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Doris Stauble Still Life, Fruits, Berries, Seedlings and Fabric Leaves in Green Box
Wiscasset, Maine, Doris Stauble (1918 to 2007)
Papier Mache Fruits in Pantry Box Retaining Original Green Paint - SOLD
The artist bought contents of a warehouse on the Hudson River, stocked with Victorian millinery fruits, flowers and other small decorative objects. Doris used antique containers as the foundations in which she arranged a wide variety of interesting forms and textures; she employed her artistic eye, her understanding of color and form to create these sought-after one-of-a-kind compositions. (7 by 8.5”)
1072-33 - SOLD
Folk Art, Still Life with Watermelon on
Ironstone Platter on White Cloth
Attributed to Daniel McDowell, Knox County,
Ohio, circa 1860-1880
Oil on canvas, dusting of mica on watermelons
(Frame: 27.75" x 21"; view: 23" x 16.25") - SOLD
From an exhibition review by Tim Higgins of:
A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in America,
published in The Morning Call: "Watermelon
Wedges on a White Cloth" by Daniel
McDowell is one of the artist's two known
existing still lifes’. It portrays watermelon
slices, as realistically rendered as possible,
arranged on a lustrous white tablecloth. It's a
beautiful work, all the more astonishing as McDowell
wasn't known as an artist, but as a furniture maker.
This still life is shrouded with an air of stillness as the vivid, sharply delineated watermelon
slices emerge from a dark background. This, the third known version of the artist’s watermelon
still life is unsigned, it shares almost identical dimensions and composition to the masterpiece in
the Barbara Gordon Collection, exhibited and published in A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in
America (Art Services International, Skira Rizzoli Publishing, 2014, pp.136, 137, 138, 139).
McDowell earned his living as a maker and painter of furniture, which is evidenced in the
sculptural contours of the scalloped platter holding the watermelon in the second version, and
the tablecloth folds in both the Gordon and the current versions. The dots ornamenting the
tablecloth are placed with a precise and steady hand as are the neatly grouped watermelon
seeds embedded in the pink flesh. The tablecloth folds are rendered with cast shadows, a
sophisticated element not expected from a so-called primitive painter. The solidity of the cloth’s
folds recalls the carved wood drapery from horse drawn hearses of the period. The overlap of
the watermelon slices is done with exquisite precision yet the seeds lying on the tray and table
and the small watermelon rind display a random placement. McDowell demonstrates an
intriguing mix of formal painting ability with primitive/untrained qualities: the scalloped tray in the
non-Gordon painting tilts up rather than receding as does the tabletop in the two other versions,
showing the artist’s inability to use one-point perspective. Perhaps this, the simpler tray version
is earlier than the other two, which are so close in their composition and forms, as they show
only slight differences in seed placement, tablecloth folds, and proportions of solid forms to
space.
The composition has a striking modernist/abstract appearance, recalling the works of early
twentieth-century American artists who collected and/or were influenced by primitive/folk art, like
Charles Sheeler, Marsden Hartley, and Yasuo Kuniyoshi.
Condition: near original, no restoration or cleaning [as found] some minor lifting of canvas from
hardboard support at corner, layer of dirt/grime. The work is mounted within a period gilt frame;
canvas is mounted on early hardboard, likely in the 1920s. This painting was inspected by
paintings conservator Tom Yost in December 2019, he stated that because of the application of
“sparkle” (likely mica dust?) to the watermelon, it is not advisable to clean the painting as it
would result in either removal of that original application or if he cleaned around it, a difference
in color value between the watermelon and the rest of the painting. The painting displays well
as-is.
SOLD
1292-1
Folk Art Still Life Painting,
Watermelon and Fruits
Anonymous, American, Circa 1880-1900
Oil on academy board, label:
Favor & Ruhl, New York - SOLD
A bounty of melon and fruits on platter, bright colors.
Mounted within a period molded gilt frame.
