George Ayers Cress (Alabama/Tennessee, 1921-2008) untitled oil on canvas abstract painting, composed of nebulous forms and patches of color divided by intersecting lines rendered in hazy shades of purple, green, blue, and orange. Signed "George Cress, 2003" lower right. Unframed: 30" H x 36" W. PROVENANCE: Property of the Hunter Museum of American Art. CONDITION: […]

Philip Perkins (Tennessee, 1907-1970) oil on canvas abstract painting titled "Flight to the While of Unity" depicting geometric undulating forms rendered in segments of color in shades of blue and purple intertwining against a gradient purple-to-blue background. Signed "Perkins '51" lower right. Titled in pencil en verso of stretcher. Bennett Galleries, Nashville, TN label affixed […]

Phillip Perkins (Tennessee, 1907-1970) oil on canvas horizontal abstract painting titled "Weight of the Horizon" depicting intersecting organic forms in gradient segments of color, including black, blue, orange, yellow, green, and red. Signed "Perkins 44" lower right corner. Titled in pencil en verso of stretcher. House in a contemporary chrome frame with a black filet. […]

Phillip Perkins (Tennessee, 1907-1970) oil on canvas large abstract painting titled "Eridanus" depicting a green teardrop form surrounded by undulating segments of color in shades of blue, orange, yellow, green, and black, possibly representing the constellation, Eridanus, long associated with the rivers of ancient civilizations. Titled, signed, and dated en verso of canvas. Housed in […]

Walter Hollis Stevens (Tennessee, 1927-1980) abstract acrylic on canvas painting titled "Tomb I" comprised of amorphous shapes in red, blue, grey, black, and multi-layered hues against a bright blue background. Signed and dated "Stevens '68". Title, additional signature and date, medium, and dimensions inscribed, en verso to stretcher. Housed in original wooden frame. Sight: 40 […]

Walter Hollis Stevens (Tennessee, 1927-1980) watercolor on paper abstract expressionist landscape painting titled "Morning Edge" depicting rocky terrain rendered in shades of grey and brown under a hazy gradient sky. Signed "Stevens '67" lower right. Titled and dated on label en verso. Housed and double-matted in a simple wood frame. Sight: 18" H x 23" […]

Walter Hollis Stevens (Tennessee, 1937-1980) abstract acrylic on canvas painting titled "Signal VI" depicting two geometric forms rendered in muted multicolored shades against a beige background with a green diagonal stripe in the top left corner. Signed lower right "Stevens '69". Signed, titled, and dated "1969" en verso of stretcher. Housed in a contemporary chrome-painted […]

George Ayers Cress (Alabama/Tennessee, 1921-2008) oil on board Cubist-style cityscape painting likely depicting Chattanooga, TN, with figures in lower left approaching a bridge (possibly the Walnut Street Pedestrian Bridge), numerous buildings including a church steeple, a road sign, and a billboard before distant mountains. All rendered in muted shades of green, red, and purple. Signed […]

Walter Hollis Stevens (Tennessee, 1927-1980) abstract oil on canvas diamond-oriented painting titled "Sky Split" depicting an image divided in half into blue and red segments by a vertical white line, the blue area filled with geometric forms and the red area containing purple segments. Signed and dated "Stevens '67" lower center. Titled and additionally signed […]