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Ted Burnett (1908-1982, American/Tennessee) abstract painting, casein with mixed media, titled "Noisy Mixture" Signed "Burnett" lower right. Sight – 15 1/2" H x 20 1/2" W. Matted – 21 3/4" H x 28" W. Biography (Courtesy Village Fine Arts): Ted Burnett was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He graduated from the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts […]

Juliette Marie Desport (Kentucky, 1895-1970) pastel on paper painting, titled lower left "Boxwood at the Old Stone Steps, Cheekwood, Nashville Tenn." Signed lower right and dated 1943. 8-1/2" x 11-1/2" sight, 16" x 20" framed. En verso is another pastel sketch, this one of a child's feet resting on a stone beside a fence, signed […]

4 Civil War Confederate Related Books. 1st & 2nd items: "Rise & Fall of Confederate Government", Volumes I & II, 1881, by Jefferson Davis. The first volume with frontispiece of Davis at age 32 and the second volume with a frontispiece of an elder Davis. Printed by D. Appelton and Company, New York. 9 3/8" […]

Middle Tennessee Sheraton walnut desk and bookcase or "plantation desk," Davidson County, with poplar secondary. Two part construction. Upper section with ogee cornice over two triple-pane glazed doors, three interior shelves, over two drawers with diamond inlaid escutcheons. Shelves in upper section align with transoms on doors. Base section has slanted top surface over two […]

Sterling Boyd Strauser (American, 1907-1995) abstract oil on board painting, signed lower right. Ebonized and giltwood molded frame. 48" x 35" sight, 53" x 31" framed. Provenance: the estate of Helen B. Patterson, Gallatin, Tennessee, ex-Lyzon Art Gallery, Nashville. Biography (courtesy Askart/The Artists' Bluebook): Sterling Strauser was born in Bloomburg, Pennsylvania. A self-taught artist, he […]

2 works by Sterling Boyd Strauser (American, 1907-1995). 1st item: Oil on board still life painting depicting multicolored flowers in a purple vase, signed and dated '87. Giltwood frame with carved corner decorations. Sight: 30" x 25", framed 36" x 30". 2nd item: Standing nude, oil on panel, 5" x 14". Unframed. Provenance: the estate […]

Ted Burnett (American,TN, 1908-1992) abstract watercolor titled "Two Figures", signed lower right. Unframed. Sight: 13-3/4" H x16" W. Matte: 20" H x 22-3/8" W. Biography (Courtesy Village Fine Art): Ted Burnett was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He graduated from the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and studied at the Chicago Art Institute and Eliot O'Hara […]

Abstract limestone sculpture attributed to Thomas Puryear Mims (American/Tennessee, 1906-1975) 20" H x 11 1/2" W x 7 3/4" D. Biography: Born into a distinguished Southern literary family, Puryear Mims earned an English degree from Vanderbilt University and taught the subject for a brief period. His fascination with sculpture eventually led him to study at […]

Ted Burnett (1908-1982, American/Tennessee) abstract mixed media titled "Zodiac/Pisces". Sight – 16 1/2" H x 11 1/2" W. Matte size – 23 3/4" H x 20" W. Unsigned. Biography (Courtesy Village Fine Art): Ted Burnett was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He graduated from the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and studied at the Chicago Art […]

William Edmondson (Tennessee, 1874-1951) carved limestone basin or planter. 8-1/2" H x 13-1/2" W x 11-1/2" D. Provenance: Collection of Albert Marlowe, by descent from his mother, who acquired it directly from the artist in Nashville. Condition: Overall very good condition.