(Frame: 22.25" x 28.25"; view: 23.25" x 17.25")
SOLD
659-215
Painting, Lilacs Blossoms on Open Book, on Marble Top Table
American, 19th Century - SOLD
(24 by 28”)
659-107 - SOLD
Still Life, Spilled Basket of Fruits, Halved Walnut, Grape Vine, Leaves, and Tendrils
Anonymous, Circa 1890 (Illegible signature) - SOLD
(Very minor restoration, original stretcher; 12 by 29”)
659-99 - SOLD
Tinsel Painting, Tinsel Picture, Floral Motif against Black
Anonymous, Circa 1880
A forgotten folk art, competently rendered - SOLD
(23.25 by 19.5")
659-70 - SOLD
Still Life Painting, Basket of Fruits, Grape Vine, Leaves and Tendrils
Anonymous, American School, 19th Century
A decorative painting in period gilt frame - SOLD
(Oil on canvas mounted on academy board, in-painting; (Frame: 24.5 by 28", sight-size: 19.5 by 23")
928-57 - SOLD
Still Life, Fall River School, Fruits on Table, Gilt Frame
Massachusetts, Late 19th or Early 20th Century
Anonymous, in the circle of R.S. Dunning - SOLD
(Excellent unlined condition; frame: 27.5 by 23.5", sight-size: 15.25 by 19.25")
570-434 - SOLD
Antique Still Life Painting, Basket of Fruits, Oil on Paperboard
New England, Anonymous
Late 19th Century - SOLD
Light cleaning and minor in-painting limited to small area of tablecloth
Frame: 16 by 14.5" view: 12.75 by 11.25"
161-54 - SOLD
Watercolor, Pot of Flowers, Composition Cut and Applied to Paper
Label identifying maker as Mary Griswald
Probably Connecticut
19th Century
Flowers and foliage within bright blue pot ornamented with red saw tooth design - SOLD
(Frame: 10.25 by 8 3/8"; sight-size: 8.25 by 6 3/8)
336-132 - SOLD
Still Life, Fruit Compote, Oil on Canvas - SOLD
Dimensions: 41.25 by 27.25" frame, 35.75 by 21.75" sight-size.
223-20 - SOLD
Still Life
Basket of Peaches
American
Circa 1900 - SOLD
As depicted, basket of peaches set upon grasses and fine wildflowers. This picture mounted within carved frame and having a pine stretcher should be cleaned, otherwise excellent.
Dimensions: 23.25 by 19.25" frame, 19.5 by 15.5" sight-size.
171-70 - SOLD
Classical Still Life Painting, Riches of Mother Nature with Spaniel
Anonymous, probably English
19th Century
Oil on canvas - SOLD
An expressive still life with a wealthy abundance of mature and exotic fruits, vegetables, flowers, and a spaniel, neatly arranged on a marble table centered by drapery opened to a column on plinth before a beautiful blue sky featuring a sunrise palate. The scale, color, light and contrast are splendid. Relined and mounted on strainer, some in-painting and current minor imperfections.
(View area: 35 by 48; overall: 44 by 55")
581-9 - SOLD
Still Life With Fruit
Oil on Canvas - SOLD
Oil on canvas still life of fruit - peaches, grapes, cantaloupe, plums, etc - in a wicker basket and on plates, glass of water, atop a marble topped table, in a gilt and gesso frame, patch on the reverse, some minor scattered in-painting. (31 ¾" x 27" framed, 27 ¼" x 23" view.)
467-9 - SOLD
Still Life Painting, Oysters and Beer, Signed E.G. Cole – 1887, American - SOLD
Original Frame
Oil on canvas within lovely frame, fine original condition…
659-169 - SOLD
Pastel Still Life, Oranges, Raspberries, Lemons, Period Gilt Frame
Anonymous, Late 19th Century - SOLD
(Frame: 14 by 12”, sight-size: 11.5 by 9”)
1079-4 - SOLD
Pastel Still Life, Peaches, Grapes, Leaves on Marble Slab, Period Veneered Frame
Anonymous, Late 19th Century - SOLD
(Frame: 14.25 by 11.25”, sight-size: 11.5 by 8.75”)
1079-5 - SOLD
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