Indian Deogarh School Awadh-Mughal style Lucknow Raja equestrian portrait watercolor and gouache on card painting with gilt embellishments, depicting a noblewoman on horseback with two attendants on a green backdrop with sliver of sky at the top, surrounded by a black and orange border. Illegible ink stamp lower right in border. Several ink stamps, Hindi […]
Lot 237: Kishangarh School Temple Painting, Double Sided
Indian Jaipur or Kishangarh School, 18th century, gouache on card landscape painting depicting a noble woman arriving at a white stone temple, accompanied by several attendants. The image is supplemented with numerous inscriptions and text at each side. Image is surrounded by two applied handpainted floral borders, gouche on paper. On the reverse is a […]
Lot 238: Indian Watercolor, Royal Procession
Indian School watercolor and gouache on paper painting with gilt embellishments, depicting a royal procession of noblemen, attendants, and soldiers, the Mughal emperor rendered larger than the other figures, many riding elephants or horses, on a green backdrop with sliver of sky at the top, surrounded by a red border. Inscription upper margin. Housed under […]
Lot 236: Kangra School Indian Hunting Scene Painting
Indian Kangra School equestrian watercolor and gouache on card painting with gilt embellishments, depicting noblemen and women on horseback engaged in a hunt or battle with several different animals, on a green hillside backdrop with sliver of sky at the top, surrounded by a blue and red border. Ink inscription en verso. 9 3/4" H […]
Lot 234: Frederick Elliot Hart Sculpture, Daughters of Odessa
Frederick Elliott Hart (District of Columbia/Virginia, 1943-1999), "Daughters of Odessa," bronze maquette sculpture mounted on a black marble base depicting four young women with windswept hair and dresses. Signed "Hart" with (copyright) 2000 and numbered 143/195 with additional mark en verso of base. Sculpture – 12" H. Overall – 14 1/8" H x 10" W […]
Lot 235: Nicholas Briganti O/C Venice Canal Scene
Nicholas (Nicolas) Briganti (Massachusetts/Italy, 1861-1944) oil on canvas Venetian canal scene depicting boats and gondolas in the foreground, the city with tall steepled buildings in the background. Signed lower right. Unframed. 18" x 40." CONDITION: Unframed. Some yellowing to varnish, some minor areas of paint loss lower right quadrant. Overall light cracquelure.
Lot 232: Signed O/C Portrait of African American Youth
Oil of canvas portrait painting depicting the profile of an African American youth wearing a brown jacket, against a mottled green and yellow background. Illegible signature lower right. Old piece of masking tape with possible inventory number, en verso. Housed in a black painted wooden frame with gilt wood rabbet edge. Sight – 15 1/2" […]
Lot 233: 2 Joseph Delaney Sketchbooks, Exhibited
Two (2) Joseph Delaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991) sketchbooks. 1st item: Sketchbook containing fifteen (15) crayon on paper and ink on paper drawings, primarily depicting female and male nudes with one Central Park landscape and one page handwritten narrative about his experiences in New York. 12 1/4″ H x 9 1/8″ W x 5/8″ D. 2nd […]
Lot 231: Franklin Boggs O/C Country Landscape
Franklin Boggs (1914-2009) oil on canvas countryside landscape, likely Tennessee, depicting a gathering of farmers, women and children, engaged in various farming activities including baling hay, pouring grain into bags and talking. Barn to left of scene with horses, chickens and pigs and farm equipment present. Signed lower right and dated ’42. Housed in the […]
Lot 230: Sterling Strauser O/B, Still Life Floral Painting
Sterling Boyd Strauser (Pennsylvania, 1907-1995) oil on board still life painting depicting a vase of flowers rendered in a heavy impasto technique in shades of red, pink, yellow, blue, green, brown, and white. Signed and dated "Strauser 79" lower left. Float mounted in a carved gilt wood frame. Sight – 24" H x 12" W. […]