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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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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
Item 1: Watercolor, gouache, and pencil Art Deco costume design fashion study illustration attributed to Charles Carl Gesmar (France, 1900-1928), "Les Gigolo," c. 1920s. A woman in an orange and black costume with foliate headpiece and silver embellishments stands in profile with arms akimbo. With design specifications in pencil, upper left, and additional inscription lower right and verso, including title. Housed under glass in an ebonized wood frame with black mat, gold and red reveals, and red incised French line. Sight: 17 in H x 12 3/8 in W. Framed: 25 3/4 in H x 20 3/4 in W. Item 2: Henri Boutet (France, 1851-1919) hand-colored lithograph of a woman in a corset who speaks to an overcoat and tophat. A caption in pencil beneath the lithograph reads "C'que maman va et 'contente!" With artist's monogram in the stone, lower left, and stamped in red, lower right. Housed under glass in a giltwood frame with marbled mat and red reveal. Sight: 17 1/4 in H x 13 in W. Framed: 25 3/4 in H x 21 1/4 in W.
Condition
1st item with toning to sheet and minor dampstaining, lower left, plus fingerprint to lower right, outside of image. 2nd item with minor foxing, especially to lower right. Not examined outside of frame.
- Provenance
Private Nashville collection.
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