Harley W. Brown (Arizona/Alberta, born 1939) pastel on paper depicting a young Native American girl with braids and feathers in her hair against a multi-color background. Signed lower right. O'Brien's on Main, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ gallery label en verso. Housed under glass in a carved wooden frame with off white linen and painted gilt rabbet […]
Lot 559: Porfirio Salinas, O/B, Landscape with Cactus Flowers
Porfirio Salinas (Texas, 1910-1973), oil on board, Western Landscape with Cactus Flowers. Signed lower left "P. Salinas". Later giltwood frame. 11 1/2" H x 8 5/8" W sight, 12 1/2" H x 15 1/2" W framed. Provenance: The estate of Martha Goldsmith, Clarksville, TN. Biography: The child of Mexican immigrant farmers, Porfirio Salinas worked at […]
Lot 558: Cyrus Afsary, O/C, Western Landscape titled "Fall"
Cyrus Afsary (American, b. 1940) large oil on canvas Western landscape depicting a ranch with barn, surrounded by colorful native grasses and shrubbery, and set under a partly clouded sky with hills in the background. Signed lower left. 30" x 48" canvas, 40 1/2" x 58 1/2" framed. Provenance: The Estate of Larry Casey, Jackson, […]
Lot 555: Gunnar Widforss Forest Landscape Watercolor
Gunnar Mauritz Widforss (California/Arizona/Sweden, 1879-1934) watercolor painting on paper depicting a Western forest landscape with pond, foreground, at sunset. Signed lower left "Widforss". Note: this painting is being added to the Gunnar Widforss Catalog Raisonne being prepared by Alan Petersen. Painting housed in a carved gilt and gesso wood frame. Sight – 24 1/4" H […]
Lot 556: Arnold Friberg, O/C, Scout on Horseback
Arnold Friberg (Utah, Illinois, Arizona 1913-2010), oil on canvas painting, depicting a Native American scout watching the sunset and sitting on his Palomino horse while it drinks at a watering hole. Signed lower right, “A. Friberg RSA”. Titled “Gold and Silver” on back stretcher. Molded giltwood frame. Sight – 32″ H x 25″ W. Framed […]
Lot 554: Gunnar Widforss Western Watercolor, In the Redwoods
Gunnar Mauritz Widforss (California/Arizona/Sweden, 1879-1934) watercolor painting on paper titled "In the Redwoods". Unsigned. Letter of authenticity from Daniel McDade, administrator for the Widforss estate, is included stating: "'Into the Redwoods' – This a photograph of the genuine watercolor painted by Gunnar Widforss and left unsigned at his death in 1934. The visual dimensions of […]
Lot 553: Attr. William Harring, O/C, Yosemite Valley
Attributed William (Von Ammon) Harring (CA, NY, Boston, Germany, 1811-1894) oil on canvas fall landscape painting of Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, depicting El Capitan, Cathedral Rocks, Bridal Veil Falls and Merced River plus other topography with dark rainclouds in sky. Unsigned. Older label on back of the stretcher reads, "Sold by Frost & Adams […]
Lot 552: Lucien Powell O/C, Western Waterfall Landscape 19th c.
Lucien Whiting Powell (American/Virginia, 1846-1930) oil on canvas landscape with waterfall visible at right, likely Havasu Falls in the Grand Canyon, Bridalveil Fall in Yosemite Valley, or the Lower Falls of the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. Signed lower left "Lucien W. Powell". Giltwood frame with fluted cove molding and laurel molded edge. George Muth, Artist […]
Lot 550: 2 Large Confederate Reunion Flags/Banners
Two (2) Confederate reunion large flags and banners. 1st item: Large Confederate machine sewn banner, comprised of applied cotton on cotton ground with two brass grommets. Stamped "C 9" with paper tag stamped "V 8 1" stapled reverse, near top grommet. 66 1/2" H x 107 1/2" W. 2nd item: Third national machine sewn flag, […]
Lot 551: Square Confederate Southern Cross Reunion Flag
Square Confederate Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia or "Southern Cross" machine sewn reunion flag, comprised of applied cotton stars on linen ground with five brass grommets. 31 1/4" H x 31 1/4" W. Late 19th century. Provenance: Private Ringgold, Georgia collection; among items purchased in the 1960's from the old location of […]