Robert Birdwell (Tennessee, 20th century) abstract/figural oil on canvas, featuring geometric designs and male and female figures, each holding a bird-like creature. signed and dated lower right, "Birdwell '57". Stained molded frame. 29-3/4" x 23-1/2" sight, 39" x 33-1/2" framed. Biography (courtesy of Stephen Wicks, Curator – Knoxville Museum of Art): Birdwell was among the […]
Lot 175: Anna Jaap Mixed Media Collage Still Life
Anna Jaap (Texas/Tennessee, b. 1966) mixed media still life with flowers and birds, titled "The Day that Stayed Home, 1/2." Signed lower right. Sight: 19 5/8" H x 19 5/8" W. Framed: 31 5/8" H x 31 5/8" W. Condition: Excellent condition
Lot 171: Two Werner Wildner Works: Watercolor and Drawing
Two surrealist artworks by Werner Wildner (Nashville, Tennessee, 1925-2004). 1st item: Drawing with watercolor of a gnome, wearing a hat and holding a stick, perched atop a ball. Signed and dated, Wildner 1990, lower left. Gray mat with hand-stenciled border. Sight: 12-1/4″ x 8″. Matted: 20″ x 16″. 2nd item: Pencil drawing of a gnome’s […]
Lot 172: W.P. Silva o/c, Lookout Battlefield, Cravens House
William Posey Silva (TN/CA 1859-1948) oil on canvas depicting the Cravens House on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, south of Chattanooga (now incorporated in the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park. Signed lower left corner. Titled outer right margin in pen: Lookout Battlefield. Unframed. 18" H x 22" W. Note: The Cravens house, built by iron merchant Robert Cravens, […]
Lot 173: Bill Sawyer, oil on canvas streetscape
William "Bill" Sawyer (American/Tennessee, b. 1936) oil on canvas panel urban streetscape, depicting a deserted residential street with small square gray buildings and a bicycle. Signed lower right. Weathered wood frame. 17-1/8" x 27-3/4" sight, 23-3/4" x 34-3/4" framed. Provenance: estate of Jean and Alven Ghertner, Nashville, TN. Biography: A self trained artist, Bill Sawyer […]
Lot 170: Clementine Hunter Oil on Board, "Washday" & Photo
Clementine Hunter (1887-1988) oil on board titled "Washday", depicting African American women doing laundry outdoors in a open kettle with clothes hanging out to dry. Titled, signed and dated "4 – – 76" en verso. A photo of Clementine Hunter holding this painting accompanies this lot and has the artist's signature and painting title on […]
Lot 167: D. Buongiorno oil on canvas genre scene, 4 women
Donatus Buongiorno (Italian/American, 1865-1935), oil on canvas painting of four women with their market baskets, huddled together talking. Signed D. Buongiorno lower right. Molded giltwood frame, probably original. 12" x 9-1/2" canvas, 15-1/2" x 13" framed. Provenance: A private Belle Meade (Nashville) Tennessee collection. Biography: Donatus Buongiorno studied at the Roil institute of Fine Art […]
Lot 168: Peter Max Collage
Peter Max (German/American, b. 1937) mixed media collage, colorful abstract of still life surrounded by swaths of color. Signed in lower middle MAX (painted in image). Framed under glass with white mat in an ebonized molded frame. 10-1/4" x 7-5/8" sight (irregular); 22-1/2" x 20-1/4" framed. Biography: Peter Max was born in Berlin but raised […]
Lot 166: Lorentz Kleiser oil on board, Spring Landscape
Lorentz Kleiser (American, 1879-1963), oil on artist's board depicting a landscape with a flowering dogwood tree beside a pond or stream, surrounded by tall grasses. Signed with artist's monogram lower right. Molded giltwood frame. 19-1/2" x 15-1/2" sight, 21-1/2" x 17-1/2" framed. Provenance: private Nashville, Tennessee collection. Condition: Painting is in excellent condition. Frame in […]
Lot 163: Fall Landscape Oil, manner of John Carlson
American oil on canvas depicting a Fall landscape and winding country path. Remnants of a Swedish American Art Association label en verso. Unsigned but similar to works by the artist John F. Carlson who participated in exhibitions held by the Swedish American Art Association. Housed in a carved gilt frame. Sight – 23 1/2" H […]