Anna Mary Richards Brewster (American, 1870 – 1952) oil on canvas landscape depicting a lake scene at sunset. Dated 1907 and signed lower right 'A.R.B.". Housed in a gilt wood frame. Sight – 10 3/4" H x 19 3/4" W. Framed – 16 1/2" H x 25 1/2" W. Early 20th century. Biography (courtesy Askart: […]
Lot 202: Lillian Kiesler oil on canvas, Passion Flowers
Lillian Olinsey Kiesler (1911-2001) oil on canvas painting, brightly colored abstract floral, initialed and dated lower right "LK '66" and additionally signed, dated and titled on the back: "Lillian Kiesler / Passion Flowers/ 1966". Original contemporary chrome/woodgrain frame. 25" x 30" canvas, 26" x 31" framed. Provenance: purchased by the consignor at an exhibit of […]
Lot 200: Katherine Lovell o/c landscape
Katherine Adams Lovell (American, 1877-1965), Impressionist oil on canvas landscape with thick impasto, depicting rolling hills in late summer. Later molded giltwood frame. 10" x 13" sight, 16" x 19" framed. Biography (courtesy Askart/The Artists' Bluebook): Katherine Adams Lovell was born in New York . She studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and went […]
Lot 198: Miles Early Oil on Canvas Landscape
Miles Jefferson Early (Texas/Illinois, 1886-1957) oil on canvas landscape with village and stream. Signed lower left "Miles Early". Housed in the original gilt wood frame. Sight – 26 1/2" H x 38 1/2" W. Framed – 31 3/4" H x 44" W. Condition: Overall very good condition.
Lot 199: Johann Berthelsen o/c, NY Snow Scene
Johann Berthelsen (Danish/American, 1883-1972), oil on canvas painting depicting New York's Grand Army Plaza in the snow with figures hurrying past the Pulitzer Fountain. Carved and whitewashed gilt frame with linen liner. Signed lower right. 11-1/2" H x 15-1/2" W sight, 18-1/2" H x 22-1/2" W framed. Stamp on back of canvas and two stretchers: […]
Lot 196: Emmitt Thames (American/Mississippi, b. 1933)
Emmitt Thames (American/Mississippi, b. 1933) watercolor landscape depicting a barren tree in the foreground with house and barn in the background. Titled and dated en verso "The Last Tree is Dead, 1976". Signed lower right. 22-1/2" x 30", unframed. Biography (courtesy Askart: The Artists' Bluebook): Southern Realist painter Emmitt Thames is essentially a self-taught artist. […]
Lot 197: Abbott Fuller Graves, New Orleans Courtyard
Abbott Fuller Graves (American, 1859-1936) oil on canvas depicting a flower-filled courtyard in the Vieux Carre, New Orleans, circa 1927-1928. Signed lower right. Later giltwood molded frame. 18″ x 20″ canvas, 21″ x 25″ framed. Provenance: descended in the family of Ann Dillon, daughter of turn-of-the-century Nashville real estate dealer/developer William W. Dillon (the Bennie-Dillon […]
Lot 194: Thomas Waterman Wood, Still Life with Monkey (afte
Thomas Waterman Wood (American, 1823-1903) oil on canvas still life with monkey, fowl and vegetables. Signed lower right, "TW Wood 186? after G Lance 1847". Handwritten dedication en verso "To his friend Henry C. Yeatman from T. W. Wood". 17-7/8" H x 20" W unframed. Also included is a framed engraving of the work which […]
Lot 195: William Louis Sonntag Sr. o/c landscape
Large William Louis Sonntag (American, 1822-1900) oil on canvas landscape depicting a naturalistic mountain scene. Housed in the original gilt carved frame. Sight 54 1/4″ W x 66″ H. Framed 64 1/4″ W x 76″ H. This painting was purchased directly from William Sonntag in 1874 and is documented in a letter William […]
Lot 192: Cornelius Hankins o/b, wooded landscape, likely TN
Cornelius Haly Hankins (Mississippi/Tennessee, 1863-1946) impressionist oil on board landscape painting, depicting a path leading through a grove of trees, likely a Middle Tennessee landscape. Signed lower left. Molded giltwood frame. 15-1/2" x 10-1/2" sight, 18-1/2" x 14" framed. Note: Hankins studied with Robert Henri, leader of the Ashcan School, and with William Merritt Chase […]