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THBGeorge Preston Frazer (TN/VA) WPA era Nocturnal Oil
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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
LiveJan 25, 2025
Live Auction at our Knoxville Gallery featuring 1,200+ lots from fine Southern estates and private and museum collections. Sale begins Sat. Jan. 25 at 9 AM with lots #1-783 and continues Sun. Jan. 26 at 1 PM with lots #784-1261 (separate catalog). Estates represented include Gertrude S. Caldwell, Nashville; John Z. C. Thomas, Knoxville; Dr. Larry Wolfe, Nashville; Norman Luboff; plus the collection of Jon E. Jones, Cookeville, and deaccessioned art from the Hunter Museum, Vanderbilt University Museum, the Memphis-Brooks Museum, and more. Case Auctions bid@caseantiques.com
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- Lot Description
G. Preston Frazer (Tennessee/Virginia, 1908-2003) oil on board painting depicting a nocturnal scene with pine trees framing a 1940s era crane, outside an industrial building positioned before a taller, Classical style building. Signed "Frazer" lower left. Housed in a giltwood frame with bead and laurel/dart moldings. Board - 16"H x 20"W. Frame - 21 1/2"H x 25 1/2"W.
Biography: George Preston Frazer was born in Davidson County, Tennessee in 1908, to George Augustine Frazer and his wife Sadie, a member of the prominent Warner family. He received a BA in Liberal Arts from the Virginia Military Institute in 1929. In 1935, he completed a BS in Engineering at the University of Hawaii, and in 1937, a Masters of Architecture at Harvard University. During World War II, he served with the Second Armored Division in Europe and North Africa. He remained in the Army Reserves until 1968. From 1939 to 1940 and from 1946 to 1974, he taught in the Art Department of Virginia Tech. Following his retirement, Frazer continued to support Virginia Tech, which continues to be among the many institutions to display donations of his work. Frazer died at his home in Catawba, North Carolina, in 2003. (Source: Virginia Tech University). Frazer's work rarely comes up at auction. The last work to do so - of which we are aware - was a depiction of the Nashville Steeplechase grounds, from the estate of his relative Margaret Lindsley Warden in our April, 2008 auction.
Condition
Overall good condition with a couple of pinpoint sized scattered flakes (minor) and a couple of small spots of inpainting (visible under UV light) at lower left corner, in vegetation. Some wear and minor spotting to frame.
- Provenance
Consignor acquired from a Nashville, Tennessee estate sale. Inscriptions en verso state the painting formerly belonged to Dr. Cromwell Tidwell, whose wife was a distant relation of the artist, and that it was given to J. Patt Coleman of Nashville in 1985; we have not been able to confirm this.
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