Item 1: Carroll Cloar (American/Tennessee/Arkansas, 1913-1993) offset lithograph entitled “Historic Encounter Between E.H. Crump and W.C. Handy on Beale Street.” Signed “Carroll Cloar” in pencil and numbered 77/300 to lower margin. Unframed. Sheet: 23″ H x 31 3/4″ W. Item 2: A 1971 postcard written by Cloar and addressed to William Dewey, Memphis, with the […]
Lot 1: Japanese Embellished Chinese White Jade Snuff Bottle
Chinese white jadeite snuff bottle, round flattened form, with later Japanese or Tsuda embellishments consisting of a figural landscape scene depicting a mother and child crossing a bridge and a young boy feeding a bird, together with flowering trees. Fitted with a blue lapis stopper. 2 3/8″ H. Late 19th/Early 20th-century bottle with 20th-century embellishments. […]
Lot 462: 2 Meissen Porcelain Figural Groups
1st item: German Meissen porcelain polychrome decorated figural group depicting a shepherd and shepherdess embracing with a sheep resting on the shepherdess’s knee, and raised on a naturalistic ground. Base impressed A 41. and 162 together with the Meissen blue crossed swords mark. Late 19th century. 2nd item: German Meissen porcelain polychrome decorated figural group […]
Lot 202: Meyer Wolfe Lithograph, Red Eye’s Hall
Meyer R. Wolfe (Tennessee/New York, 1897-1985), “Red Eye’s Hall,” 1934, American Regionalist lithograph depicting a group of dancing African American couples at a dance hall in Nashville, Tennessee. A man, presumably Red Eye himself, observes the scene at left. Titled and numbered 13/25, lower left. Signed and dated lower right. Housed under glass in a […]
Lot 194: Joseph Delaney Sketchbook, 22 Works on Paper Incl. 14 Signed
Joseph Delaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991) sketchbook with twenty-two (22) images including two watercolor or ink wash paintings and twenty pencil or black crayon sketches. Watercolor paintings include one red-and-black portrait of a woman signed en verso and one reclining female nude. The portrait of the woman is inscribed “John [illegible]” below the image. Pencil sketches […]
Lot 163: William Aiken Walker Painting, View of Charleston Battery
William Aiken Walker (American/South Carolina, 1838-1921) oil on academy board painting depicting the Charleston Battery. At center left, two figures walk along the promenade before a row of mansions overlooking Charleston Harbor, with a cloudy gray sky overhead. Partial signature lower right. Partial F.W. Devoe Artist Supply label en verso. Unframed. 13" W x 6 […]
Lot 717: Hiram Campbell Merrill Watercolor, Breton Village
Hiram Campbell Merrill (American, 1866-1958) gouache and watercolor painting depicting a European village scene set in Dinan, France, with dog standing on a cobblestone street in the foreground and a woman in the doorway of a nearby house. Signed lower left and inscribed "Dinan – 1909." Beige silk mat and giltwood fillet, in a giltwood […]
Lot 188: Andrew Jackson War of 1812 Commemorative Hat or Band Box
President Andrew Jackson "Old Hickory" War of 1812 commemorative oval pasteboard or cardboard hat box, covered with colorful woodblock printed wallpaper. The lid depicts a landscape scene with figure on horseback crossing a bridge leading to a log cabin, possibly the "First Hermitage" where General Jackson resided until his still-extant mansion, also known as The […]
Lot 1156: 3 French Midcentury Color Lithographs: Gantner & Huchet
Three (3) French mid-century color lithographs.1st item: Bernard Gantner (French, 1928-2018) lithograph depicting a wintry forest landscape by a river. Signed lower right and number 102/375. With Society de Verification de la Nouvelle Gravure Internationale New York and Paris sticker on backing. Matted and framed in a carved wooden frame under plexiglass. Sight: 19" W […]
Lot 717: 3 Double Fore-edge Painted Books, incl. 2 Book of Common Prayer, 1792 & 1812
1st item: THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, printed by T. Davidson, London, 1792. Hardcover octavo, gilt-edged pages with watercolor double fore-edge paintings, both depicting scenes of Hampstead, London, copper plate engraved frontispiece, rebound in original red full moroccan leather with gilt stamping to covers and spine, gilt lettering to spine, four raised hubs, gilt dentelle […]
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