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THBAfter Eugen Felix O/C Painting w/ Baby & Dog, The First Friend
About Seller
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
LiveJul 12, 2025
Live Auction at our Knoxville Gallery featuring 1,175 lots from fine Southern estates and private and museum collections. Sale begins Sat. July 12 at 9 AM with lots #1-753 and continues Sun. July 13 at 1 PM with lots #754-1175 (scroll down for separate catalog). Estates represented include Ervin and Jane Entrekin, Nashville; Walter and Dr. Mary Schatz, Nashville; Dr. Lawrence Wolfe, Nashville; John Z. C. Thomas, Knoxville; Florence F. Johnston, Knoxville; plus deaccessioned objects from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Arkansas Museum of Art, and the Hunter Museum of Art. Case Auctions bid@caseantiques.com
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- Lot Description
Oil on canvas genre painting after Eugen Felix (Austrian, 1837-1906) that depicts a child asleep in a wicker bassinet or basket and watched over by a small dog who looks directly at the viewer, late 19th or early 20th c. Coals glow in a stove at right and vegetables lie in the foreground. Unsigned. Housed in a giltwood frame. Sight: 25 in H x 31 in W. Frame: 32 in H x 37 1/2 in W. Note: This popular 19th-century image, sometimes called "The First Friend," was widely reproduced in paintings and prints.
Condition
Repaired punctures with losses, without retouching, to center-right and lower-right, largest 2 in x 1 1/2 in, and puncture to sheet at center-left, 1/4 in x 1/4 in. Area of retouching to pillow at left of child's head, 1 1/2 in x 1/2 in. Faint stretcher marks along upper, right, and lower edges. Frame with minor abrasions, losses, and cracking.
- Provenance
The collection of Charles R. Ragan, KY.
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