Walter Emerson Baum (Pennsylvania 1884-1956), oil on board winter village scene titled "Sledding in Perkasie" depicting a cluster of buildings covered in snow with two figures pulling a sled up a snowy road in center. Back of board signed in white chalk lower right corner, "Sledding in Perkasie 1932 W E Baum". Exhibition label listing […]
Lot 127: Carl Kahler, O/C, Painting of Cats
Carl Kahler (NY/California/Australia/Austria, 1855-1906) oil on canvas painting depicting a green-eyed black and white Persian cat and grey striped kitten, both posed on a red velvet chair or loveseat, with table and glass vase beside it. Housed in the original gilt carved wood frame. Sight – 31 1/2" H x 47 1/2" W. Framed – […]
Lot 126: Rockwell Kent Lithograph, Beowulf
Rockwell Kent (American 1882-1971) signed lithograph, Beowulf and The Dragon (illustration from the book Beowulf, 1932, ref. Burne-Jones 75), signed in pencil, from a limited edition of 150. Matted and framed in silver-gilt molded frame. Image: 13 1/2" x 10 1/8'' (343 x 257 mm ) . Sight: 19 1/4" x 15 1/4. Framed: 27" […]
Lot 125: Samuel L. Margolies Industrial Etching, Builders of Babylon
Samuel L. Margolies (American, 1897-1974) aquatint and etching, "Builders of Babylon," 1937, depicting construction workers atop a steel I-beam with the New York City skyline below. Pencil signed in the lower right margin. Published by the Associated American Artists, New York, edition of 250. Matted and framed in a chrome colored metallic frame. Sheet -17" […]
Lot 124: Thomas H. Benton Lithograph, Sunday Morning
Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975) lithograph titled "Sunday Morning", signed in pencil lower right margin, signed in the plate lower left , titled in pencil lower left margin. Printed in 1939, from a suite of 250. Housed in a contemporary ebonized frame. Sheet – 12" H x 15 3/4" W. Sight – 10 1/4" H […]
Lot 123: 2 Bertha Lum Japanese Style Woodblock Prints
Two (2) Bertha Lum (California/Iowa/Italy, 1869-1954) Japanese style color woodblock prints. 1st item: Woodblock print on paper titled "Figures in the Rain" depicting several figures in a light rain shower, leaving a temple or shrine, the top of a pagoda visible in the background. Printed monogram signature and signed in pencil, lower right in the […]
Lot 122: Werner Wildner Watercolor, Unicorn
Werner Wildner (Nashville, Tennessee, 1925-2004) graphite drawing with watercolor depicting a unicorn’s head on wheeled base, with several broken articles strewn on the ground beside it, all set against an empty horizon. Signed “Wildner” lower left. Artist’s address label affixed en verso with street address marked out and “118 Louise Ave.” written in. 15 1/2″ […]
Lot 120: Carroll Cloar Lithograph, "The Ingredients"
Carroll Cloar (Tennessee, 1913-1993) signed lithograph, “The Ingredients,” also known as “Making of a Drawing,” depicting ghostly black and white figures holding books about art and drawing, surrounding a young artist at work (presumably Cloar). A rural farm scene is visible in the background. Pencil signed in lower right corner, titled in lower left corner. […]
Lot 121: Werner Wildner Framed Drawing
Werner Wildner (Nashville, Tennessee, 1925-2004) framed graphite and wash drawing on illustration board depicting a hunchback or troll figure perched atop a sphere and fishing a rat. Monogram 'W" signature in the drum. Exhibited, LIGHT AND DARK: THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF WERNER WILDNER, Oct 28-Dec. 17, 1999, Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery (exhibition label en […]
Lot 117: George Cress, O/B, Abstract Cityscape
George Ayers Cress (Alabama/Tennessee, 1921-2008) oil on board abstract painting titled "City Shadows" depicting a cityscape with church and steeple at left. Signed and dated "George Cress 1955" lower right. Titled with exhibition label en verso. Housed in a rustic painted wood frame. Sight – 22" H x 11 1/4" W. Framed – 29" H […]