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Craige family, North Carolina, related leatherbound album and notebook, 2 items total (note: see related lot, #508). 1st item: Album, approx. 100 pages, with gilt tooled decoration and name E.P. Erwin to cover (Elizabeth Pfifer Erwin of Burke County, NC, married Francis Burton Craige, Dec. 23, 1836), contains watercolor theorem style flower illustrations, pasted newspaper […]

Archive of eighteen (18) books and ephemera pieces related to Philip Lindsley, first president of the University of Nashville. Includes some of his personal books, plus other publications related to Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee (formed when the University of Nashville split into "preparatory" and "normal" schools in 1875). 1st item: "A Sketch of The Life […]

Nineteen (19) Black Americana photographs. 1st item: Carte de visite depicting the nine original members of the Fisk Jubilee Singers in a studio setting, circa late 19th century. No studio marks. 2 1/2" H x 4 1/4" W. Biography: "In 1866 the Fisk Free Colored School was established in Nashville, Tennessee by the American Missionary […]

Two (2) Red Grooms (American/Tennessee, b. 1937) items. 1st item: Pencil and marker drawing on two sheets of paper depicting the portrait of Walter Knestrick. Signed and dated "'99" upper right. 11 3/4" H x 9 3/4" W sight, 22 1/4" H x 20 1/4" W matted and framed. Note: Walter Knestrick has been a […]

Jack Hastings (Tennessee, 1925-2013) modernist carved cement birdbath sculpture. Constructed in two pieces with hole in center for possible conversion to fountain. Sunburst style carving to interior basin, with projecting double scroll design at center of each side repeated on the reeded, squared base. Pedestal base – 17 1/2"H x 14" square; top – 8 […]

Peter Max lithograph, depicting a mountain peak with red and orange spheres in the background and a contraption in the form of a woman's face at right. Blindstamp lower left. Signed in pencil lower right and numbered 30/250 lower left. Double matted with red and white mats and red acrylic frame. 9 1/2" x 5" […]

Two (2) Martin Felix Obzina (Austrian-American, 1892-1991/1992) Cubist style works on paper framed together. 1st-2nd items: Watercolor, pencil, ink, conte and charcoal drawings titled "Blue Head" and "Head in Profile". Signed "M" in oval in lower left and right corners. Estate stamps en verso (Shari Barman, executor), with a Childs Gallery, Boston, label and biographical […]

Karel Appel (1921-2006) lithograph of a figure with green ears and blue hands. Signed in the margin lower right in pencil and numbered EA lower left. Matted and framed under plexiglass. 30" x 22" sight, 35" x 27" frame. Provenance: Private Nashville, TN collection. CONDITION: Overall excellent condition. 8" area of pale staining to mat […]

Karel Appel (1921-2006) lithograph, "What are They Waiting For," two faces set against a multicolored geometric background. Signed in the margin lower right in pencil and dated 1970, and numbered 29/100 lower left. Float mounted on an ivory colored backing and framed under plexiglass in a gold metallic frame. 24 1/4" x 30 1/2" sheet, […]

Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) lithograph,"Homage to Ben Shahn," abstract expressionist work with multicolored shapes, signed lower right in pencil and numbered 87/100 lower left. Framed under plexiglass in a narrow metallic frame. 38 1/2" x 23 1/2" sight, 39" x 24" framed. Circa 1970s. Provenance: Private Nashville, TN collection. CONDITION: Overall excellent condition with light […]