Ernest Pickup Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Ernest Pickup Art Value Price Guide

Feb. 12, 2022
5 Ernest A. Pickup woodcuts
Est: $300 - $500
Ernest A. Pickup (1887-1970) 1). ''The Sentinel by the Gate'' (St. John & Webb 74)- woodcut, 1934, signed, titled and numbered 5/50 in pencil. 10 1/4 x 7 7/8''. Exhibited at the Sixteenth International Print Makers Exhibition, under the auspices of the Print Makers Society of California, Los Angeles, 1935; and at the Tenth Annual Exhibition of American Block Prints, Wichita, KS, 1936; 2). ''Finis- A Study in Finalities'' (St. J & W. 28)- woodcut, 1935, signed and titled in pencil. Exhibited at the Tenth Annual Exhibition of American Block Prints, Wichita, KS, 1936; at the Seventeenth Annual Exhibition of the Southern States Art League, Atlanta, 1937; at The National Exhibition of Lithographs, Woodcuts and Block Prints, sponsored by the Society of American Etchers, New York, 1937; selected as one of 37 block prints to represent the United States in a European tour, 1937-38, commencing in Stockholm, Sweden; 3). ''Shadows'' (St.J. & W. 75)- linocut, ca. 1935, signed, titled and annotated 'Trial Proof' in pencil. 9 1/2 x 7 1/2''; 4). ''Anticipation'' (St. J. & W. 4)- woodcut, signed in pencil. 4 7/8 x 7''; 5). ''Beverly'' (St. J. & W. 7)- woodcut, signed and titled in pencil. 9 x 6''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Feb. 12, 2022
Ernest A. Pickup woodcut
Est: $300 - $500
Ernest A. Pickup (1887-1970) ''Afternoon on the State House- Nashville''- woodcut, ca. 1934, signed, titled and numbered 48/50 in pencil. 12 1/8 x 7 7/8'' Produced under the auspices of the PWAP of the CWA and selected to represent Tennessee at the national show of PWAP art work at the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D. C., April 24, 1934; this image of the Tennessee State Capitol from Gay Street is one of two prints Pickup did for the PWAP
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Sep. 25, 2021
Ernest Pickup woodcut
Est: $300 - $500
Ernest Pickup (1887-1970) "Street Singers / Joy to The World'' (St. John & Webb 83)- woodcut, 1939, signed and titled in pencil. This print was issued in an edition of 40 and then issued in an edition of 200 with title 'Joy To The World' as a Christmas Card for Silliman Evans (the editor of The Nashville Banner). 5 7/8 x 7 1/16'' Exhibited: Seventh International Exhibition of Lithography and Wood Engravings, Art Institute of Chicago, 1939-40. Provenance: Artist private collection; Beverly St. John (artist's daughter)
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jul. 25, 2021
Ernest Pickup Wood Engraving, TN Capitol plus WWII Illustration
Est: $300 - $400
Two (2) works on paper by Tennessee artists. 1st item: Ernest Pickup (Tennessee, 1887-1970), wood engraving depicting the Tennessee State Capitol, Nashville, TN, with humble houses at the foot of the hill (prior to urban renewal, which dramatically changed the look of Tennessee's Capitol Hill beginning in 1949). Signed in pencil lower right and with initials "EAP" in the plate. Housed and matted under glass in a black wooden frame. Sight: 12 3/4" H x 8 3/8" W. Framed: 15 1/4" H x 12 3/8" W. Biography: Ernest Pickup began his career in 1912 as a commercial artist working in Nashville. In the 1930's, he began to work with wood engraving and became nationally recognized for his work. He was one of the few Tennessee artists who worked with wood engraving. The majority of his prints reflected nature as well as historical and rural places in and around Nashville. He exhibited in the Exhibition of Lithographs, Woodcuts, and Block Prints in New York City and the Sixth International Exhibition of Lithography and Wood Engraving, held at the Art Institute of Chicago, both in 1937, along with international exhibitions in Sweden (1937) and Scotland (1939). 2nd item: Cliff Johnston (Tennessee, fl. 1940s), "I Gave A Son," original World War II pencil illustration for a Nashville Gas and Heating Company ad, poster or broadside. Illustration depicts an older woman clutching a photograph with service star posted in a window in the background. The printed text, laid atop the illustration, refers to wartime rationing of gas appliances. Housed under plastic wrap with a black mat. Sheet: 12 1/8" H x 10 1/4" W. Mat: 14" H x 12 3/4" W. Provenance: Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, TN.
