Helen LaFrance (Kentucky, born 1919) oil on canvas painting titled “Laundry Day,” landscape depicting two quilts hanging on a clothes line and a woman stiring the contents of a large kettle. Signed and dated “78” lower right. Exhibition label with title and medium and label with alternate title “On the Farm”, en verso (exhibited, Tennessee […]
Lot 108: William Frye Portrait of an African American Man
George Wilhelm Frye, (Germany/Alabama, 1822-1872) oval oil on canvas painting of Southern historical interest, depicting a bearded African American man standing beside a posted newspaper, attired in a white shirt, red pants and suspenders, a straw hat and black boots. The subject holds a brush tinged with whitewash or white glue and a paint pail, […]
Lot 109: H. Kittredge, Portrait of Bonnie Scotland & Robert Green, Belle Meade
The only known lifetime oil portrait of Bonnie Scotland, premier stallion of Belle Meade Plantation, with chief groom Robert “Uncle Bob” Green, painted and dated 1879 by Herbert S. Kittredge (American, 1853- 1881). The iconic painting depicts Bonnie Scotland standing in a field under a partly cloudy blue sky, beside Green, who is attired in […]
Lot 105: Helen LaFrance, Church Picnic
Helen LaFrance (Kentucky, b. 1919) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a Church Picnic, with automobiles parked in front of a church and horse and buggy approaching lower left; a table is being spread in the right middle ground while little girls play a circle game in the right foreground. Signed lower right. Housed in […]
Lot 106: Helen LaFrance, O/C, "The General Store"
Helen LaFrance (Kentucky, born 1919) oil on canvas painting titled “The General Store”, landscape depicting figures in early automobiles and horse drawn buggies in front of a General Store. Signed lower right. Titled, en verso. Housed in a contemporary wooden frame. Sight – 18″ H x 24″ W. Framed – 19 3/8″ H x 25 […]
Lot 103: E. Von S. Dingle watercolor, 2 birds and Magnolia
Edward Von Siebold Dingle (South Carolina , 1893-1975) watercolor and gouache on paperboard painting of two immature cardinals perched on Magnolia branches. Signed lower right and numbered in pencil #767. Title or possible exhibition label affixed en verso and also numbered #57; Whatman stamped label en verso. Original narrow molded birdseye maple frame. 19" x […]
Lot 104: Dixie Durham Folk Art painting
Dixie Hampson Durham (American/Arkansas, b. 1913) oil on canvas painting of African American figures entering a church; a cabin with row of mailboxes outside is visible to the right and a dog is in the foreground. Signed lower right and additionally signed Dixie en verso. Housed in a wide distressed wood plank frame. Sight – […]
Lot 101: James Michalopoulos Oil, "Pristine at Prytania"
James ("Mitchell") Michalopoulos (American/Louisiana, b. 1951), oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a traditional New Orleans style house with large front windows, a porch with wrought iron rails and a wrought iron fence. Signed lower right in red "Mitchell". Titled en verso "Pristine At Prytania" on stretcher and additionally signed. Housed in a contemporary carved […]
Lot 102: E. Von S. Dingle Watercolor, Cardinal & Magnolia
Edward Von Siebold Dingle (South Carolina, 1893-1975) watercolor and gouache on paperboard painting of a female cardinal and a magnolia branch. Signed lower right with penciled number 756 in lower right corner. Whatman's Paper stamped label en verso with additional pencil inscriptions "Female Cardinal #49". 22" x 15" unframed. Provenence: Private Brentwood, TN collection. Biography […]
Lot 100: Aristide Maillol Nude Lithograph, Pencil Signed
Aristide Maillol (France, 1861-1944) female nude lithograph printed in sanguine on hand woven paper, monogram stamp in the plate lower left and pencil signed monogram in lower left corner. Published from "Ovide L'Art D'Aimer" (Guerin 315), published by Les Freres Gonin, 1935. Paper with watermark "Maillol Gonin" and image of female nude. Housed in a […]