Bill Sawyer (American/Tennessee, 1936-2020), "The Green Shanty," c.1959, oil on canvas painting depicting a home with dilapidated storefront added to part of its facade. The sky above the structures is filled with a web of intersecting phone and electric lines, playing into the corner perspective of the painting. Signed "Bill Sawyer," lower right. En verso […]

Large Carl Sublett (Tennessee, 1919-2008) abstract expressionist watercolor on paper depicting a sailing vessel, rendered in colors of red, blue, and gold on a white ground. Signed lower right. Float mounted on white board and housed in a gilt and ebonized wood frame. Watercolor: 30″ H x 40″ W. Framed: 38 1/4″ H x 47 […]

Paul Lancaster (Tennessee/Colorado, 1930-2019) oil on canvas painting depicting a dark haired young woman wearing a colorful patterned robe and skirt, at the center of a lush garden landscape setting. Signed "Lancaster" lower right. Note: this painting was exhibited and won the best of show award at the 33rd Annual Tennessee All-State Art Exhibition. Sight […]

Bill Sawyer (American/Tennessee, 1936-2020) oil on canvasboard modernist painting depicting a young man seated alone at a table, his face half-shadowed. A bud vase holding a flower with a broken stem sits before him, with two dropped petals on the table, and the painting is rendered in melancholy shades of blue. Signed "Bill Sawyer" lower […]

Gregory D. Ridley (American/Tennessee, 1925-2004) exhibited white marble sculpture titled "Mother & Son", depicting a mother tightly embracing her son. Partial exhibition label on the base with the artist''s signature together and sculpture title (likely from the Centennial Arts Center in Nashville, circa 1970s/80s). 20" H x 9" W x 6" D. 20th century. Biography: […]

Beauford Delaney (American/Tennessee, 1901-1979) charcoal on wove paper bust-length portrait of black man depicted in three-quarters view, on Arches paper. The sitter wears horn-rimmed glasses and a jacket and gazes to the right of the viewer. Signed and dated "B. Delaney 63," lower right. With Beauford Delaney estate stamp en verso. Full "J Perrigot Arches […]

Joseph Delaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991) sketchbook with eighteen (18) loose ink sketches depicting female nudes in various poses along with one (1) street scene including a house with a porch swing and a passing car and three (3) sheets with drawings of a woman who wears a hat, sits at a table, and, in two […]

Beauford Delaney (American/Tennessee, 1901-1979) pastel on wove paper bust-length portrait of a man with a pipe in his mouth, 1930s. The man, with dark hair and goatee, wears a brown suit with a bright blue tie and stares intensely at the viewer with furrowed brow. He sits or stands before a bookcase filled with colorful […]