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May. 09, 2021
Rare Earnest Pickup Signed Tennessee Woodcut / Woodblock Entitled THE CROSSING, 1935 - Tennessee Artist
Est: $300 - $500
Rare Landscape Woodcut / Woodblock Print by popular and well listed Tennessee artist Ernest A. Pickup (Tennessee, 1887-1970) | Entitled THE CROSSING | Titled lower left in pencil "The Crossing"; and signed and dated lower right "Ernest A. Pickup '35". Depicts a landscape with a wooden bridge spanning over a brook | Approx. Dimensions: 9.5" H x 7.5" W | Provenance: Prominent Middle Tennessee collection | Biography (courtesy Nashville Arts Magazine): Ernest A. Pickup, born in Shelbyville, Tennessee, in 1887, was among the first printmakers and commercial artists working in Nashville, as well as the first commercial artist in Tennessee with his own office. He is best known for his woodcuts, a medium through which he faithfully rendered many cultural landmarks in and around Nashville. When the Depression impeded his commercial art career, he began focusing on his woodcuts. During this time he took part in group exhibitions across the United States, such as the Exhibition of Lithographs, Woodcuts, and Block Prints held in New York City in January of 1937. From that show, one of his etchings was selected to travel with the Society of American Etchers, which toured European Galleries, starting in Stockholm, Sweden, in the winter of 1937. In that same year, Mr. Pickup's work was also featured at the Sixth International Exhibition of Lithography and Wood Engraving, held at the Art Institute of Chicago, and he was once again featured internationally at an exhibition held in Scotland in 1939. Provenance: Prominent Middle Tennessee collection
Worthington Galleries
Sep. 13, 2020
Earnest Pickup Signed Woodcut / Woodblock Entitled THE CROSSING, 1935 - Tennessee Artist
Est: $600 - $900
Vintage Landscape Woodcut / Woodblock Print by popular and well listed Tennessee artist Ernest A. Pickup (Tennessee, 1887-1970) | Entitled THE CROSSING | Titled lower left in pencil "The Crossing"; and signed and dated lower right "Ernest A. Pickup '35". Depicts a landscape with a wooden bridge spanning over a brook | Approx. Dimensions: 9.5" H x 7.5" W | Provenance: Prominent Middle Tennessee collection | Biography (courtesy Nashville Arts Magazine): Ernest A. Pickup, born in Shelbyville, Tennessee, in 1887, was among the first printmakers and commercial artists working in Nashville, as well as the first commercial artist in Tennessee with his own office. He is best known for his woodcuts, a medium through which he faithfully rendered many cultural landmarks in and around Nashville. When the Depression impeded his commercial art career, he began focusing on his wooducts. During this time he took part in group exhibitions across the United States, such as the Exhibition of Lithographs, Woodcuts, and Block Prints held in New York City in January of 1937. From that show, one of his etchings was selected to travel with the Society of American Etchers, which toured European Galleries, starting in Stockholm, Sweden, in the winter of 1937. In that same year, Mr. Pickups work was also featured at the Sixth International Exhibition of Lithography and Wood Engraving, held at the Art Institute of Chicago, and he was once again featured internationally at an exhibition held in Scotland in 1939.
Worthington Galleries
Jul. 19, 2020
Earnest Pickup Signed Woodcut / Woodblock Entitled THE CROSSING, 1935
Est: $400 - $800
Landscape Woodcut / Woodblock Print by Ernest A. Pickup (Tennessee, 1887-1970) | Entitled THE CROSSING | Titled lower left in pencil "The Crossing"; and signed and dated lower right "Ernest A. Pickup '35". Depicts a landscape with a wooden bridge spanning over a brook | Approx. Dimensions: 9.5" H x 7.5" W | Provenance: Prominent Middle Tennessee collection | Biography (courtesy Nashville Arts Magazine): Ernest A. Pickup, born in Shelbyville, Tennessee, in 1887, was among the first printmakers and commercial artists working in Nashville, as well as the first commercial artist in Tennessee with his own office. He is best known for his woodcuts, a medium through which he faithfully rendered many cultural landmarks in and around Nashville. When the Depression impeded his commercial art career, he began focusing on his wooducts. During this time he took part in group exhibitions across the United States, such as the Exhibition of Lithographs, Woodcuts, and Block Prints held in New York City in January of 1937. From that show, one of his etchings was selected to travel with the Society of American Etchers, which toured European Galleries, starting in Stockholm, Sweden, in the winter of 1937. In that same year, Mr. Pickups work was also featured at the Sixth International Exhibition of Lithography and Wood Engraving, held at the Art Institute of Chicago, and he was once again featured internationally at an exhibition held in Scotland in 1939.
