Clara Parrish (American/Alabama,1861-1925) watercolor on paper painting depicting a young Black woman in pink dress and yellow hat who stands and holds a basket. Signed C.W.P. center right. Housed under glass in a woodgrain frame with green textured mat. Sight: 7 1/4″ H x 5″ W. Frame: 12″ H x 10″ W. Biography: Clara Weaver […]
Lot 182: Clara Weaver Parrish Painting, Young Woman in Blue Dress
Clara Parrish (American/Alabama,1861-1925) watercolor on paper painting depicting a young Black woman in blue dress who holds a large bundle of white laundry atop her head with one hand and a hat in the other. Signed C.W.P. lower right. Housed under glass in a painted and silvered molded frame. Sight: 10″ H x 5 1/2″ […]
Lot 181: 2 Maria Howard Weeden Watercolors, Mule and Flowers
Maria Howard Weeden (Alabama, 1846-1905), two watercolor on card paintings, one of a mule, the other of three stemmed roses. Both images are captioned below, in watercolor: “De roses of Meh Lady done shatter all on de groun’.” and “It sut’n’y did hurt me to part wid dat mule, he sich a ambitious mule.” Each […]
Lot 180: Pr. Maria Howard Weeden Portraits, Man & Woman plus Book
Maria Howard Weeden (Alabama, 1846-1905) pair of watercolor on card portraits depicting a white woman and man in uniform, together with the book MEH LADY by Thomas Nelson Page (Chas. Scribner, NY, 1893). The portrait of the woman is captioned below, in watercolor: “You’d think de way Meh Lady read to him she done forgot […]
Lot 179: Maria Howard Weeden W/C Portrait of a Woman
Maria Howard Weeden (Alabama, 1846-1905) watercolor on card portrait depicting the profile, upper back, and shoulders of an African American woman; she wears a blue and white head covering and gold earring, and beneath her image is a watercolor caption, “Hannah she a powerful han’ to ‘ravel anything.” Unsigned. Sheet – 8 3/4″H x 6 […]
Lot 178: Maria Howard Weeden W/C Portrait of a Man
Maria Howard Weeden (Alabama, 1846-1905) watercolor on card portrait depicting the head and shoulders of an African American man, with watercolor caption below reading, “I jes’ step for’ard an’ say: Ole Billy.” Unsigned. 8 3/4″H x 6 7/8″W. Note: this portrait, like the other Weeden portraits in this auction, is believed to be Weeden’s own […]
Lot 177: William A. Walker, Elderly Cotton Picker in a Fall Landscape
William Aiken Walker (American/South Carolina, 1838-1921) oil on canvas painting of an elderly, bearded African American sharecropper who leans on a cane. A large, woven cotton basket sits to his right and a field of cotton grows behind him. In the distance a house, adjacent building, and split rail fence stand before a line of […]
Lot 176: William A. Walker, Harvest Landscape w/ Cotton Pickers
William Aiken Walker (American/South Carolina, 1838-1921) oil on canvas painting of two African American sharecroppers seen through interlacing cotton plants. They pick cotton to fill the large sacks that they wear around their shoulders. In the background three other men and women pick cotton before a distant line of trees. The ripe cotton and leafless […]
Lot 175: Collette Heldner O/C Louisiana Landscape, Swamp Idyl
Collette Pope Heldner (Minnesota / Louisiana, 1902-1990) oil on canvas Louisiana bayou landscape painting titled “Swamp Idyl.” Two trees hanging with Spanish Moss stand before a rustic cabin or shanty. A small boat floats near the building and colorful, diverse foliage grows throughout the scene. Signed lower left and inscribed “‘Swamp Idyl’ (Louisiana Bayou Country) […]
Lot 174: Colette Pope Heldner Watercolor, St. Augustine Florida
Colette Pope Heldner (American, 1902 – 1990) watercolor and gouache painting depicting a Southern urban street scene, likely New Orleans, featuring a large stuccoed home visible on a street corner with a woman holding a basket walking along the street. Signed lower right. Housed in a gilt wood frame with a beaded edge. Sight: 7 […]
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