Mose Tolliver (American/Alabama, 1925-2006) house paint on wood panel folk art painting depicting a figure in shades of purple and green against a white background with red border. Signed "Mose T" lower right. Unframed. Original aluminum can pop top hanger. 25" H x 17 1/4" W. PROVENANCE: Private Knoxville, TN collection. CONDITION: Overall good condition. […]
Lot 154: Clementine Hunter Painting, Picking Cotton
Clementine Reuben Hunter (American/Louisiana, 1886/87-1988), "Cotton with Donkey," oil on canvasboard cotton picking scene. Signed with monogram lower right. Inscribed "Tommy / Cotton with Donkey" en verso. Sight: 15" H x 30" W. Frame: 31 1/2" H x 16 1/2" W. PROVENANCE: Private Southern collection. We wish to thank Thomas Whitehead for confirming the authenticity […]
Lot 155: Jimmy Sudduth Outsider Art Painting, Native American Man
Jimmie Lee Sudduth (Alabama, 1910-2007) paint and mud on wood panel outsider art painting depicting a Native American man with headdress against a black background. Signed "Jim Sudduth" in blue along top edge. Unframed. 60" H x 16" W. CONDITION: Overall good condition. Light scuffs, scratches to surface. Natural shrinkage to wood panel.
Lot 153: Clementine Hunter Painting, Funeral Scene
Clementine Reuben Hunter (American/Louisiana, 1886/87-1988) oil on canvasboard painting depicting an outdoor funeral. Signed with monogram lower right. Housed in a painted black frame. Sight: 18" H x 24" W. Frame: 19" H x 25" W. Biography: A self-taught artist, Clementine Hunter created bright, whimsical folk paintings depicting life in and around the Melrose cotton […]
Lot 151: Helen La France O/C Farm Landscape, Cabbage Patch Near Barnyard
Helen LaFrance (American/Kentucky, 1919-2020) oil on canvas painting depicting a rural landscape with African American farmers tending a patch of monumental cabbages. A man climbs into a cart drawn by two horses while a woman viewed from behind sits on a fence before a barn. Another figure walks toward a distant house at right. Signed […]
Lot 152: Helen La France O/C Painting, Saturday Night Street Scene
Helen LaFrance (American/Kentucky, 1919-2020) oil on canvas painting depicting a bustling street at night, likely in her hometown of Mayfield, Kentucky, with numerous figures, cars, and brick buildings with hand-painted signs including "Downtown Cleaners" and "Peat''s Place." The door to one of the buildings stands opens with a crowd of people milling around tables inside. […]
Lot 149: Minnie Evans Drawing, Three Hieratic Heads
Minnie Evans (American/North Carolina, 1892-1987), "Three Hieratic Heads," circa 1943, crayon and pencil on paper, monogram signature lower right. Additionally signed "Minnie Evans" in black pen to back of paper backing (a photocopy of this signature is affixed to frame backing). Float mounted, matted and framed under plexiglass in a molded black painted frame. Davis […]
Lot 150: Helen La France Church Picnic Painting
Helen LaFrance (American/Kentucky, 1919-2020), "Church Picnic," oil on canvas painting depicting parishioners gathering outside a white frame church. Natural wood grain frame. Signed "Helen La France" lower left and dated 1998. Sight – 30" W x 22" H. Frame – 32" W x 24" H. Artist biography: African American artist Helen LaFrance is best known […]
Lot 147: Sterling Strauser O/B, Pennsylvania Baseball Game, 1957
Sterling Boyd Strauser (Pennsylvania, 1907-1995) oil on board painting depicting a corporate league baseball game between the Pennsylvania Pump and Compressor Company, or Penna. Pump, and the International Boiler Works Company, or IBW Co, 1957. A batter awaits a pitch while a catcher and referee kneel or stand before a crowd of spectators. The sky […]
Lot 148: Sterling Strauser Oil, Still Life with Peonies
Sterling Strauser (American, 1907-1995) oil on board still life painting titled "Peonies," depicting a vase of pink, white and blue iris and peony flowers, set against a blue and white background. Signed lower right and dated 1993. Also signed, dated and titled en verso. Unframed. 24" H x 18" W. PROVENANCE: The collection of Myron […]
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