Worthington Galleries
Mar. 07, 2020
Reserve $350: Earnest Pickup Signed Woodcut / Woodblock "THE CROSSING"
Est: $600 - $900
Landscape Woodcut / Woodblock Print by Ernest A. Pickup (Tennessee, 1887-1970) | Entitled THE CROSSING | Titled lower left in pencil "The Crossing"; and signed and dated lower right "Ernest A. Pickup '35". Depicts a landscape with a wooden bridge spanning over a brook | Approx. Dimensions: 9.5" H x 7.5" W |
Beaumont Galleries
Feb. 02, 2020
Earnest Pickup Signed Woodcut / Woodblock Entitled THE CROSSING, 1935
Est: $600 - $900
Landscape Woodcut / Woodblock Print by Ernest A. Pickup (Tennessee, 1887-1970) | Entitled THE CROSSING | Titled lower left in pencil "The Crossing"; and signed and dated lower right "Ernest A. Pickup '35". Depicts a landscape with a wooden bridge spanning over a brook | Approx. Dimensions: 9.5" H x 7.5" W | Provenance: Prominent Middle Tennessee collection | Biography (courtesy Nashville Arts Magazine): Ernest A. Pickup, born in Shelbyville, Tennessee, in 1887, was among the first printmakers and commercial artists working in Nashville, as well as the first commercial artist in Tennessee with his own office. He is best known for his woodcuts, a medium through which he faithfully rendered many cultural landmarks in and around Nashville. When the Depression impeded his commercial art career, he began focusing on his wooducts. During this time he took part in group exhibitions across the United States, such as the Exhibition of Lithographs, Woodcuts, and Block Prints held in New York City in January of 1937. From that show, one of his etchings was selected to travel with the Society of American Etchers, which toured European Galleries, starting in Stockholm, Sweden, in the winter of 1937. In that same year, Mr. Pickups work was also featured at the Sixth International Exhibition of Lithography and Wood Engraving, held at the Art Institute of Chicago, and he was once again featured internationally at an exhibition held in Scotland in 1939.
Worthington Galleries
Jan. 27, 2018
Ernest Pickup Woodcut, Street Singers
Est: $350 - $450
Ernest Pickup (Tennessee, 1887-1970) woodcut, titled lower left in pencil "Street Singers" (also known as "Joy to the World"); numbered EA/50 and signed lower right and dated "Ernest Pickup '39". Depicts 2 men seated, with their backs to the viewers, behind a table with sign marked "Blind" as figures walk past them on the street. A store sign, "Drugs", a decorative iron fence, and a Christmas Tree, are visible in the background. Housed in a molded giltwood frame with black matte. Image - 6" H x 7 1/3" W. Sight - 9 1/2" H x 7 1/2" W. Framed - 12 1/2" H x 15 1/4" W. American, mid 20th century. Provenance: Middle Tennessee collection. Biography (courtesy Nashville Arts Magazine): "Ernest A. Pickup, born in Shelbyville, Tennessee, in 1887, was among the first printmakers and commercial artists working in Nashville, as well as the first commercial artist in Tennessee with his own office. He is best known for his woodcuts, a medium through which he faithfully rendered many cultural landmarks in and around Nashville. When the Depression impeded his commercial art career, he began focusing on his wooducts. During this time he took part in group exhibitions across the United States, such as the Exhibition of Lithographs, Woodcuts, and Block Prints held in New York City in January of 1937. From that show, one of his etchings was selected to travel with the Society of American Etchers, which toured European Galleries, starting in Stockholm, Sweden, in the winter of 1937. In that same year, Mr. Pickup's work was also featured at the Sixth International Exhibition of Lithography and Wood Engraving, held at the Art Institute of Chicago, and he was once again featured internationally at an exhibition held in Scotland in 1939". (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com.)
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Aug. 05, 2017
Ernest Pickup Woodcut, Street Singers
Est: $700 - $900
Ernest Pickup (Tennessee, 1887-1970) woodcut, titled lower left in pencil "Street Singers" (also known as "Joy to the World"); numbered EA/50 and signed lower right and dated "Ernest Pickup '39". Depicts 2 men seated, with their backs to the viewers, behind a table with sign marked "Blind" as figures walk past them on the street. A store sign, "Drugs", a decorative iron fence, and a Christmas Tree, are visible in the background. Housed in a molded giltwood frame with black matte. Image - 6" H x 7 1/3" W. Sight - 9 1/2" H x 7 1/2" W. Framed - 12 1/2" H x 15 1/4" W. American, mid 20th century. Provenance: Middle Tennessee collection. Biography (courtesy Nashville Arts Magazine): Ernest A. Pickup, born in Shelbyville, Tennessee, in 1887, was among the first printmakers and commercial artists working in Nashville, as well as the first commercial artist in Tennessee with his own office. He is best known for his woodcuts, a medium through which he faithfully rendered many cultural landmarks in and around Nashville. When the Depression impeded his commercial art career, he began focusing on his wooducts. During this time he took part in group exhibitions across the United States, such as the Exhibition of Lithographs, Woodcuts, and Block Prints held in New York City in January of 1937. From that show, one of his etchings was selected to travel with the Society of American Etchers, which toured European Galleries, starting in Stockholm, Sweden, in the winter of 1937. In that same year, Mr. Pickups work was also featured at the Sixth International Exhibition of Lithography and Wood Engraving, held at the Art Institute of Chicago, and he was once again featured internationally at an exhibition held in Scotland in 1939. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
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