Carroll Cloar (American/Tennessee/Arkansas, 1913-1993) lithograph on Arches paper titled “Controversy Under the Persimmon Tree” and depicting a boy who holds a small dog and a girl, possibly Cloar’s childhood friend Charlie Mae Brown. They stand in an autumnal landscape beneath nearly leafless persimmon trees. A second boy, likely Cloar himself, perches in one of the […]
Lot 136: Bill Sawyer O/B Painting, Feeding Birds on an Empty Square
Bill Sawyer (American/Tennessee, 1936-2020) oil on board painting depicting a distant, white-haired figure standing in a large, empty plaza or square with back turned toward the viewer. He feeds a group of pigeons gathered at his feet while gazing toward the cloudy, pale blue sky that fills the upper two-thirds of the composition. The orthogonal […]
Lot 134: Rare George Rodrigue Cameo Glass Blue Dog Bowl
George Rodrigue (American/Louisiana, 1944-2013), limited edition cameo glass “Blue Dog Bowl”, designed in collaboration with Kelsey Murphy (20th Century, American/West Virginia) and the Pilgrim Glass Company, numbered #15/35. Layered and sandblasted design to the sides featuring a repeating motif of three seated blue dogs punctuated by live oak trees. Raised “Rodrigue” signature below one tree. […]
Lot 132: Anthony Ryder Portrait of African-American Man c 1957
Anthony Ryder (American, b. 1957) oil on canvas bust length three quarter view portrait of an unidentified Black gentleman, against a painterly indistinct background. Signed with monogram. Contemporary gold leaf molded frame. 11 1/2" H x 9 1/2"W Sight, 15"H x 13"W Framed. PROVENANCE: The estate of Gary R. Haynes. CONDITION: Excellent condition.
Lot 133: George Rodrigue Blue Dog Painting, Louisiana Sunday Morning
George Rodrigue (Louisiana, 1944-2013), “A Louisiana Sunday morning,” acrylic on canvas, depicting the artist’s signature Blue Dog seated between two lit candles and before a basket of flowers adorned with a bright red bow. A single flower lies in the foreground. In the background a large, black tree draped with Spanish moss arches over the […]
Lot 131: Merton Daniel Simpson, O/B Abstract Expressionist Painting
Merton D. Simpson (South Carolina/New York, 1928-2013) oil on board Abstract Expressionist painting rendered in heavy, gestural brushwork with areas of thick impasto. Initialed and dated "M.D.S. [19]83," lower right. Housed in a modern, jointed ebonized wood frame with wide linen liner and elevated ebonized wood fillet. Sight: 11 3/4" H x 17 5/8" W […]
Lot 129: Beauford Delaney Gouache on Paper, Yellow Abstraction, 1961
Beauford Delaney (American/Tennessee, 1901-1979) gouache on paper abstract painting in various shades of yellow. Rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing forms merge with one another and fill the composition, with areas of exposed paper visible throughout. Signed and dated "Beauford Delaney 61" in black pen, lower right. With Beauford Delaney estate stamp en verso […]
Lot 130: Joseph Delaney Sketchbook, 14 Images
Joseph Delaney (Tennessee/New York 1904-1991) sketches of ink, watercolor, and pencil. Notebook contains 14 images, all signed verso, "Joseph Delaney" in pen and depicting male and female figures, female nudes in various poses, a beach scene with figures and umbrellas, and outdoor scene with table set for a meal. The first ink drawing of a […]
Lot 127: William Edmondson Sculpture, Mother and Child
William Edmondson (American/Tennessee, 1874-1951), “Mother and Child,” carved limestone figure of a woman carrying a young child with one arm and holding a book or pocketbook with the other. The subjects both have short, textured hair and rudimentary facial features, and the body of the child, clinging to the mother, is well defined. As with […]
Lot 128: Beauford Delaney Watercolor & Gouache Abstract Painting, Ibiza, 1956
Beauford Delaney (American/Tennessee, 1901-1979) watercolor and gouache abstract painting entitled "Ibiza." Two thick, vertical black bars rendered in watercolor enclose at left and right a gestural web of calligraphic black linework, with fainter watercolor forms beneath. Signed and inscribed "Ibiza" in blue pen, lower right. On Schoellers Parole paper with blind stamp, upper right. Floated […]
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