Grouping of six Joseph Delaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991) ink drawings, five depicting patrons in a bar setting, plus one image, 6" H x 9" W, depicting three nudes en verso. All signed with initials. Ranging in size from 4" H x 6" W to 6 3/4" H x 9 3/4" W. All 20th century. Biography […]
Lot 180: Painting attrib. to Thomas Campbell, signed Quist
Attributed to Thomas Campbell (Tennessee, 1834-1914) oil on board landscape depicting a woman and cows in the foreground with the sun setting on a mountain landscape in the background. Painting signed Quist lower right. (Following Campbell's death his daughter Elizabeth Quist "finished" many of his paintings) Sight: 6 3/8" H x 9 1/4" W. Framed […]
Lot 177: 3 Joseph Delaney Nude drawings
Joseph Delaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991) signed nude drawings, 3 total. 1st item – Large ink and watercolor drawing of a nude female. Signed lower right. Unframed. 19 1/8" H x 12" W. 2nd item – Small ink drawing of a reclining nude. Initialed lower left. 4" H x 6" W. 3rd item – Small ink […]
Lot 174: Robert Birdwell, abstract oil on canvas
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 […]