Two surrealist artworks by Werner Wildner (Nashville, Tennessee, 1925-2004). 1st item: Drawing with watercolor of a gnome, wearing a hat and holding a stick, perched atop a ball. Signed and dated, Wildner 1990, lower left. Gray mat with hand-stenciled border. Sight: 12-1/4″ x 8″. Matted: 20″ x 16″. 2nd item: Pencil drawing of a gnome’s […]
Lot 173: Bill Sawyer, oil on canvas streetscape
William "Bill" Sawyer (American/Tennessee, b. 1936) oil on canvas panel urban streetscape, depicting a deserted residential street with small square gray buildings and a bicycle. Signed lower right. Weathered wood frame. 17-1/8" x 27-3/4" sight, 23-3/4" x 34-3/4" framed. Provenance: estate of Jean and Alven Ghertner, Nashville, TN. Biography: A self trained artist, Bill Sawyer […]
Lot 167: D. Buongiorno oil on canvas genre scene, 4 women
Donatus Buongiorno (Italian/American, 1865-1935), oil on canvas painting of four women with their market baskets, huddled together talking. Signed D. Buongiorno lower right. Molded giltwood frame, probably original. 12" x 9-1/2" canvas, 15-1/2" x 13" framed. Provenance: A private Belle Meade (Nashville) Tennessee collection. Biography: Donatus Buongiorno studied at the Roil institute of Fine Art […]
Lot 168: Peter Max Collage
Peter Max (German/American, b. 1937) mixed media collage, colorful abstract of still life surrounded by swaths of color. Signed in lower middle MAX (painted in image). Framed under glass with white mat in an ebonized molded frame. 10-1/4" x 7-5/8" sight (irregular); 22-1/2" x 20-1/4" framed. Biography: Peter Max was born in Berlin but raised […]
Lot 166: Lorentz Kleiser oil on board, Spring Landscape
Lorentz Kleiser (American, 1879-1963), oil on artist's board depicting a landscape with a flowering dogwood tree beside a pond or stream, surrounded by tall grasses. Signed with artist's monogram lower right. Molded giltwood frame. 19-1/2" x 15-1/2" sight, 21-1/2" x 17-1/2" framed. Provenance: private Nashville, Tennessee collection. Condition: Painting is in excellent condition. Frame in […]
Lot 165: Lorentz Kleiser o/b, November in the TN Mountains
Lorentz Kleiser (1879-1963) oil on board fall landscape painting, signed with monogram lower left, also signed and titled en verso, NOVEMBER IN THE TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS. Also taped to the back is a typewritten note from the artist describing an incident that occurred while he was painting this scene en plein air. Painted and molded wood […]
Lot 155: David Burliuk painting of farm with cows
David Burliuk (Russian/American, 1882-1967) oil on canvasboard farmyard scene, depicting cattle and ducks in middle foreground, man and barn at left, with small homes in background against a distant sky. Silver and giltwood molded frame. Signed Burliuk lower right. 9-3/4"H x 13-3/4" W sight, 14-1/4" x 18-3/4" framed. Provenance: estate of Jean and Alven Ghertner, […]
Lot 145: Granny Donaldson Folk Art Textile
Folk art textile by Kate Clayton (Granny) Donaldson (1864-1960) of Brasstown, Jackson County, North Carolina. Hand dyed and spun wool crocheted motifs of a central tree, surrounded by animals (llama, donkey, cow, rooster, etc.), human figures and a basket of flowers, applied to hand woven wool panel. Hemmed edges. 21-3/8" x 24-1/2". Note: A native […]
Lot 140: East TN Presidential Presentation Harvest Jug
Important East Tennessee decorated Presidential presentation harvest jug. Harvest jug with extruded handle and two opposing spouts with two sine waves around the upper shoulder and an additional closed sine wave at the tip of the jar, resembling a sun motif. Possibly potted by Lewis Manning Haun (Greene County, TN, born 1835). Similar harvest jug […]
Lot 122: Lalique Fish sculpture, "Deux Poissons"
Lalique "Deux Poissons" crystal sculpture depicting two intertwined koi fish on round base. Script signature Lalique France on base. Included is a round carved hardwood base. 11" H (not including base). Estate of Jean and Alven Ghertner, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Excellent condition
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