Abstract oil on canvas painting rendered in a heavy impasto technique with an illegible signature lower right. Housed in a painted wood frame with sponge decoration, pencil inscription en verso indicates that the frame was made by the Knoxville artist Charles Kermit Ewing (Tennessee, 1910-1976). Sight – 23 1/2" H x 29 1/2" W. Framed […]
Lot 580: Philip Perkins Abstract Oil on Board
Philip Perkins (American/Tennessee, 1907-1970), "Aquarian Eolith," oil on board abstract painting with colorful concentric free-form shapes. Signed and dated lower right, "Perkins 1970" and titled lower left. Framed under non-glare glass in a narrow wood frame with gilt edge. 14 3/4" x 18" sight, 16" x 19" framed. Provenance: a Nashville, Tennessee estate. Biography: Philip […]
Lot 577: Greg Ridley Large Copper Plaque
Greg Ridley round copper repousse plaque, depicting two lovers in Classical dress, embracing in front of a columned building. Signed lower right and dated '96. 20 1/2" diameter, matted and framed in reeded black frame under glass, 33 1/2" x 32" overall. Provenance: The estate of Ann Cook Calhoun, Nashville, Tennessee. Mrs. Calhoun was a […]
Lot 578: 2 Greg Ridley Copper Plaques
Greg Ridley (Tennessee, 1925-2004) two small copper plaques, one titled "Ode to TN." Both matted and framed under glass. 1st item: Arched copper plaque depicting the Madonna and Child, signed lower right and dated '00. Plaque – 11" H x 4 3/8" W. Framed – 19 x 12 1/4" W. 2nd item: Rectangular plaque depicting […]
Lot 575: Joseph Delaney Sketchbook
Joseph Delaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991) sketchbook with thirty-one (31) crayon on paper drawings and twelve (12) miniature crayon and ink on card stock drawings to inside of front cover. The majority of the drawings depict female nudes in a variety of poses, seven (7) of the miniature drawings depicting still life scenes, groups of people, […]
Lot 576: 12 Joseph Delaney Drawings
Twelve (12) Joseph Delaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991) drawings. 1st item: Crayon on brown paper drawing depicting a New York street scene. Unsigned. Housed under plastic in a carved wooden frame. Sight – 15 3/4″ H x 11 3/4″ W. Framed – 17″ H x 13″ W. 2nd item: Pencil on green paper drawing titled “Field […]
Lot 572: 2 Richard Clarke Abstract TN Landscape Watercolors
Two (2) Richard Clarke (American/Tennessee, 1923-1997) abstract Tennessee landscape watercolors on one paper, one titled "Roan Mountain III", depicting the mountain during late summer, signed and dated "Clarke/'63" lower right. Titled lower left margin, numbered and dated "9-14-63, 1963/306". The other scene untitled but on the reverse of same sheet depicting a summer scene of […]
Lot 573: 2 Carl Sublett Abstract Watercolors
Two (2) Carl Sublett (Tennessee, 1919-2008) abstract watercolors, one in Fall colors, signed and dated "66" lower right and the other in Fall colors signed and dated "68" lower right. Both housed in wood frames with taupe linen liners. 1st work: Sight – 17" H x 16 1/2" W. Framed – 25" H x 24 […]
Lot 571: Large George Cress, O/C, Abstract Painting
George Ayers Cress (Alabama/Tennessee, 1921-2008) large oil on canvas abstract painting rendered in shades of red, purple, orange, yellow, and blue. Signed and dated "George Cress 1966" lower right. Housed in a wormy chestnut frame. Sight – 51 1/2" H x 41 1/2" W. Framed – 49 3/4" H x 39 3/4" W. Biography (from […]
Lot 569: Walter Hollis Stevens, "Ramsey Ridge"
Walter Hollis Stevens (Tennessee, 1927-1980) polymer tempora on canvasboard painting titled "Ramsey Ridge," abstract scene in shades of blue, green, and black. Signed and dated "Stevens '61", lower left. Signed with artist's name and address "W. H. Stevens 838 Temple Ave. Knoxville, Tenn.", title, medium, and original price, en verso of canvasboard, additional signature, en […]