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". […]
Lot 221: John Monks O/C, Pastoral Scene
John Austin Sands Monks (IL/MA, 1850-1917) oil on canvas landscape painting of sheep and chickens in pasture, some sheep resting under hay wagon. Ocean to far right. Signed "J.A.S. Monks" lower left. Brass nameplate to center lower frame molding. Arts and Crafts gilt frame likely original. Sight – 21 3/8" H x 26 1/4" W. […]
Lot 220: Atherton Furlong O/C Cow Portrait, Young Tom
Atherton Furlong (United States, 1849-1919) oil on canvas painting titled "Young Tom" depicting a calf with a bell around his neck, standing in a field with a large tree in the background. Signed lower right. Canvas stamped "Fred M. Delavan/Artists Materials/133 Wabash Ave./Chicago" en verso. Gilt metal placard with artist's name and title affixed lower […]
Lot 219: Charles MacCord O/B, The Old Farm, Exhibited
Charles William MacCord (Connecticut/Pennsylvania, 1852-1923) oil on panel landscape painting titled "The Old Farm," depicting rocks and a copse of trees in a field, a mountain range in the background below a cloudy sky. Signed and dated "C. W. MacCord 1919" lower right. Two art exhibition labels en verso, including one Stockbridge Art Exhibition label […]