Pair of Chinese porcelain Famille Verte porcelain vases, rouleau form having textured dark blue ground with raised female figural decoration. Bases marked with two concentric blue circles. 16 5/8" H. 20th century. CONDITION: Discoloration to rim of one vase indicates old repair.
Lot 707: Conrad Werner, OOC Portrait
Attributed to Conrad Stonor Werner (Danish, 1879-1979) oil on canvas impressionist portrait depicting a seated woman in red dress with blue background. Housed in the original red painted wooden frame, unsigned. Sight – 31 1/2" H x 25" W. Framed – 37 3/4" H x 31" W. Biography (Courtesy of McNaughtFineArt): Conrad Stonor Werner graduated […]
Lot 708: Conrad Werner OOC Portrait
Attributed to Conrad Stonor Werner (Danish, 1879-1979) oil on canvas impressionist portrait depicting a seated woman in pink dress with green background. Housed in the original gilt painted wooden frame, unsigned. Sight – 28 1/8" H x 21" W. Framed – 35 5/8" H x 27 1/8" W. Biography (Courtesy of McNaughtFineArt): Conrad Stonor Werner […]
Lot 706: 3 Carroll Thayer Berry woodblock works
Carroll Thayer Berry (Maine, 1886-1978) woodblock works. 1st item: Woodblock signed print titled "Tomorrow is Sailing Day", signed in block and pencil signed and titled in lower margin. Image: 9" H x 12" W. Frame: 15 1/4" H x 17" W. 2nd item: Carved original woodblock for printing landscape scene of building with large tree […]
Lot 704: Jon Legere Seascape, Mother w/ 3 Children
Jon S. Legere (American/Maine, 1944 – 1996) tempura on masonite seascape depicting a Bahamian woman with three small children, including an infant, standing on a dock waiting at sunset. Signed and dated @ 80 lower left. Housed in a simple wooden frame. Sight – 47 1/2" H x 35 1/4" W. Framed – 54 3/4" […]
Lot 703: Impressionist Oil, Virginia Berresford
Virginia Berresford (Massachusetts, 1902 – 1995) oil on board of ocean scene housed in two-toned gray painted wooden frame. Signed "Berresford"in bottom right. Sight – 11 5/8" H x 15 5/8" W, Framed – 17 5/8" H x 21 5/8" W. CONDITION: Small laceration in bottom left quadrant, surface grime throughout the painting overall, and […]
Lot 701: Abstract War Oil, E. Christie
Large abstract oil on canvas of battle scene, depicting a uniformed soldier in combat pose with a fallen soldier to the left. Signed lower right, "E. Christie '41". Titled en verso, "Sunday Evening". 43 1/2" x 33 1/2" sight, 47" x 37" framed. Second quarter of the 20th century. CONDITION: Overall very good condition with […]
Lot 698: Ken Humphrey work on paper
Kenneth Humphrey (American/Mississippi, 20th century) acrylic and pastel on paper, titled on back "Positive Key's", cubist style image of African American man playing guitar, signed lower right, 30" H x 22 1/2" W unframed. Label en verso. CONDITION: Minor scuff marks on margins. Overall very good condition.
Lot 697: Keith Morrison abstract, Jankunu
Keith Anthony Morrison (African American, b. 1942) abstract watercolor on paper, mounted on mat, "Jankunu," comprised of visually textured geometric color blocks of green, red, black and blue. Signed dated '77 and titled on mat, lower left. 30" x 22" image, 33-1/2" x 25-1/2" including mat, 34" x 26" in metallic frame. Provenance: Kentucky collection; […]
Lot 695: David Douglas Duncan, Picasso at Vauvenargues
David Douglas Duncan (American, b. 1916) signed offset photographic print, "Picasso at Vauvenargues." Signed in pencil, lower right margin. See Duncan's book, "Viva Picasso", p. 149 for discussion of this photograph. Image 13" x 19-1/2"; framed 18" x 25". Note: one of America's most prominent 20th century photographers, Duncan first made a name for himself […]