As of May 28, 2025

Esther Webb

Lot 71126
Still Life with Peaches
Oil on canvasboard

8 x 10 in
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Lot 71126
Still Life with Peaches
Oil on canvasboard
8,0 x 10,0 in
Estimate: US$ 800 - 1,200
€ 710 - 1,100
Auction: 15 days

Heritage Auctions

City: Dallas, TX
Auction: Jun 21, 2025
Auction number: 8214
Auction name: Texas Art Signature® Auction
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Esther Elizabeth Webb (American, 1910-1992) Still Life with Peaches Oil on canvasboard 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm) Signed lower left: E. Webb Property from the collection of John L. Nau, III, Houston PROVENANCE: A.C. Cook, Fort Worth; Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2011. Esther Webb Houseman was a pioneering Texas artist and co-founder of both the Dallas School of Creative Arts and the Craft Guild of Dallas. A graduate of the College of Industrial Arts (now Texas Woman's University), she met her lifelong collaborator Velma Davis Dozier there, and together they opened the Dallas School of Creative Arts in 1933, quickly earning recognition for their innovative work in metalcraft and design. Nicknamed "The Lady Blacksmiths," they won first prize in metalwork at the 1935 Dallas Decorative Arts Exhibition and were active in the Dallas art scene during the 1930s. Esther married John Houseman in 1939, in the first wedding at the Little Chapel-in-the-Woods. The "Lady Blacksmiths" eventually closed their school due to wartime metal shortages but reopened it as the Craft Guild of Dallas, which continues to operate today. HID12401132022 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice
A.C. Cook, Hock Shop Collection, Fort Worth; Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2011.
Overall presents well with minor surface dust. Under UV exam, there does not appear to be retouching. Framed Dimensions 10.5 X 12.5 Inches
Lot Details
Esther Elizabeth Webb (American, 1910-1992) Still Life with Peaches Oil on canvasboard 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm) Signed lower left: E. Webb Property from the collection of John L. Nau, III, Houston PROVENANCE: A.C. Cook, Fort Worth; Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2011. Esther Webb Houseman was a pioneering Texas artist and co-founder of both the Dallas School of Creative Arts and the Craft Guild of Dallas. A graduate of the College of Industrial Arts (now Texas Woman's University), she met her lifelong collaborator Velma Davis Dozier there, and together they opened the Dallas School of Creative Arts in 1933, quickly earning recognition for their innovative work in metalcraft and design. Nicknamed "The Lady Blacksmiths," they won first prize in metalwork at the 1935 Dallas Decorative Arts Exhibition and were active in the Dallas art scene during the 1930s. Esther married John Houseman in 1939, in the first wedding at the Little Chapel-in-the-Woods. The "Lady Blacksmiths" eventually closed their school due to wartime metal shortages but reopened it as the Craft Guild of Dallas, which continues to operate today. HID12401132022 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice
A.C. Cook, Hock Shop Collection, Fort Worth; Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2011.
Overall presents well with minor surface dust. Under UV exam, there does not appear to be retouching. Framed Dimensions 10.5 X 12.5 Inches
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