Virginia or West Tennessee needlework sampler, silk on linen, stitched by Elizabeth M.A.R. Booker in 1824. Exceptionally wide floral border with prominent roses among other flowers, enclosing a red brick three story house surrounded by trees and fence, beneath a verse: "The Rose through beauteous/ It''s glorious vernal pride ador(n) / Let her who choose […]
Lot 194: TN or KY Sheraton Sugar Chest, Original Surface
Tennessee or Southern Kentucky Sheraton Sugar Chest in original surface. Cherry primary wood, poplar secondary. Rectangular hinged top with a flat rectangular molding over a dovetailed case with divided compartments, inset into a base with single drawer, case resting on ring turned and spiral reeded legs ending in tapering spike feet. 39"H x 25"W x […]
Lot 193: Southern Federal Walnut Inlaid Chest
Southern, likely Tennessee Federal Inlaid Chest of Drawers, walnut with poplar secondary, plain rectangular top with line inlaid sides over a rectangular case with four inlaid, graduated, dovetailed drawers; double line inlaid stiles; and base with crossband inlay to front and sides, over bracket feet with serpentine carved returns. Oval brass escutcheons and pulls. 42 […]
Lot 174: Bill Sawyer Double-Sided Oil Painting, The Green Shanty
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 […]
Lot 175: Large Abstract Watercolor by Carl Sublett
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 […]
Lot 173: Bill Sawyer Modernist Oil, Man at Table
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 […]
Lot 171: Greg Ridley Exhibited Marble Sculpture, Mother & Son
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: […]
Lot 165: Maria Howard Weeden W/C Portrait of a Man
Maria Howard Weeden (Alabama, 1846-1905) watercolor on card portrait depicting the head and shoulders of an African American man with white hair and white beard, in a white collared shirt with blue coat. His head and gaze are slightly oriented to his left. Circa 1900. Signed "Howard Weeden," lower left. Framed under glass in a […]
Lot 160: Howard Finster Original Drawing, John Baeder is Driving his Cadillac, plus Book
Two (2) Howard Finster (Georgia, 1916-2001) items, including original drawing and book. 1st item: "Riding 65 miles an Hour on Bumpy Roads on I-24 Highway – John Baeder is Driving his Cadillac", pen and marker on paper, numbered 5000 150 and dated Feb. 23, 1986. Personal inscription to Susan Fritz. Float mounted in a silvered […]
Lot 151: Helen La France O/C Farm Landscape, Cabbage Patch Near Barnyard
Helen LaFrance (American/Kentucky, 1919-2020) oil on canvas painting depicting a rural landscape with African American farmers tending a patch of monumental cabbages. A man climbs into a cart drawn by two horses while a woman viewed from behind sits on a fence before a barn. Another figure walks toward a distant house at right. Signed […]
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