Carroll Cloar (American, 1913-1993) acrylic on board pointillist painting titled, “The Landlady,” depicting a smiling lady in vivid yellow dress and brown hat, center foreground, with thirteen other well-dressed women, men and children clustered around the porch of a two-story wood farmhouse in the background. Rose bushes and other green foliage and trees under a […]
Lot 126: William Edmondson Sculpture, The Preacher
William Edmondson (American/Tennessee, 1874-1951) carved limestone sculpture, “The Preacher”, depicting a minister with his left arm raised with a Bible in hand, open eyes and mouth, and attired in a long-tailed coat and bow tie, standing on a pedestal. 23 1/2″ H x 12 1/2″ W x 8 1/4″ D. This sculpture appears in an […]
Lot 127: 10 William Edmondson Books, Exhibition Catalogs, & More
Ten (10) William Edmondson related books, exhibition catalogs, including Frist Center, TN State Museum, Cheekwood Museum, magazines, and more. 1st item: Visions in Stone: The Sculpture of William Edmondson by Edmund L. Fuller, 1973. Octavo, 123 pages including photographic images, hardbound in black cloth covers with gilt silver lettering to spine, grey end papers, includes […]
Lot 124: Clementine Hunter O/B Nativity Scene, Children with Flowers
Clementine Reuben Hunter (Louisiana, 1886-1988) oil on canvasboard folk art painting, Southern "Nativity" or "Mary with Child" scene, depicting with young girls in brightly colored dresses bringing flower bouquets to Mary and child Jesus, seated under a tree; house in the background and thin band of sky at top, over a light pink background. Monogram […]
Lot 125: Bill Sawyer Portrait of Black Man with Guitar
Bill Sawyer (American/Tennessee, b. 1936) oil on masonite portrait of a black man wearing a hat, striped shirt and large blue stone ring, smiling as he holds a guitar. "Property of C King" inscribed en verso in pen. Dark giltwood frame with egg and dart and bead molding and linen liner. Sight – 17 1/2" […]
Lot 122: Clementine Hunter O/B, Children Praying
Clementine Reuben Hunter (Louisiana, 1886-1988) early oil on canvasboard folk art painting interior scene titled "Mother Teaching the Children to Pray", circa 1950s. Depicts an elderly woman standing in a bedroom with four small girls kneeling and praying, against a pink background with weeping willow tree to right of home and bright blue sky above. […]
Lot 123: Clementine Hunter O/B, The Cotton Gin
Early Clementine Reuben Hunter (Louisiana, 1886-1988) oil on canvas board folk art painting, Cotton Gin scene depicting the delivery and making of cotton with a man driving a horse-drawn cotton wagon towards a red building, one man processing cotton, and two other men working with bales of hay. The cotton texture is conveyed through use […]
Lot 120: Helen LaFrance Painting, Quilts on a Line
Helen La France (American/Kentucky, b. 1919) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a woman doing laundry in tubs on the porch of a rural house while chickens and chicks peck the ground below, and another figure works in a fenced side yard. Brightly patterned quilts hang on clothes lines in the foreground, and clouds dot […]
Lot 121: Clementine Hunter O/B, Picking Flowers or Uncle Tom's Cabin
Clementine Reuben Hunter (Louisiana, 1886-1988) early oil on canvasboard folk art farm scene titled "Picking Flowers", variant of her common theme, Uncle Tom's Cabin, circa 1960s. Painting depicts a man with white beard, "Uncle Tom," and young "Eliza" in a bright yellow dress with red hair ribbons, tending to and picking flowers around the base […]
Lot 119: Lida Elston, O/C Portrait of an African American
Ann Eliza "Lida" Elstun (Ohio, 1852-1940) oil on canvas portrait of an African American youth, with short dark hair and black shirt, set against a gold background. Wide cove molded gilt wood frame. Unsigned. 19" H x 16" W sight, 24 3/4" H x 21 3/4" W framed. Note: Lyde Elstun was a graduate of […]