Sunday, February 27, 2022
LOT #162

Charles Vickery (American, 1913-1998) Portrait Assortment

(3) items including oil on masonite dated 1985 en verso, signed “Charles Vickery DSP” lower right, depicting a female figure having blue eyes, unframed; oil on canvas, undated, unsigned, depicting a female figure having hat and brown eyes, unframed; and oil on canvas, undated, initialed “D.S.P.” lower right depicting Christ looking over His shoulder, in a lacquered silver and gold-tone wood frame; “D.S.P.” is short for “Dear Scruffy Puppy,” Carol Ruth Norling’s nickname for her studio partner Charles Vickery

Estimate: $200 - $400

Hammer Price: $175

Provenance: the Estate of Carol R. Norling, friend and studio partner of Charles Vickery

Dimensions: Height: 15 3/4 inches, Width: 21 3/4 inches (sight (Christ)); Frame Height: 18 1/2 inches, Frame Width: 24 1/2 inches

Condition: Very Good to Good, scratches to masonite lower right quadrant; warp to masonite; light stretcher marks and scratches to Christ canvas, upper right quadrant, slight staining / accretions upper right quadrant; craquelure to upper left quadrant of unsigned canvas; light wear to frame

Disclaimers: Christ painting not examined outside of frame

Shipping: Quote Shipping

Sales Tax: Kansas (6.500%), New Jersey (6.625%), Pennsylvania (6.000%), Washington (10.500%)

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