Mortimer Luddington Menpes (Australia/England, 1855-1938) oil on board painting, “A Group of Eastern Women,” c. 1887-1908. A group of 15 women and girls, many of whom wear Kashmiri kasaba headdresses, gather around a stairway. One woman holds a small child and a window at upper right reveals the night sky. Warm, yellow light enters from behind the viewer […]
Lot 1061: 5 Ernest Pickup TN Woodblock Prints & Book
Ernest Pickup (Tennessee, 1887-1970), five (5) woodblock prints and one (1) copy of the scarce hardback book THE LIFE AND WORK OF ERNEST PICKUP by the artist’s daughter, Beverly St. John, and Gary A. Webb, published Nashville, TN 2009. The prints include Nashville area scenes and most are illustrated in the book, including New Road to Brentwood TN (see […]
Lot 685: Deborah Brown O/C Painting, Mixed Company
Deborah Brown (American/New York, b. 1955) oil on canvas painting with a group of seals who peer out at a girl, shown in silhouette, through the glass wall of an aquarium exhibit, 1993. A figure seated to the girl’s left turns to view the seals. The floor at lower left reflects colorful, mottled light. Signed, titled, and dated […]
Lot 529: Rudyard Kipling Collection, 29 Volumes, First Editions; Zaehnsdorf Bindings
Twenty-seven (27) volumes of the Works of Rudyard Kipling, including many first editions plus two (2) works about Kipling, uniformly bound in contemporary 3/4 leather with marbled boards, raised spine bands, and gilt titles, dates, and accents. Each stamped “Bound by Zaehnsdorf” inside front endpaper. For the hardcovers, Zaehnsdorf preserved the books’ original spines and […]
Lot 521: United Confederate Veterans 11th Annual Reunion Chromolithograph, Memphis 1901
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 […]
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