Sam "The Dot Man" McMillan (North Carolina, 1926-2018) outsider art painted metal trash can. The lid features a landscape with cow and airplane; base features cityscape with hot air balloon and flags. Signed "Sam" to front, near receptacle flap opening, and to rear base, on church step. 31" H x 14" Diameter. Note: includes removable […]
Lot 316: O.L. Samuels Carved Folk Art Mermaid
Ossie Lee Samuels (Georgia, 1931-2017) outsider art carved wood sculpture of a mermaid with arms folded below her nude breasts, having dark ebonized "hair". Initialed at bottom of fin and on base. 16 1/2" H including the 3/4" base. PROVENANCE: The collection of Ronnie Steine, ex-The Arts Company, Nashville. CONDITION: A few extraneous paint drips, […]
Lot 314: Helen LaFrance O/C Landscape Painting, Sailboat in the Setting Sun
Helen La France (American/Kentucky, 1919-2020) oil on canvas painting depicting a sailboat floating on a body of water with an undulating orange horizon line visible in the background. The sky is cast in a rich red-orange color reflecting on the water below, conveying a sunrise or sunset. Signed "Helen La France" lower right. Inscribed "N.F.S." […]
Lot 313: Jimmy Lee Sudduth Folk Art Painting
Jimmie Lee Sudduth (Alabama, 1910-2007) mixed media including paint and mud on compressed wood board, likely a furniture fragment, painting depicting a figure with one arm raised into the air with a group of smaller figures standing on a stepped platform below. Signed "Jim" lower center. Biography: "Jimmy Lee Sudduth's fertile imagination led him to […]
Lot 311: Mose Tolliver Painting, Woman in Flower Top
Mose Tolliver (American/Alabama, 1925-2006), house paint on salvaged paneling painting depicting the face of a woman with flowers on her shirt, against a foliage filled background. Red painted border. Signed lower center, "Mose T." Unframed. Original aluminum can pop top hanger. 24 3/4" x 22". CONDITION: Scattered narrow vertical lines across painting appear to be […]
Lot 312: Mose Tolliver Small Standing Man & Landscape Paintings (2 pcs)
Two (2) paintings by Mose Tolliver (American/Alabama, 1925-2006). 1st item: Standing male figure with skeleton design on pale green background with brown border, house paint on salvaged wood paneling. Signed lower left, "MoseT." Unframed. Original aluminum can pop top hanger. 22 1/2" x 14 1/2". 2nd item: Rare early landscape painting depicting mountains and hills […]
Lot 310: Mose Tolliver, Self Portrait with Crutches
Mose Tolliver (American/Alabama, 1925-2006), Self Portrait with Crutches, house paint on salvaged wood paneling with applied fuzzy "hair"; blue background with red border. Signed lower right, "Mose T." Unframed. Original aluminum can pop top hanger. 34"H x 16"W. CONDITION: 3/4" flake to upper left corner (possibly inherent); other inherent scattered minor surface dirt and other […]
Lot 308: Large Purvis Young Procession Painting
Purvis Young (1923-2010), "Landscape Funeral Procession," 1991, paint on salvaged wood. Features a series of cohesive scenes painted on various cross sections of wood, applied to a large supporting piece of found plywood with "No Trespassing" painted en verso, and float mounted in a black painted wood frame. Labels en verso for Ricco Maresca Gallery, […]
Lot 309: Joe Light Outsider Art Painting, When You Live in the Ghetto
Joe Louis Light (Memphis, 1934â2005) enamel paint on Masonite outsider art painting depicting two fish, one yellow and one brown, flying beneath a blue cloud and above a stylized landscape with a tree, flower, and bird. Over the image painted text reads: "When you live in the ghetto, you will have to have good common […]
Lot 307: Otesia Harper "Vote Democratic" Quilt
Otesia Harper (Mississippi, b. 1925) cotton hand-stitched quilt, pieced and appliqued, featuring a design of nine white blocks, each containing a red donkey surrounded by a blue border, with the words "Vote Democratic" in the top and lower borders. Signed "Otesia Harper," upper left border. Blue-grey binding and backing. 80" x 71". Circa 1990. PROVENANCE: […]
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