3 George Ayers Cress (Alabama-Tennessee, 1921-2008) art related items. 1st item: Venice watercolor scene depicting a Venetian canal scene. Signed lower right, titled and dated "4-10-73". Sight – 5 3/8" H x 7 3/4" W. Framed – 14" H x 15 1/2" W. 2nd item: Graphite sketch of NC beach titled "Hilton Head". Signed lower […]
Lot 463: Robert Birdwell, O/C, Guitar Player
Robert Birdwell (Tennessee, 20th century) mixed media on canvas abstract painting titled "Guitar Player (Beggar)". Dated and signed "62 Birdwell" lower right. Titled, signed, and dated en verso. Includes "Knoxville Artists: Robert Birdwell, Richard Clarke, C. Kermit Ewing, Joanna Higgs, Walter H. Stevens, Carl Sublett" by Dale G. Cleaver catalog for a 1960 exhibition featuring […]
Lot 461: Carl Sublett Watercolor, "Window"
Carl Sublett (Tennessee, 1919-2008) watercolor titled "Window", depicting the dark exterior wall of a house with a window and a lit interior beyond. Signed "C Sublett" lower right. Housed in a wooden frame. Sight – 14" H x 19 3/4" W. Framed – 15 3/4" H x 21 3/4" W. Mid/late 20th century. CONDITION: Excellent […]
Lot 459: Myles Maillie Skating Figure
Myles Maillie (American/Tennessee, b. 1951) , painted wood figure of Red Grooms ice skating. Depicts the red-headed Grooms as a young man in brightly colored clothing and ice skates, atop a round black painted wood base. Reverse side painted black. Signed on figure's leg and dated "83". 50"H x 35"W on a 15" diameter base. […]
Lot 457: John Wood Dodge Portrait of a Boy
Attr. John Wood Dodge (American, 1807-1893) watercolor on paper oval half length portrait of a boy, about twelve years of age, with curly sandy hair and blue eyes, wearing a black suit and bow tie with white shirt. Original birdseye maple frame with gilt liner. Pencil and later pen inscription en verso, “John Black, son […]
Lot 456: Cornelius Hankins Oil on Board Landscape
Cornelius Hankins (Mississippi/Tennessee, 1863-1946) oil on canvasboard painting depicting the Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee with Watauga Lake in the foreground. Signed "Cornelius Hankins" lower left. Housed in a hand carved gilt-washed wood Lyzon Gallery (Nashville) frame, possibly made by Clarence Stringfield (see lot # 184). Early 20th century. Sight – 15 3/4" H x 19 […]
Lot 453: Pr. East TN McCoy Mountain Oils
Pair of William J. McCoy Jr. (Knoxville, 1906-1995) miniature oil on board East Tennessee mountain scenes- signed, titled, numbered, and dated en verso, “# 274, Mt. Camerer, Cosby Creek, 1974” and “#225, LIttle River, 1973”. Both signed lower right corner “McCoy” in red. One is framed, one unframed. Sight: 4 1/2″H x 6 1/2″L. Framed: […]
Lot 454: 6 Smoky Mtn. Etchings: Cady, Pescheret, and Wray
Group of 6 etchings depicting the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. 1st item: Harrison Cady (New York/Massachusetts, 1877-1970) etching, "Tinker's Bell Mill in the Great Smoky Mountains." Signed lower right. The North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester, MA, gallery tag with title, artist, and date information, en verso. Housed in a contemporary wooden frame. Sight – 9 […]
Lot 452: Marion Cook Flowers
Marion Cook (Tennessee, b. 1933) Oil on canvas painting depicting a field of "Black-Eyed Susan" wildflowers. Signed and dated "Marion Cook 7-1970" lower right. Housed in ebonized and giltwood molded frame. Sight – 13 1/2" H x 10 1/2" W. Framed – 18" H x 15" W. 1970. CONDITION: Painting in excellent condition. Some minor […]
Lot 451: Marion Cook Smoky Mtns Cabin
Marion Bryant Cook (Tennessee, b. 1933) Watercolor, pen, and gouache, landscape painting depicting a cabin set against the autumnal colors of the Smoky Mountains. Signed and dated "1988" lower right. Housed in a contemporary wooden frame. Sight – 11 1/2" H x 15 1/4" W. Framed – 18 1/4" H x 22 1/4" W. Late […]