Everard Auctions & Appraisals Fall Southern Estates Auction
October 26-27
2436 Waters Ave., Savannah, GA 31404
Over 900 lots for Preview/Pre-Bid
starting October 7th on
verard.com,

SAVANNAH, GA. — Everard Auctions & Appraisals’ next event, an October 26-28 fall Southern estates auction, offers more than 900 lots of fine and decorative art from sources in Georgia, South Carolina, Florida and beyond. Absentee bidding is now in progress, with live online bidding slated to begin at 10 am EDT on all three days of the auction series.

The auction will present an example of Stephen Young’s portraiture, a 1988 signed and dated watercolor study titled “Island Pearl.” It depicts an African American girl dressed in white and wearing an elegant pearl necklace. “Stephen Young is admired for his mature style, which has been compared to such American masters as Winslow Homer and Andrew Wyeth,” noted Amanda Everard, president of Everard Auctions. Measuring 27½ inches square, “Island Pearl” is entered with a $10/15,000 estimate.

A bold abstract painting attributed to the influential African American artist Hale Woodruff (1900-1980) is executed in shades of blue, yellow, black and brown. The work is believed to have been created in the mid-1950s, when Woodruff — later a founding member of Harlem’s Spiral artists collective — was living in New York and creating groundbreaking paintings, prints and murals that depicted the historic struggle and perseverance of African Americans.

“Hale Woodruff’s art education was considerable and went well beyond his technical training. He studied at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis, Harvard University, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and at art academies in Paris, but also studied mural painting with Diego Rivera in Mexico. He also founded the country’s first fine art department for Southern African American students, at Atlanta University,” said Everard. The painting attributed to Woodruff comes from a Tennessee private collection and was purchased at a St Louis gallery, circa 1990s. It is offered with a $10/15,000 estimate.

Another artist who was shaped by work done during the WPA period was William Wind McKim (1916-1995). His teacher was Thomas Hart Benton. McKim’s painting of a hunting scene ($3/5,000), appears strongly influenced by Benton and will convey together with a vintage photo of the two artists.

The auction also features two works by Charle Gruppe (Canadian/American, 1860-1940), a seascape by Anthony Thieme (1888-1954), $3/5,000; an 1884 painting of longhorn sheep by Robert Watson (British, 1865-1916), $1/1,500; and a vibrant impressionist work by Spanish artist Joan Beltran Bofill (1934-2009) depicting women at the seashore, $3/5,000. There are eight works by Evelyn Metzger (1911-2007), who explored many different styles, including Cubism, Fauvism, Impressionism and Realism; she was a pioneer in the use of spray paint in fine art. Additionally, there are three paintings depicting fairies by illustrator Harold Gaze (1885-1962), and two Paul Goadby Stone (1928-1976) watercolors from the estate of Millicent Melaver, whose family was close friends with the artist.

The Asian section boasts pieces of Chinese, Japanese, Nepalese, Cambodian and Korean origin. Among the top lots are a Warring States lacquer bird-form ceremonial cup, $3/5,000; a large Nepalese terracotta head vessel, $2/3,000; a Chinese late Ching hardwood and ivory table screen, $4/6,000; and a Chinese huanghuali scholar’s cabinet, $3/5,000. Provenance accompanies a Cambodian sandstone relief stele fragment dating to around the Thirteenth Century. It was a treasured item in the collection of the late Dr Richard Hall Chamberlain (1915-1975), a renowned radiologist and University of Pennsylvania professor who served as a consultant to the World Health Organization. Dr Chamberlain’s speaking tours took him to Southeast Asia several times, and it is there that he acquired the figural sandstone artwork, circa late 1960s. After Dr Chamberlain’s passing, the piece was inherited by his niece, Beth Pickels, of Marietta, Ga., and later Florida. It carries an estimate of $2/3,000.

Decorative art highlights include an Austro-Hungarian sterling silver chess set with enameled and jeweled decoration, $8/12,000, a circa 1800 Cary’s New Celestial Globe on stand, $3/5,000; a Nineteenth Century Austrian ivory, enamel and semiprecious stone-mounted table clock with hidden drawers, $2,5/5,000; and an S. Kirk and Son (Baltimore) sterling silver repousse punch bowl with eight cups, $2,5/4,000.

A preview reception will be conducted on October 19 from 5 to 7 pm at Everard Auctions’ gallery at 2436 Waters Avenue, with additional previewing available October 20-22. For information, 912-231-1376 or www.everard.com.

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Pair of Monumental Four-Light Glass Candelabras,
19th Century, 45½ in. x 20 in.
Stephen Scott Young (American, b. 1957),
Study for Island Pearl, 1988,
Watercolor on Paper, 12⅜ in. x 12⅜ in.
Hale Woodruff (American, 1900-1980), Untitled,
Oil on Board, 20 in. x 24 in.
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