Ben Messick
1901-1981, American

Heavy Load
1901-1981, American
Heavy Load

Lithograph, image size 12 x 8 inches, c. 1940, plate signed.


The Blind Musician and His Family
1901-1981, American
The Blind Musician and His Family

Lithograph, image size 9 3/4 x 7 1/8 inches, c. 1940, plate signed.


Rainy Morning
1901-1981, American
Rainy Morning

Lithograph, image size 11 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches, 1939, plate signed and dated.


Plantation Party
1901-1981, American
Plantation Party

lithograph,1940,plate signed,14 5/8X18 1/8",R

Painting

The Old Peep Toad Mill
1854-1934, American
The Old Peep Toad Mill

Watercolor on paper adhered to mat board, 8 x 10 1/4 inches, signed on the back and inscribed "Old Peep Toad Mill / North S[cit]uate, RI / Aug. 5, 1914." The town name is hard to make out, but there is an old Peep Toad Mill in East Killingly, Connecticut, not far from the Rhode Island state line. Hays had a studio in Providence, RI, and is known for painting bucolic subjects.

Print

Corbel of the Gate House, Stokesay Castle
1887-1953, American
Corbel of the Gate House, Stokesay Castle

Etching, sight size 3 x 1 9/16 inches, 1944, Fletcher #383, French Church Series, edition of 71, Charles S. White, printer, Miniature Series #35, pencil signed and dated by the artist l.r. with annotated "II" l.l., artist seal l.r, framed, AAA label on back.

Sculpture

Blue Eternity
1965-, American
Blue Eternity

Ceramic plate, 16 x 16 1/2 inches