{"id":69978,"date":"2025-02-05T17:25:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T17:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/antique-2\/a-vision-in-stone-william-edmondsons-masterpieces-command-top-prices-at-auction\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T17:25:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T17:25:38","slug":"a-vision-in-stone-william-edmondsons-masterpieces-command-top-prices-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=69978","title":{"rendered":"A Vision in Stone: William Edmondson\u2019s Masterpieces Command Top Prices at Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antiquetrader.com\/.image\/c_fit%2Ch_800%2Cw_1200\/MjEyNjI1MTAxMDA5NDYyOTEy\/edmondson-lady-with-a-bustle-full-figure.png\" height=\"800\" width=\"474\"><figcaption>William Edmondson\u2019s \u201cLady with a Bustle,\u201d a carved limestone sculpture, 13 3\/8 in. tall by 5 in. wide, depicts a standing woman with well-defined, shoulder-length hair wearing a dress or apron with a bustle and short train in the back, visible shoes and a necklace or banded collar. She carries a small handbag in her right hand. The piece sold for $268,400 at Case Auctions.<\/p>\n<p>Case Auctions<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Case Auctions held the first day of its <a href=\"https:\/\/auction.caseantiques.com\/auctions\/case-antiques\/2025-winter-fine-art-antiques-day-1-of-2-16081\/catalog\">Winter Fine Arts &amp; Antique auction<\/a> on Jan. 25. Many lots came from estates and museum collections in Tennessee, with the results highlighting one of the state\u2019s greatest artists, <a href=\"https:\/\/edmondsonhome.org\/history\">William Edmondson<\/a> (1874-1951). The top lot, selling for $268,400, was Edmondson\u2019s \u201cLady with a Bustle\u201d limestone sculpture\u2014another sculpture of his, a large garden figure shaped like a teacup, sold for $43,920.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antiquetrader.com\/.image\/c_fit%2Ch_800%2Cw_1200\/MjEyNjI1MTMxODc5NTQwMjMz\/edmondson-teacup-garden-figure.png\" height=\"800\" width=\"1156\"><figcaption>William Edmondson&#8217;s large limestone garden sculpture, a teacup with a carved squared handle, 8 3\/4 in. h by 18 in. w, sold for $43,920.<\/p>\n<p>Case Auctions<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Edmondson\u2019s sculptures have the organic shapes, simple lines, and skilled craftsmanship of modern design, and his status as a self-taught artist plants his work in the category of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outsiderartfair.com\/artists\/william-edmondson\">outsider art<\/a>, whose appeal keeps growing. His life story adds interest, too. Born to former slaves, Edmondson worked in Nashville for a railroad, then as a hospital orderly. In 1931, during the Great Depression, he began carving limestone after what he described as a divine vision. His early works were utilitarian, like tombstones and birdbaths. He soon expanded into decorative carvings of subjects like local people, Biblical figures, and animals.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antiquetrader.com\/.image\/c_fit%2Ch_800%2Cw_1200\/MjEyNjI1MTQ2Mzc1MDU0OTc2\/louise-dahl-wolfe-signed-photograph-william-edmondson.png\" height=\"800\" width=\"718\"><figcaption>A Louise Dahl-Wolfe signed silver gelatin photograph of sculptor William Edmondson sold for $4,000.<\/p>\n<p>Case Auctions<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t just works by Edmondson that sold at the auction; several images of him sold as well. Two photographs of him by Louise Dahl-Wolfe sold, each for over $4,000. Although Dahl-Wolfe may be better known for her fashion photography, her photographs of Edmondson in his workyard proved to be influential in spreading Edmondson\u2019s fame beyond Nashville, especially when she advocated for him and his work to Alfred H. Barr Jr., founding director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1937, Edmondson had a solo exhibition at MoMA, making him both the first Black and first self-taught artist to do so.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>You may also like:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiquetrader.com\/art\/gallerists-banksy-archive-sells-for-more-than-a-million\"><strong>Gallerist\u2019s Banksy Archive Sells for More than a Million<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiquetrader.com\/art\/the-40-miracle-bargain-buy-turns-out-to-be-a-frans-david-oerder-painting-worth-thousands\"><strong>The $40 Miracle: Bargain Buy Turns Out to Be a Frans David Oerder Painting Worth Thousands<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiquetrader.com\/antiques-news\/warhold-digital-debbie-harry\"><strong>Long-Lost Andy Warhol Computer Portrait of Debbie Harry Hits Market at $26 Million<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Edmondson\u2019s \u201cLady with a Bustle,\u201d a carved limestone sculpture, 13 3\/8 in. tall by 5 in. wide, depicts a standing woman with well-defined, shoulder-length hair wearing a dress or apron with a bustle and short train in the back, visible shoes and a necklace or banded collar. 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