673 Contemporary Marble and Onyx Center Table, the ovoid rouge marble top raised on figured onyx split column supports, each fluted and raised on a molded socle base, h. 29‑1/2”, w. 60”, d. 41”. [1000/1500] Illustrated 674 Contemporary Blonde Wood Cocktail Table, the rectangular top raised on square legs, completely veneered in chevron patterns, h. 16”, w. 55‑1/2”, d. 24‑1/2”. [300/500] 675 Pair of Gilt-Iron Two-Light Sconces in the Arts and Crafts Style, the backplate with a faux hammered design, in the form of tassels with side scrolls, the arms set with candle cups and “hammered” drip pans, electrified, h. 14‑1/4”, w. 10‑1/2”, d. 4”. [200/400]
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678 676 Harvey Sherman Harris (American/Baton Rouge, 1915‑1999), “Large Head”, oil on canvas, c. 1940, signed lower left “Harvey Sherman Harris”, titled, dated and signed on the reverse stretcher, 20” x 16”. Presented in a carved wood frame. Provenance: Private collection, New Orleans, Louisiana. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Harvey Harris attended Hartford Art School throughout his childhood and young adulthood. In the 1940, upon meeting the famed American artist Thomas Hart Benton in his home, he enrolled in the Kansas City Art Institute. According to the artist’s autobiography, Benton, upon perusing Harris’s work said “You can sure draw, kid, much like Reginald Marsh”. Upon being discharged from the army in 1943, he enrolled and earned an MFA and BFA from Yale University where he studied with Joseph Albans and Willem de Kooning. He taught at Louisiana State University for over twenty years and achieved regional and national acclaim as an artist. In 1945, he won a competition to illustrate Thomas Wolfe’s limited edition of “Look Homeward Angel” and in 1986, the Rockefeller Foundation commissioned him to design set and costumes for Louisville Philharmonic Symphony. [700/1000] Illustrated
677 Harvey Sherman Harris (American/Baton Rouge, 1915‑1999), “Head of Old Man”, charcoal on paper, c. 1940, unsigned, sight 16” x 12”. Glazed, matted and framed. Provenance: Private collection, New Orleans, Louisiana. [250/400] 673
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678 Harvey Sherman Harris (American/Baton Rouge, 1915‑1999), “Standing Nude”, gouache on pink paper, c. 1940, signed lower right “Harvey Sherman Harris”, sight 18” x 1‑3/4”. Glazed, matted and framed. Provenance: Private collection, New Orleans, Louisiana. [400/700] Illustrated