Fred Greene Carpenter (1882 – 1965, born in Nashville, TN, active Missouri), oil on board painting depicting a female picking fruit, surrounded by verdant foliage, signed lower right, “F. G. Carpenter”. The reverse side has a landscape study executed by Carpenter depicting a figure with a cow surrounded by a meadow bounded by trees. Label […]
Lot 191: Greg Ridley Copper Plaque, King
Greg Ridley (a.k.a. Gregory D. Ridley Jr., Tennessee, 1925-2004) hand hammered copper plaque, titled en verso "King," depicting an Egyptian Pharaoh against a spiral background. Plaque is applied to a plaster backing, painted gold to form a frame support with relief-beaded inner edge. Signed Greg Ridley lower right. 11-1/4" x 9-1/4". Biography: Gregory Ridley is […]
Lot 190: 3 Paintings: Marion Cook, Rolf
1st item: Oil on board farmyard scene with chickens, signed Rolf lower right. 9-1/2" x 7-1/2" sight, 12" x 9-1/2" framed. 2nd item: Marion Bryant Cook (Tennessee, b. 1933) oil on canvas of a house, signed lower right. 6" x 12" sight, 9-3/4' x 15-1/2" framed. 3rd item: Marion Cook painting of a field of […]
Lot 188: Ted Burnett Abstract, Study in Cubism
Ted Burnett (1908-1982, American/Tennessee) abstract watercolor titled "Study in Cubism". Sight – 14 1/4" x 20 1/2" W. Matted size – 20 1/2" H x 26 7/8" W. Unsigned. Biography (Courtesy Village Fine Arts): Ted Burnett was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He graduated from the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and studied at the Chicago […]
Lot 189: Marion Cook o/c, barn in snow
Marion Bryant Cook (Tennessee, b. 1933), oil on canvas winter landscape of a barn in a snowy field with three birds flying in the foreground. Signed lower right and dated 1969. Plain molded giltwood frame. Sight: 10-5/8" H x 13-3/4" W. Framed: 17-3/8" H x 20-3/8" W. Provenance: the estate of Helen B. Patterson, Gallatin, […]
Lot 186: Charles Kermit Ewing Abstract Still Life
Charles Kermit Ewing (Tennessee, 1910-1976) Large oil on canvas abstract still life of objects on a table, signed and dated "'61", lower right and en verso. Wooden frame: 32-1/4" H x 42" W, Sight: 29-3/4" H x 39" W. Biography (Courtesy Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"): Charles Ewing was a Pennsylvania-born painter, […]
Lot 187: Ted Burnett Abstract, Eye of the Storm
Ted Burnett (1908-1982, American/Tennessee) abstract casein titled "Eye of the Storm". Signed "Burnett" lower left margin. Housed in the original carved and painted frame. Sight – 20" H x 27 1/4" W. Framed – 28 1/2" H x 35 3/4" W. Biography (Courtesy Village Fine Arts): Ted Burnett was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He graduated […]
Lot 184: Carl Sublett W/C, Knoxville Quarry
Carl Sublett (Tennessee, 1919-2008) watercolor landscape titled "Sky Wall Knoxville Quarry W.C." (verso), signed in felt pen lower right, "Sublett" and pencil dated '59. 15' x 20", unframed. Condition: General surface grime.
Lot 185: Carl Sublett W/C, Autumn Light
Carl Sublett (Tennessee, 1919-2008) Watercolor forest landscape titled "Autumn Light", signed and dated lower right, Sight: 23-1/2" H x 17-1/2" W, grey stained wooden frame: 31-1/2" H x 24-7/8" W, 1984. Stamped en verso: Sublett Gallery with address; Artist's label and Framer's label. Condition: Very good condition.
Lot 182: Lloyd Branson watercolor and pastel on board
Lloyd Branson (American, Tennessee, 1861-1925) watercolor and pastel on board of a panoramic landscape with Indians. Depicting an Indian warrior in the left foreground, a second Indian wearing a buffalo hide and headdress to the right, and a teepee with billowing smoke in the center background. Signed lower left “Branson 1903.” Also signed lower right […]