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. […]
Lot 229: Sterling Strauser floral painting
Sterling Boyd Strauser (Pennsylvania, 1907-1995) oil on board abstract still life painting depicting a blue vase of flowers against a pale blue-green background, rendered in a heavy impasto technique with flowers in shades of yellows and pinks. Signed and dated "Strauser 73" lower left. Housed in a gilt wood frame. Sight – 23 1/4" H […]
Lot 228: 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 blue, green, purple, pink, yellow, black, white and tan. Signed and dated "Strauser 67" lower right. Housed in a gilt wood frame with tan painted wooden rabbet edge. Sight – […]
Lot 227: 3 Paintings, Marcus Mote, Ohio Quaker
Group of three (3) oil on artist's board paintings, all attributed to Quaker artist, Marcus Mote (Ohio, 1817-1898). 1st item: Profile half-portrait of woman wearing a sheer bonnet and facing right, signed and dated, 1894, en verso. Written on back "Painted by Marcus Mote For her Children. From negative taken from life in 1867, when […]
Lot 225: Robert Koehler Watercolor, Farm Yard
Robert Koehler (Minnesota/Wisconsin, 1850-1917) watercolor and gouache painting on artist's paper of farmyard scene, with chickens partially under large shade tree in foreground and several buildings in background. Signed lower right. Housed in an oak wood frame. Sight – 13 1/2" H x 9 1/4" W. Framed – 21 1/2" H x 17 1/4" W. […]
Lot 224: Reynolds Beal, Impressionist Circus Drawing
Reynolds Beal (Massachusetts/Rhode Island, 1866/67-1951) Impressionist pastel and colored pencil drawing on paper depicting a circus scene with performers, visitors, and a horse near a pond and a tree in the foreground, additional visitors and elephants in the middle ground, a truck and tents against a line of trees in the background below a cloudy […]
Lot 223: Howard Chandler Christy Watercolor Illustration, "Eve"
Howard Chandler Christy (New York, 1872-1952) original watercolor and goauche illustration on F. W. Devoe illustration board, from the book "Seven Darlings" written by Gouverneur Morris and illustrated by Christy. Depicts the young dark haired character Eve, partially nude, wading into an outdoor pool, surrounded by green leafy foiliage. Illustrated on page 244 of the […]
Lot 222: Arthur Parton Oil on Board Landscape
Arthur Parton (American, 1842-1914) oil on canvasboard landscape titled "Leisurely Boating Scene in the Adirondacks", depicting sailboats on a lake with lakeshore foreground, verdant mountainous background. Signed and dated 1875 lower left. Housed in the original ornate period rococo gilt wood frame with artist's placard mounted on the lower stretcher. Sight – 15" x 22". […]