Souvenir United Confederate Veterans (UCV) chromolithograph poster titled “Heroes and Leaders of the Civil War – Let Us Have Peace” published by Peter Tracy, Memphis, Tennessee, 1901. Issued for the occasion of the United Confederate Veterans Eleventh Annual Reunion in Memphis, TN, May 28-29, 1901. Depicts Generals Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) and Ulysses S. Grant […]
Lot 124: Frederick De Voll O/B Cityscape, Milk Delivery Early Morning
Frederick DeVoll (Rhode Island/New York, 1873-1941) oil on board American Impressionist cityscape painting, “Milk Delivery Early Morning.” A horse-drawn milk cart navigates a city street while long, purple shadows cast by buildings spread out before it. Muted pastel tones describe the scene, aside from a single, vibrant red mark—possibly a fire hydrant– in the center distance. Signed “F. Usher De Voll,” lower […]
Lot 119: Maurice Prendergast W/C Landscape with Cattle plus Catalog Raisonne
Maurice Brazil Prendergast (American, 1858-1924), “Cattle in a Landscape,” 1890, watercolor on paper painting depicting cattle in a pastoral landscape setting under a partly cloudy blue sky. Signed lower left “Maurice B. Prendergast” and dated July 1890. Ref. Maurice Brazil Prendergast: A Catalog Raisonne, Williams College Museum of Art, p. 330, fig. 514 (illustrated). Exhibited, Heath […]
Lot 969: Carroll Cloar Signed Lithograph Plus Ephemera incl. Handwritten Postcard
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 […]
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