Davis Francis Schwartz (California, 1879-1969) oil on artist's board, landscape depicting an eucalyptus trees along riverbank with wildflowers. Signed lower right. Housed in a giltwood molded frame. Sight – 15 1/2" H x 19 3/8" W. Framed – 20 1/4" H x 24" W. Provenance: The University Club of Nashville, TN; purchased from Elva Needles […]
Lot 93: George C. Aid Pastel Portrait of a Woman
George Charles Aid (North Carolina/Illinois, 1872-1938) pastel on paper portrait depicting a three-quarter view of a woman with cropped brown hair and large blue eyes, wearing a light blue blouse. Signed and dated "George Aid 34" lower left. Matted and housed under glass in a gilt wood frame. Sight – 18 3/4" H x 14" […]
Lot 88: Carl Sublett, Watercolor Winter Scene
Carl Sublett (Tennessee, 1919-2008) abstract watercolor landscape on paper depicting a winter scene with a copse of bare trees and shrubbery in the foreground and a hill covered in snow in the background. Signed "Sublett" lower right. Float mounted on cardstock and housed under glass in a wooden frame. Sheet – 14" H x 11" […]
Lot 89: Pauline Wallen Watercolor
Pauline "Polly" Wallen (TN, 1922-2010) watercolor depicting a barn interior with a barrel of apples and sun shining through a window. Signed lower right and housed in a painted wood frame. Sight – 9 1/4" H x 12 3/4" W. Framed – 17 3/4" H x 21 1/4" W. Biography: A Knoxville native, Wallen studied […]
Lot 90: June Rutledge O/C, Southern Landscape
June Rutledge (American, 20th century) oil on panel painting depicting a sunset over marsh lands, applied with thick impasto brush technique. Signed lower left. Label en verso reads DeVant Crissey Painting Conservation Custom Framing, Smyrna, GA. Housed in a gilt wood frame. Sight – 23 1/2" H x 29 1/2" W. Framed – 28 1/2" […]
Lot 91: D. D. Coombs O/C, Maine Landscape Painting
Delbert Dana Coombs (Maine, 1850-1938) oil on canvas landscape painting of pastoral scene with stream. Signed and dated, 1896, lower left. Housed in a period American, circa 1890s, gilt molded frame. Sight – 13 5/8" H x 23 3/4" W. Framed – 21 7/8" H x 31 7/8" W. American, late 19th century. Provenance: The […]
Lot 85: 3 19th century Continental Wall Items
Three (3) Continental decorative wall items. 1st item: Baroque style fruitwood mirror with applied floral gilt decoration at arched crest, shoulders and each lower corner, cushion molded frame with beveled mirror plate. 34 1/8" x 16" x 1 3/8" D. Continental, late 19th century. 2nd item: Baroque style round carved giltwood wall mirror with laurel […]
Lot 86: 5 Ceramic Faces by Olen Bryant
Grouping of five (5) carved ceramic faces by Olen L. Bryant (American/Tennessee, 1927-2017) four depicting serene female faces, one depicting a young girl with pig tails. Two glazed and three unglazed, all signed and dated en verso and made to hang. Ranging in size from 4" H x 4" W to 7 1/2" H x […]
Lot 87: Olen Bryant Carved Wood Face Sculpture
Olen L. Bryant (American/Tennessee, 1927-2017) carved wood sculpture depicting a female face, from his "Standing Masks" series, made in 1990. All masks were carved from the same naturally curved and hollowed hackberry tree. Signed on underside and dated 1990. Overall – 17" H x 16" W x 12" D. Weight 38.6 lbs. A letter of […]
Lot 82: Continental Trumeau Mirror, Hunting Scene
Rectangular form trumeau mirror, the top section having an oil on canvas landscape depicting two men with rifles in a landscape, over a lower mirrored section. Molded narrow giltwood frame. Canvas – 30" H x 22" W. Overall – 51" H x 26" W. Continental, early 19th century. Provenance: a Nashville, Tennessee estate. CONDITION: Significant […]