John Frederick Kensett (New York/Connecticut, 1816-1872), “Early Autumn,” oil on board Luminist landscape painting depicting sunrise or sunset over Contentment Island, site of Kensett’s studio, near Darien, Connecticut. Circa 1872. Unsigned. Titled verso, with 1960s-1970s exhibition labels for Wickersham Gallery, New York. Housed in a giltwood Hudson River School style frame. Sight – 13 1/2″ […]
Lot 139: Andrew Wyeth Book w/ Authenticated Andrew Wyeth Sketch
ANDREW WYETH, published by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1970, by Frederick A. Sweet (Editor), David McCord (Introduction), with a signed Andrew Newell Wyeth (Pennsylvania/Maine, 1917-2009) sketch depicting the dog Nell Gwyn on the title page, signed lower right. This sketch is based on the 1974 tempera painting titled "The Ides of March" that depicts […]
Lot 138: John McCoy Watercolor, Clam Diggers
John W. McCoy (II) (Pennsylvania/California, 1910-1989), watercolor on paper painting titled, Clam Diggers, depicting two figures on a shore, digging in sand, with a small boat in the water. Signed John W. McCoy, lower right. Gilt plaque with title and artist name, lower center of frame. Housed in a contemporary gilt wooden frame. Sight – […]
Lot 137: Edward Kellogg, O/C, Falls on Stream
Edward Kellogg (Pennsylvania/Tennessee, born 1944) oil on canvas Fall landscape painting titled "Falls on Stream," depicting a mountain stream flowing over large rocks; trees with changing leaves in the background. Signed "E Kellogg", lower right. Titled and dated "2000" with medium on center stretcher, en verso. Housed in a contemporary floater frame. Canvas – 37" […]
Lot 134: Bill Sawyer, O/B, Young Girl
Bill Sawyer (North Carolina/Tennessee, b. 1936) oil on board painting of a young girl in plaid dress standing under an arched bridge next to a curb, a discarded newspaper by her feet and tricycle to her left. A poster for "Pete Byrn State Sen." hangs above it and in the distance a man stands beside […]
Lot 135: 2 Marion Cook Oil on Canvas Barn Scenes
Two (2) Marion Cook (Tennessee, b. 1933) oil on canvas landscape scenes, one depicting a solitary barn during a winter snow, signed and dated lower left, Marion Cook/11-1979, and the other depicting a barn close up in Spring with nesting birds, signed and dated lower right, Marion Cook/8-1983. Both housed in rustic wood frames. Largest […]
Lot 136: Benson Bond Moore, O/B, Along Sligo Creek, MD
Benson Bond Moore (District of Columbia/Florida, 1882-1974) oil on board painting titled "Along Sligo Creek, MD". Signed, Benson B. Moore, lower left. Titled and dated 1958, en verso. Housed in a contemporary gilded wooden frame. Sight – 19 1/2" H x 15 3/8" W. Framed – 23 1/2" H x 19 3/8" W. Provenance: Property […]
Lot 132: Werner Wildner Oil on Panel, Girl Bewitched
Werner Wildner (Nashville, Tennessee, 1925-2004) oil on masonite painting titled, Girl Bewitched, depicting a young girl with blue eyes and wearing a green garland necklace, her left hand raised upward, against a stark desert landscape background. Signed lower left Wildner. Exhibition label en verso for the 1999 Vanderbilt University Fine Arts exhibition titled, LIGHT AND […]
Lot 133: Werner Wildner Framed Drawing, Satyr
Werner Wildner (Nashville, Tennessee, 1925-2004) framed graphite and wash drawing on illustration board of a Satyr, perched atop a dead animal on a rock and holding a cluster of grapes. Signed, Werner, lower right. Exhibited, LIGHT AND DARK: THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF WERNER WILDNER, Oct 28-Dec. 17, 1999, Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery (exhibition label […]
Lot 130: Carroll Cloar Drawing, Woman in Field
Carroll Cloar (Tennessee, 1913-1993) pencil and marker on paper landscape drawing depicting a long haired female figure wearing a checkered apron left foreground with hands in her pockets, standing in an open field rendered in colored marker. Signed, Carroll Cloar, lower left. 23″ H x 36″ W. Provenance: The Estate of Dr. Benjamin H. Caldwell, […]