Purvis Young (Florida, 1943-2010) mixed media on board assemblage painting depicting a man with yellow hair surrounded by abstracted figures of people. Signed "Young", top center. Housed in a contemporary wooden frame. Sight – 49 3/4" H x 47 1/2" W. Framed – 52 1/4" H x 51 1/2" W. Late 20th/early 21st century. Provenance: […]
Lot 472: Benjamin F. Perkins, O/C, Cherokee Love Birds
Benjamin Franklin Perkins (Alabama, 1904-1993) oil on canvas painting titled "Cherokee Love Birds" depicting two stylized tribal symbols against an orange and tan background. Titled, top center, signed and dated "8 – 22 – 89", lower center. Housed in a contemporary wooden frame. Sight – 33 5/8" H x 31 3/4" W. Framed – 42 […]
Lot 471: Helen LaFrance, O/C, Cotton Field
Helen LaFrance (Kentucky, born 1919) oil on canvas painting depicting a group of workers harvesting a cotton field, against a murky blue sky. Signed lower right. Museum accession tag en verso. Housed in a contemporary wooden frame. Sight – 17 3/4″ H x 29 3/4″ W. 23 7/8″ H x 35 7/8″ W. Late 20th […]
Lot 470: Helen LaFrance o/c, Farm Scene
Helen LaFrance (Kentucky, b. 1919) oil on canvas painting depicting a farmhouse and barn with African American figures in the foreground, including a man in hat standing near a cow, and a girl in a sunbonnet chasing geese. Birds fly overhead, and the branches of a tree are prevalent in the right foreground. Signed lower […]
Lot 468: Pr. KY Antebellum W/C Portraits
Pair of detailed Kentucky Antebellum watercolor portraits; inscriptions on back identify the subjects as John W. Doan and Sarah Elizabeth (Perry) Doan, with additional inscription that the works were painted Oct. 28th and November 1857 (about a month before the couple were married in Pendleton County, KY). The subjects are depicted standing in stylish attire […]
Lot 469: 2 oils: Clamdiggers and Sunset
1st item: Southern School, possibly North or South Carolina, oil on canvas coastal landscape, depicting five African American figures in a boat with marshy grass in the foreground. Unsigned; titled "Clam Dig" in pencil on stretcher, additionally inscribed and dated "For Floyd from Dad, 12/18/29." 7" x 10" sight, 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" in […]
Lot 466: Elizabeth O'Neill Verner etching
Elizabeth O'Neill Verner etching (American/Charleston , 1883-1979), titled in pencil lower left "Negro Cabin," depicting African American figures on the porch of a rural cabin. Pencil signed lower right and numbered 10/50 2nd State. New ivory mat and giltwood frame. 10 1/2" square sight, 18 1/2" x 18 1/4" framed. Early/mid 20th century. Provenance: Private […]
Lot 467: A.P. Hunter Mountain Landscape
American watercolor landscape painting depicting a homestead with cabins along a country road set against a mountain backdrop. Signed "A.P. Hunter" lower left. Labeled "Thomas L. Dunbar Award / One Hundred Fifty Dollars / Florida International Art Exhibition" lower center of frame. Housed in an American 20th century style frame with a Florida Southern College […]
Lot 465: Vicksburg and Charleston Watercolors
1st item: Pauline Biedenharn (20th/21st century) watercolor depicting a street scene in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Signed lower right. Belmont Gallery, Vicksburg, MS, label en verso. Mounted to matte with tape. Sight – 6" H x 8 1/2" W. Matte – 10" H x 12 1/2" W. 2nd item: American watercolor titled "Tradd and Church Streets – […]
Lot 464: Jack Spencer Southwestern Photograph
Jack Spencer (b. 1951) gelatin silver print depicting a residential area in the Southwest, middle ground, against the Rocky Mountains, background. Signed "Spencer" on matte, lower right under image. Housed in a silver metal frame with a white matte. Sight – 12 7/8" H x 19" W. Framed – 22 3/8" H x 29 1/4" […]