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AED56 George Cress Watercolor Paintings & Drawings
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4310 Papermill Dr. NW
Knoxville, TN 37909
United States
Case Auctions is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where our gallery is located, with satellite offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Kingsport, TN – but our reach is worldwide. Established in 2005, we conduct cataloged auctions of investment-quality art and antiques under the stewardship of knowledgeabl...Read more
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About Auction
LiveJan 26, 2025
Live Auction at our Knoxville Gallery featuring 1,200+ lots from fine Southern estates and private and museum collections. Sale begins Sat. Jan. 25 at 9 AM EST with lots #1-783 (separate catalog) and continues Sun. Jan. 26 at 1 PM EST with lots #784-1261. Estates represented include Gertrude S. Caldwell, Nashville; John Z. C. Thomas, Knoxville; Dr. Larry Wolfe, Nashville; Norman Luboff; plus the collection of Jon E. Jones, Cookeville; and deaccessioned art from the Hunter Museum, Vanderbilt University Museum, the Memphis-Brooks Museum, and more. Case Auctions bid@caseantiques.com
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- Lot Description
A collection of fifty-six (56) George Cress (American/Tennessee, 1921-2008) small studies, sketches, and other miscellaneous works on paper including one (1) watercolor stick landscape painting and one (1) abstract watercolor painting, both in vivid colors on watercolor paper; thirty-four (34) graphite and crayon landscape study drawings including one drawing of a tree in purple crayon plus Monhegan Island, Maine (1974), Schuylkill River, Southeastern Pennsylvania, and Wells, England scenes; eight (8) pen, crayon, and graphite architectural drawings including one in pink and purple crayon and Salem, Massachusetts and Venice, Italy subjects; three (3) watercolor or ink abstract paintings in black including one watercolor stick painting; seven (7) abstract graphite drawings; one (1) graphite drawing of two flowers; and one (1) figural study drawing of a man's back in black crayon and pen. Some housed in sketchbooks and some loose, with nine total sketchbooks. Dimensions range from 17 x 14" to 5" x 9". Biographical note: "George Cress was born in Anniston, Alabama and studied at Emory University, American University, and the University of Georgia, where he studied under fellow Southern contemporary artist Lamar Dodd. He was a central figure in Chattanooga's arts community and served as President of the Tennessee Arts Council. He sat on the board of the Hunter Museum of Art. From 1951-1984 he was painter in residence at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga. The Cress Gallery of Art at UTC is named in his honor." (Source: The Tennessee Historical Quarterly Vol. XLIV No. 2: Landscape and Genre Painting in Tennessee 1810-1985).
Condition
Overall very good condition. Some sheets with toning and some with museum accession numbers.
- Provenance
Deaccessioned by the Hunter Museum of American Art.
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