American Hudson River School 19th century landscape, oil on canvas, laid on board, depicting a river winding between two banks, lined with trees in brilliant red autumn foliage, with a mountain rising in the backround and a hazy sky overhead. Faint illegible signature lower left. Edward H. Curlander Fine Arts Gallery of Baltimore, Maryland label […]
Lot 349: Hudson River School Painting, Catskills
Hudson River School Painting depicting a river valley in the Catskill Mountains. One figure sits on a bank, fishing, while another figure appears to be waving to a sailboat in the distance. Tall trees dominate the foreground, and large clouds billow overhead. Indistinctly signed JF or TS lower right in red. Possible date '54. Period […]
Lot 348: 19th c. Landscape attr. Marcus Mote
Attributed to Quaker artist Marcus Mote (Ohio/Indiana, 1817-1898), oil on canvas painting depicting a river winding through a landscape with deciduous and evergreen trees, with hills and small mountain in the background and a partly cloudy sky overhead. Unsigned. Housed in a later molded giltwood frame. Sight – 18" H x 25 1/2" W. Framed […]
Lot 346: Frederick Detweiller O/C, N.Y.C. From Carnegie Hall
Frederick Knecht Detwiller (New York/Maine, 1882-1953), "N.Y.C. From Carnegie Hall, 1928." Oil on canvas cityscape painting depicting buildings in Midtown Manhattan with the Hudson or East River, beyond, as viewed from the rooftop of Carnegie Hall, where his studio was located. Two airplanes are visible through the sun's rays in the cloudy sky overhead. Signed […]
Lot 347: Joseph Cain O/C, New York Harbor
Joseph Lambert Cain (Rhode Island/Iowa, 1904-2003) oil on canvas New York City urban harbor painting, depicting a group of young people in swimsuits sunbathing on a pier, with the New York City skyline, including the Empire State building and a bridge in the background, under a partly cloudy sky. Signed "Jo Cain" lower right. Signed […]
Lot 344: 2 Oil Paintings, incl. African American Portrait, Bluebonnets
Two (2) Oil Paintings, including African American portrait of a mother and daughter and a Texas Bluebonnet scene. 1st item: Oil on canvas portrait, likely Southern, depicting a young African American girl holding her doll and standing with her mother, who is wearing a headscarf and holding a basket of produce, in a landscape setting. […]
Lot 345: Howard Thomas Watercolor Streetscape, poss. Georgia
Howard Wilber Thomas (NC/GA, 1899-1971) watercolor street scene, possibly Georgia, rendered in shades of black and gray, depicting railroad tracks running in front of a Rexall Drug Store and Service Station, with "Western" street sign. Signed "Howard Thomas" lower right. Sheet – 8"H x 10 1/2" W . Matted – 15"H x 17"W. Circa 1950. […]
Lot 342: Georgiabelle Clark O/B, Picnic
Georgiabelle Clark (Ohio/Indiana, 1907-1976) oil on board painting depicting an African American man and woman having a picnic in a landscape setting, with trees and mountains below a cloudy blue sky. Signed "GB CLARK" lower right. Newspaper clipping with artist biography, affixed en verso. Housed in a carved giltwood frame with fluted cove and beaded […]
Lot 343: American School Portrait of an African American Woman
American School, early 20th century oil on canvasboard painting, interior scene depicting an African American woman seated and cleaning or peeling a vegetable over a bowl in her lap. Pots and pans are on a table beneath a window in the background. Unsigned. Illegible writing, possibly framing notes, en verso. Housed under glass in an […]
Lot 341: Thomas Hart Benton Lithograph, "Plowing It Under"
Thomas Hart Benton (Missouri/Massachusetts/Kansas, 1889-1975) signed limited edition lithograph on paper titled "Plowing It Under," published by Associated American Artists, New York. Depression-era Dust Bowl scene depicting an African American farmer and a mule plowing a field beneath a cloudy sky.Signed "Benton" lower right in the plate and additionally pencil signed "Benton" lower left margin. […]