Everard Auctions & Appraisals June Southern Estates and Collections
June 20th and 21st, 2023
2436 Waters Ave., Savannah, GA 31404
912-231-1376
GAL #AU004095
www.Everard.com

SAVANNAH, GA. — The selections featured in Everard Auctions’ June 20-21 Southern estates and collections online auction exemplify centuries of excellence and quality across a broad range of fine and decorative art. Highlights include a newly discovered and expertly authenticated waterscape by Sanford Robinson Gifford, John J. Audubon’s “White Heron,” a sizable collection of Outsider art, sterling silver, Midcentury Modern furniture, Asian art, jewelry, watches and autographed sports collectibles.

One of the auction’s premier art entries is “Hudson River Scenery,” an 1858 oil on canvas on board by the Luminist and landscape painter Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880). Gifford was a prominent second-generation Hudson River Valley School artist and a founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In fact, he was such an icon of his day that he was posthumously honored with the Met’s first monographic retrospective and a memorial catalog of his known paintings.

Gifford’s “Hudson River Scenery” was recently inspected and authenticated by the leading Sanford R. Gifford scholar, Dr Ila Weiss, who wrote, “It was a surprise and especially delightful for me to encounter this painting as I have been intimately familiar with a half-size oil study for it for many years and had no idea until now that it existed.” She went on to say, “The most significant change between the study and your developed image is the effect of warmly tinted aerial-luminosity, a Gifford stylistic hallmark … The veiling effect of warm, late afternoon light suffusing the landscape not only unifies the image but conveys sentiment: the artist’s deep affection for characteristic American scenery on return home from his first trip abroad of 1855-1857.” The artwork measures 10¾ by 19-15/16 inches and has an auction estimate of $60/80,000. It will open for bidding at $45,000.

Artist and naturalist John J. Audubon (French/American, 1785-1851) spent many a winter in the Southern states, identifying birds and sketching species in the wild. Those artworks became part of his magnum opus, The Birds of America, and were instrumental to the 1905 establishment of the National Audubon Society, Audubon’s dedication and artistic ability educated the Nineteenth Century world about a side of America that didn’t exist in the big city. Everard will offer an Audubon print titled “White Heron” (and Horned Agama). It is a hand-colored, watermarked aquatint on elephant folio paper from an 1837 Havell edition ($25/35,000).

The auction also includes a collection of Outsider art. Notably, there are several works by Jimmy Lee Sudduth (1910-2007) and Howard Finster (1916-2001). Sudduth’s 48-by-24-inch paint-on-board artwork titled “Riding a Bike” is estimated at $1/2,000 with an opening bid of $600; while Finster’s 1995 mixed-media work titled “Mr Coke,” is estimated $3/5,000 with a starting bid of $1,800. Other outsider artists represented in the sale include R.A. Miller, Annie Tolliver, Leonard Jones, Amos Ferguson, Allen Fireall, Kipling Collins, J.T. McCord, Eric Legge, Brian Andreas, Purvis Young and Brian Dowdall.

There are many examples of sterling silver in this auction, including a Georg Jensen Grape motif sterling silver tazza ($4/6,000). Designs by Jacques Favres, Puiforcat and Odiot comprise an array of French silver chosen for the sale. Other silver highlights include a collection of Burmese silver, including a variety of betel boxes and a pair of large Georgian silverplate wine coolers.

The jewelry selection includes a lady’s 14K white gold and diamond bracelet with a total diamond weight of approximately 7 carats ($5/8,000). There are also two men’s Rolex watches; a Rolex gold and stainless steel Oyster Perpetual Date Submariner, boxed and accompanied by its manual ($4/6,000) and a Rolex Oyster Perpetual GMT-Master gold and diamond watch ($6/9,000).

Furniture highlights include a circa 1780 stained beechwood settee attributed to Thomas Chippendale Jr ($2/3,000). Other late Eighteenth Century furniture includes a circa 1760 George III mahogany library armchair ($800-$1,200).

Another stately piece of furniture is a 74½-inch European cabinet crafted from exotic wood, possibly bois de violette ($1,5/2,500). Midcentury Modern furniture offerings include an Eames for Herman Miller chair and ottoman ($2/3,000); a set of four Eames for Herman Miller chairs ($300/500) and a pair of Wassily for Knoll chairs ($600/800).

Both auction sessions will start at 10 am Eastern time.

Everard Auctions & Appraisals is at 2436 Waters Avenue. For information, 912-231-1376 or www.everard.com.

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J.J. Audubon (American, 1785-1851), White Heron and Horned Agama, Havell Edition, 1837
Jimmie Lee Sudduth (AL, 1910-2007), Native American in Red, White and Blue, Paint on Board
Sanford Gifford (American, 1823-1880), Lake George, Oil on Canvas Laid on Board, 10¾ in. x 20 in.