississippi, 1905-1995) folk art house paint on found wood portrait depicting a woman waving her hands on a yellow background. Signed in pen en verso. Rustic wood frame, painted black. 21 1/2"H x 35"W. Frame: 26 1/2" x 40". The Collection of Sylvia Roberts, Nashville, TN. Condition: Painting overall excellent condition with […]
Lot 166: Helen LaFrance Oil on Board Panoramic Farm Scene
Helen La France (American/Kentucky, 1919-2020) large oil on board panoramic painting depicting a group of cows resting and grazing by a barn structure with two male figures working far right foreground, a dirt road bordered by a whitewashed fence and a farmhouse with two female figures and a clothesline mid-ground, and several farmsteads nestled amongst […]
Lot 167: Helen LaFrance O/C, 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 front of a church and horse and buggy approaching lower left; a table is being spread in the background, while little girls play a circle game in the right foreground. […]
Lot 164: George Rodrigue Blue Dog Acrylic on Canvas
Large George Rodrigue (Louisiana, 1944-2013) acrylic on canvas titled "Trees Are Green; Dogs are Not Supposed to be Blue". The painting depicts two of Rodrigue's best known images: a Blue Dog with yellow eyes, foreground, and a moss laden "Rodrigue Oak" tree against an expressionist yellow, gold, blue and green background. Signed Rodrigue lower left, […]
Lot 165: Nell Choate Jones Exhibited O/C French Landscape
Nell Choate Jones (Georgia/New York, 1879-1981), "Peille, France," oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a road winding through a village, set into the side of a steep mountain. Signed faintly lower right corner. Float mounted in a frame with narrow gilt metal edges. Entry card label en verso of painting for the National Association of […]
Lot 162: Pr. Oil on Canvas Landscapes, attrib. Joseph Meeker
Pair of oil on canvas landscape paintings, attributed to Joseph Rusling Meeker (Missouri/Louisiana, 1827 – 1887). 1st item: Oil on canvas landscape painting titled "Farm Scene" depicting a farmstead with a wooden bridge and cows drinking from a stream foreground, farmstead with figures conversing mid-ground and a body of water with sailboats in the background. […]
Lot 163: Cornelius Hankins O/B Painting, New Orleans Courtyard
Cornelius Hankins (American/Mississippi/Tennessee, 1863-1946), Impressionist style oil on board painting of a New Orleans courtyard. Signed lower left. Devoe and Raynolds artist board label en verso. Matte textured giltwood frame. 8" H x 11" W sight, 12" H x 15" W framed. Provenance: by descent from the estates of Thomas and Peggy Connor, Nashville, Tennessee. […]
Lot 160: Signed East TN Watercolor titled The Harvesters
Scarce Jonesborough, Tennessee, watercolor landscape painting on cardstock, depicting various figures and animals harvesting a crop of wheat and engaging in various activities. Including a female resting below a tree with two young children, a female gathering hay and a young girl with dog holding a water barrel foreground with other figures gathering wheat, a […]
Lot 161: Soule Female College, TN Drawing of Two Children, 19th c.
Sallie Smith (Tennessee, 19th/20th Century) charcoal and gouache on paper drawing, possibly an allegory, depicting a young boy, likely meant to represent the god Dionysus, holding a bunch of grapes and a young girl, likely meant to represent the goddess Demeter, holding a sickle and a small bunch of grapes, seated next to a sheaf […]
Lot 158: 18th C. American Portrait of a Lady, attrib. R. Feke
American Colonial oil on canvas portrait of a young woman attributed to Robert Feke (Massachusetts/Rhode Island 1707-1751). Subject is depicted seated against a partially draped backdrop with a landscape visible to the right and is attired in a soft coral or pink satin dress with a satin blue wrap and is holding a sprig of […]