Everard – Fall Southern Estates and Collections
October 10th-29th, 30th and 31st 10am EST
Everard.com
2436 Waters Ave., Savannah, GA 31404

SAVANNAH, GA. – Everard’s October 29-31 online-only auction offers collectors and interior-design aficionados a selection of fine and decorative art from notable Southern estates and collections. Originality, aesthetics and provenance are the watchwords seen throughout the 1,254 lots. Highlights include property from the Ira and Nancy T. Koger estate, American and English furniture; paintings by Latin American artists, Boston contemporary art from the collection of Bob Herron, folk art and weathervanes from a Hamptons-based collector; and works by premier Australian artists.

Assigned an estimate of $60/80,000, a rare circa 1890 gilded-copper Native American-figure weathervane is one of the auction’s star attractions. The swell-bodied standing figure is shown in a ribbed and scalloped costume with two cut sheet-copper feathers as a headdress and holds a bow and arrow. Its height is 41 inches (74 inches inclusive of stand). The weathervane entrusted to Everard is part of a Bridgehampton, N.Y., collection of vanes, trade signs and folk art that highlights the auction’s opening session.

Also estimated at $60/80,000, an atmospheric oil on canvas painting by Clark Hulings (1922-2011) is titled “Louisiana” and has resided with the same family since its pre-1972 purchase from New York’s Grand Central Gallery. Hulings was born in Florida and raised in New Jersey. Over his lifetime, he resided in New York, Louisiana and throughout Europe before settling in Santa Fe, N.M., in 1972. The auction artwork, which depicts a cottage with people on the front porch and dogs and chickens in the front yard, exemplifies Huling’s ability to capture on canvas the simple pleasures of Southern rural life.

Continuing the American folk theme is “Dr Buz Halo,” a paint on metal creation by Sam Doyle (1906-1985). Doyle’s paintings typically portray residents of the Sea Island community of St Helena, S.C., as well as iconic historic and religious figures, and modern American pop icons. One of his frequent subjects, a St Helena root doctor named “Dr Buz,” is depicted in the eponymous painting to be auctioned on Day 1 with an estimate of $8/12,000.

Fine art highlights also include works by Australian artists Fred Williams (1927-1982) and Sir Russell Drysdale (1912-1981). Williams’ “Loxton Landscape” interprets the artist’s understanding of the Australian outback’s moods and unique colors. The gouache on paper is estimated at $30/40,000. Another Australian art luminary is Drysdale, whose ink-on-paper work depicting a standing Aboriginal man has an auction estimate of $4/6,000.

The auction includes six paintings of quintessential New York scenes by Johann Berthelsen (1883-1972). The largest of the works, an oil on canvas titled “5th Ave Looking South from 59th St (Nocturne),” leads the group with an estimate of $3/5,000.

A collection of Latin American paintings from the estate of Enrique Manuel Arias (Alachua, Fla.) is also featured in the auction. Among the paintings in his collection are a large-scale oil on canvas still life by self-taught artist Miguel Florido (Cuban, b 1980), “Still Life with Gourds,” which is estimated at $4/6,000; and a humorous 2004 work by Cuban artist Ruben Alpizar (b 1965) titled “Windows with Figures,” ($4/6,000).

A standout furniture lot is a large, mid-Eighteenth Century Swedish rococo giltwood mirror ($5/8,000). Other furniture highlights include an early Nineteenth Century Kentucky secretary ($2/3,000); and acirca 1810 sugar chest ($400/600).

Day 2 of the auction is notable for its variety of treasured pieces from the Ira and Nancy T. Koger estate. There are examples of Chinese ceramics, including a pair of blue and white “Aster” chargers ($1,2/1,800). Also, a painting of a fish that was purchased as the work of Alfred Sisley (French, 1839-1899) comes with an unusual back story. A handwritten note, which is included with the lot, states that the painting is actually part of a larger Sisley work that was cut in two by a previous owner. The painting comes to auction with a $2/3,000 estimate.

The auction’s closing session on October 31, includes property from the collection of Bob Herron, an avid collector who has resided in Boston, Paris and Savannah. A striking image from his collection is photographer Peter Vanderwarker’s Type C print titled “Near Marfa, Texas.” A depiction of the famous “Prada Marfa” pop art installation located in remote West Texas, it carries an estimate of $2,5/4,000. Herron’s collection is also the source of an unusual pair of bronze snake-form candlesticks by studio furniture artist Judy Kensley McKie (b 1944). They are initial-signed and dated 2009 and each is numbered 2/8 under its base. The eye-catching serpentine duo stands 12¼ inches tall and is estimated at $9/12,000.

The auctions will start at 10 am EST on all three days of the series. Bid absentee or live online via Everard, LiveAuctioneers, Bidsquare or Invaluable. The public is invited to an October 22 preview reception from 5 to 7 pm at Everard Auctions’ gallery, with additional previewing available October 23, 24 or 25, or by appointment.

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

Over 1,200 lots for preview/pre-bid starting October 10th
Federal Inlaid Cherrywood Secretary, Kentucky, $2,000 – 3,000
on Everard.com, LiveAuctioneers.com, lnvaluable.com, and Bidsquare.com
Clark Hulings (American, 1922-2011), Louisiana, Oil on Canvas, 24″ x 36”, $60,000 – 80,000
Rare Gilded Copper Indian Weathervane, c. 1890, 41” x 48%”, $60,000 – 80,000
Sam Doyle, Dr. Buz Halo!, Paint on Metal, 5472″ x 271/2″, $8,000- 12,000
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