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b. 1913 - d. 1958

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    • Avery Handley Modernist Watercolor Painting
      Jan. 27, 2024

      Avery Handley Modernist Watercolor Painting

      Est: $600 - $700

      Avery Handly, Jr. (Tennessee, 1913-1958) Expressionist watercolor painting featuring multiple organic forms rendered in bright colors against an abstract background. Signed "A Handly" and illegibly dated lower right. Float mounted on a white mat under plexiglass with a beige mat and gold metallic reveal, in a giltwood frame with rounded corners. Sheet - 20"W x 14"H. Frame - 29"W x 24"H. A copy of an old, undated, unnotarized note from Joseph F. Handly, stating this is the work of his brother, Avery Handly Jr., is available to the winning bidder. Biography: Avery Handly was born in Nashville in 1913 and died in Winchester, Tennessee in 1958. He graduated from the Wallace University School and Vanderbilt University and received his first art instruction from Ella Cantrell at the Watkins Institute in Nashville. Later he studied under Thomas Hart Benton at the Kansas City Art Institute and Grant Wood at the University of Iowa. During his lifetime, important one-man shows were held at the Ward Eggleston Gallery in New York City, the University of the South at Sewanee, the Hunter Gallery in Chattanooga, the Centennial Club and Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

      Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
    • AVERY HANDLY, JR. (Tennesee, 1913-1958), Beauty pageant queen., Oil on canvas, 42” x 33”. Framed 49” x 39.5”.
      Feb. 03, 2023

      AVERY HANDLY, JR. (Tennesee, 1913-1958), Beauty pageant queen., Oil on canvas, 42” x 33”. Framed 49” x 39.5”.

      Est: $800 - $1,200

      AVERY HANDLY, JR. Tennesee, 1913-1958 Beauty pageant queen. Unsigned.

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    • Avery Handly O/B Painting, Miss Aletha's Last Ride
      Jul. 25, 2021

      Avery Handly O/B Painting, Miss Aletha's Last Ride

      Est: $500 - $600

      Avery Handly, Jr. (Tennessee, 1913-1958) oil on board painting titled "Miss Aletha's Last Ride" depicting an early 20th century car that has crashed in a small lake within a rocky landscape.The occupants of the car are attempting to surrender to a group of three men, including one in another car, and two others shooting at them from behind a ledge on the bottom left of the painting. Titled and signed "Avery Handly" en verso of board. Housed in a giltwood frame. Sight: 35 1/2" H x 47 1/2" W. Framed: 41 1/4" H x 53 3/8" W. Provenance: Art Collection of former Watkins College of Art; proceeds benefit scholarship endowment for students in the new Watkins College of Art at Belmont University.

      Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
    • Avery Handly, Self Portrait
      Aug. 05, 2017

      Avery Handly, Self Portrait

      Est: $1,000 - $1,400

      Avery Handly Jr. (Tennessee, 1913-1958) oil on canvas waist length self portrait of the artist as a young man. Note: Portrait documented by the Tennessee Portrait Project in 2003. His right hand is on a post of a stair or bridge with his body slightly turned; in the left background the back of a person with red hair is visible and at right, a light shines overhead. Unsigned. Old exhibition label fastened verso for the Fifteenth Annual Exhibition of Artists of the Sewanee Area, Art Gallery of the University of the South, identifes Handly as the artist. Housed in a giltwood frame. Sight - 32 1/2" H x 28 1/4" W. Framed - 39" H x 34 1/2" W. Provenance: The estate of Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Caldwell, Nashville, Tennessee, acquired from the estate of Gus Baker. Biography (from the Colonial Dames Tennessee Portrait Project, which has inventoried this painting): Avery Handly was born in Nashville in 1913 and died in Winchester, Tennessee in 1958. He graduated from the Wallace University School and Vanderbilt University and received his first art instruction from Ella Cantrell at the Watkins Institute in Nashville. Later he studied under Thomas Hart Benton at the Kansas City Art Institute and Grant Wood at the University of Iowa. During his lifetime, important one-man shows were held at the Ward Eggleston Gallery in New York City, the University of the South at Sewanee, the Hunter Gallery in Chattanooga, the Centennial Club and Vanderbilt University in Nashville. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)

      Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
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