Southern, likely Tennessee, Federal Inlaid Chest of Drawers, walnut with poplar secondary. Rectangular top with string inlaid edges over four graduated scratch beaded dovetailed drawers, each with string inlay outline having in-curved corners and the original oval brass pulls and escutcheons. String inlaid, curved skirt with slightly flared bracket feet. 40 1/2″H x 36 5/8″W […]
Lot 226: East Tennessee Vine and Tassel Inlaid Secretary
East Tennessee Federal/Sheraton period transition Secretary Bookcase, walnut with poplar and yellow pine secondary, two-part construction. Top bookcase section with molded ogee cornice over a rope and tassel inlaid frieze, and vine and bud inlaid chamfered front corners flanking two double paneled doors. Interior is painted green and has three adjustable shelves. Lower desk section […]
Lot 223: Ralph Earl Andrew Jackson Portrait Miniature w/ 14K Brooch & Lock of Hair
Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl (Tennessee/Massachusetts, 1788-1838) miniature portrait depicting a youthful, red-haired Andrew Jackson in military uniform. After John Welsley Jarvis’s c. 1819 portrait in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Signed “R.E.W.E.,” center right. The present portrait is encased in a 14k yellow gold mourning brooch with a lock of (presumably) Jackson’s […]
Lot 217: Ella Hergesheimer Oil Still Life, Exhibited
Ella Sophonisba Hergesheimer (American/Nashville, 1873-1943) oil on canvas still life painting titled “The Dead Magnolia,” depicting browning magnolia leaves and a pottery jug, vase and bowl on a circular tabletop, with blue drape in the background. Signed lower left. Partial exhibition label en verso for the Connecticut Academy of Fine Art 28th annual exhibition, March […]
Lot 213: Bill Sawyer O/B, Girl w/ Candy Stick
Bill Sawyer (American/Tennessee, 1936-2020) oil on board painting depicting a little girl who holds a peppermint stick and stands before a brick wall painted with a trompe l’oeil door. A string leads from the doorknob (rendered in high relief) to the brown grass at her feet. To the child’s right stands a bare tree and […]
Lot 212: Bill Sawyer O/B, Girl with Cat & Brick House
Bill Sawyer (American/Tennessee, 1936-2020) oil on board painting depicting a little girl holding a black cat and standing in the doorway of a brick tenement house; a discarded baby doll lays in the doorway of the house next door. The house, and the buildings behind it, are rendered in intricate architectural detail with incised lines […]
Lot 211: Meyer Wolfe Lithograph, Derby Dance
Meyer R. Wolfe (Tennessee/New York, 1897-1985), “Derby Dance” 1948, American Regionalist lithograph depicting four African American men who dance energetically and lift their matching derby or bowler hats. Along with their hats, each wear matching white t-shirts, pants, and dancing shoes. Titled and numbered “Ed 15″ lower left. Signed lower right. Housed under glass in […]
Lot 210: Meyer Wolfe Lithograph, Blind Man
Meyer R. Wolfe (Tennessee/New York, 1897-1985), “Blind Man,” 1947, American Regionalist lithograph depicting an African American man with a somber expression who leads a boy, likley his son, through tall grass or reeds. Both are barefoot and the boy wears no shirt. In the distance at right a third figure pilots a small boat. Titled, […]
Lot 209: Meyer Wolfe Lithograph, Women Bathing
Meyer R. Wolfe (Tennessee/New York, 1897-1985), “Women Bathing,” 1937, American Regionalist lithograph depicting two African American women, likely a mother and daughter, preparing to wade into a body of water in Nashville, Tennessee, likely the Cumberland River. Titled and numbered “Ed 20″ lower left. Signed and dated lower right. Housed under glass in a simple, […]
Lot 208: Meyer Wolfe Lithograph, Going Home
Meyer R. Wolfe (Tennessee/New York, 1897-1985), “Going Home,” 1939, American Regionalist lithograph depicting three African American figures — a man a two women — carrying a bundle of sticks or firewood and other parcels through a street in Nashville, Tennessee. Titled and numbered “Ed 15″ lower left. Signed and dated lower right. Housed under glass […]
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