Seven (7) David Freed (Virginia/Ohio, born 1936) artist proof color etchings titled "Title Page," "Waves," "Switch," "Monument," "Philosophy," "Soft Wear," and "Drama," all depicting abstract imagery and graphics, some with letters or numbers. All titled in pencil, lower left under image, with "AP" in pencil, lower right under image, and signed in pencil, lower right […]
Lot 905: Clyde Butcher Photograph, Moonrise Everglades
Clyde Butcher (Florida/California/Cuba, b. 1942)silver gelatin black and white photograph titled "Moonrise," numbered 134/250 HPA," print by the artist, 1986. Depictsthe Floridaeverglades beneath a cloudy, nighttime sky with the moon overhead. Numbered, in pencil, lower left under image, titled, in pencil, lower center under image, signed "Clyde Butcher," in pencil, lower right under image. Artist […]
Lot 902: Dame Laura Knight Drawing and Drypoint
Two (2) Dame Laura Knight, R.A. (United Kingdom, 1877-1970) works on paper. 1st item: Charcoal on paper drawing titled "Prompter", depicting a human figure acting as a theatrical prompter (someone who provides performers with their lines when they forget). Titled and signed "Laura Knight" lower to center right. Housed and matted under glass in a […]
Lot 903: Framed Erte Print and Pierre Bonnard Opera Program
Framed Erte Art Deco style print and Pierre Bonnard Art Nouveau sheet music cover for Du Pays Tourangeau, 2 items total. 1st item: Erte (Romain De Tirtoff, Russian/French, 1892-1990), "L'Orientale," serigraph of woman in mask and Art Deco attire. Signed in pencil lower right margin and numbered "285/300" lower left margin. Framed under glass with […]
Lot 901: Garth Williams Archive of The Rescuers Books Illus., 87 items
Garth Montgomery Williams(Colorado, 1912-1996) archive of eighty-seven (87) sketches, letters, and printed proofs related to his illustrations for Margery Sharp's children'sbooks The Rescuers, Miss Bianca, and The Turret published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1959, 1962, and 1963. 1st-4th items: Three (3) pen and ink and one (1) pencil on stock paper preliminary illustrations […]
Lot 900: Albert Pels O/B Painting, Subway on the "EL" Track
Albert Pels (New York, Ohio, 1910-1998) oil on board painting titled "Subway on the 'EL' Track" depicting a group of passengers ridinga subway with city skyline visible in the background windows. Signed "Pels" lower left. Titled, en verso of board. Housed in a modeled giltwood frame. Sight – 11 5/8" H x 15 5/8" W. […]
Lot 899: Cortland Butterfield O/C, Portrait of Woman
Cortland (W Cortland) Butterfield (Pennsylvania/New Jersey, 1904-1977) oil on canvas painting depicting the portrait of a pensive brunette woman with upswept hair and a burgundy shawl on a balcony overlooking a city at nighttime. Signed "W Cortland Butterfield" lower right. Housed in a carved gilt wood frame with pierced corners and center and an off […]
Lot 898: Guy Maccoy Autumn Landscape Painting
Guy Crittington Maccoy (Kansas/California, 1904-1981) gouache on paperboard painting depicting a group of red buildings, possibly barns, behind a row of yellow bushes and two bare trees, under a gray sky. Signed lower right. Black and white painted wood frame. Image – 19 1/2" H x 30 3/4"W. Frame – 26 1/2" H x 37 […]
Lot 897: William Eckert O/C, California Landscape
William John Eckert (California/Colorado, 1898-1973) oil on canvas painting depicting figures in a modern subdivision of houses, possibly in the San Francisco or Oakland, California, area. Structure are laid out in grid blocks among green hills and a field, with a body of water, a bridge, and mountains visible in the background below a blue […]
Lot 895: 16 Mackenzie-Childs Ceramic, Glass & Other Items
Assorted grouping of sixteen (16) Mackenzie-Childs ceramic, glass, and knit items in various patterns, including four (4) ceramic dinner plates with ruffled rims; one (1) ceramic pedestal cake stand with ruffled rim; one (1) ceramic covered butter dish; two (2) piece ceramic salt & pepper set with one (1) tray; one (1) ceramic trumpet vase; […]