Oil on canvas painting depicting a field of Texas bluebonnets, surrounded by cactus and trees, under a partly cloudy blue sky. Signed lower right R Moseley. Framing label en verso for Samuel Loe Company, Houston Texas. Burnished wood frame with linen liner. 19 1/2" x 23 1/2" sight, 26" x 30" framed. Circa mid 20th […]
Lot 550: Paul Turner Oil on Canvas, Bluebonnets
Paul Turner (Texas, 1904-1993) oil on canvas depicting a meadow filled with bluebonnets with central dirt roadway. Signed lower right and housed in a gilt wood frame. Sight – 17 3/8" H x 23 3/8" W. Framed – 24 3/4" H x 30 3/4" W. 20th century. CONDITION: Overall very good condition.
Lot 551: Clement Strudwick portrait, Bell Family TN
Clement Read Strudwick (North Carolina, 1900-1958) oil on canvas three-quarter length portrait of an older woman, dressed in formal gown and cape. The sitter is possibly one of the daughters of Jane Erwin Yeatman Bell and Senator John Benjamin Bell (1796-1869) of Nashville, TN. Signed and dated '29 lower right. Original gilt gesso frame. Sight: […]
Lot 543: George Cress TN Cubist Oil
George Ayres Cress (Alabama/Tennessee, 1921-2008) oil on board Cubist style abstract painting. Signed and dated George Cress 1957 lower right. Housed in a wooden frame painted grey with off white matte. This lot also includes an article about a Cress exhibit in the Cumberland County Bank, published in the Crossville Chronicle, Thursday, April 1, 1971 […]
Lot 544: 3 Werner Wildner Surrealist Works
Werner Wildner (Nashville, Tennessee, 1925-2004), three works on cardstock paper. Includes a drawing with watercolor of an owl in a nightcap, 11 5/8″ x 8″; a matted drawing with watercolor of an anthropomorphic mushroom, smoking a pipe (9″ x 10 5/8″ sheet, 12″ x 11″ matted); and a matted drawing with gouache of a pipe-smoking […]
Lot 545: Stephen Chesley, SC, O/B Night Landscape
Stephen Chesley (South Carolina, b. 1952) Oil on board, "Trees, Night Sky", signed lower right. Titled, signed, dated 1998-01 and inventoried SC4097 on reverse. Original gilt paneled frame. Sight: 9-1/2" H x 13-1/2" W, Frame: 16"H x 20" W. American, 20th century. CONDITION: Very good condition.
Lot 546: Stephen Chesley, SC, O/B Waterscape
Stephen Chesley (South Carolina, b. 1952) Oil on board, "Lagoon, Sky", signed lower right. Titled, signed, dated 2001 and inventoried SC9067 on reverse. Original gilt paneled frame. Sight: 9-1/2" H x 13-1/2" W, Frame: 16" H x 20" W. American, 20th century. CONDITION: Very good condition.
Lot 539: Attr. Geo. Dury, portrait of woman with fan
Oil on Canvas portrait of a dark haired lady holding a fan, unsigned, attributed to George Dury (Tennessee, 1817-1894). Subject's dark hair is upswept with a rose, a string of pearls and a mantilla, and she is clothed in an off the shoulder dark dress with lace trim. Subject is holding a closed gold colored […]
Lot 540: Portrait of George Dury's Son
George Dury (Tennessee, 1817-1894) oval portrait of the artist's son, Heinrich (Henry) Dury, at about age 7, brown hair and brown eyes, wearing a red velvet coat with white shirt and lace collar. Unsigned, Circa 1860. Housed in oval giltwood frame. Sight -19 1/2" H x 15 1/2" W. Framed – 20" H x 24" […]
Lot 541: Sue Weakley, African American portrait
Sue Weakley watercolor portrait of African American woman wearing a turban, seated in a chair with knitting needle in hand, cane and bag at her feet. Framed along with 4 etchings of young women, all signed S. Weakley in pencil in margins. 2-part trumeau style grain painted frame. Watercolor 16 1/2" x 9 2/4" sight, […]