Carew Rice Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Carew Rice Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 16, 2024
Pair Carew Rice Silhouette Prints
Est: $100 - $150
Carew Rice (South Carolina, 1899-1971), two silhouette prints, each under glass in black wood frame, 9"W x 11 1/4"H: 1. Titled "Gate of the Stars / #14 Greene St / Charleston, S.C." . . . "Carew Rice. / 1934."---2. Titled "Saint Michael's Church Gate. / Charleston, S.C." . . . "Carew Rice . 1934."---both in good condition
Ivy Auctions
Oct. 16, 2024
Carew Rice Silhouette
Est: $800 - $1,000
(American/South Carolina, 1899-1971) Medicine Mile in the Hell Hole Swamp. South Carolina Low Country, 1969, signed lower right "Carew Rice", hand cut silhouette, sight 3-1/4 x 5 in.; original black painted wood frame, 8-1/2 x 10 in. Provenance: Private Maryland Collection
Brunk Auctions
Jun. 29, 2024
Carew Rice (South Carolina, 1899-1971)
Est: $200 - $400
Three original cut paper silhouettes of young lovers, one titled "Ain't love grand!", signed and dated lower right "Carew Rice" / 1953", other two unsigned; each mounted on card stock; unframed; each card stock 4"W x 6"H---Condition: good condition with possible light toning to card stock (Inv. 36)
Ivy Auctions
Jun. 29, 2024
Carew Rice (South Carolina, 1899-1971)
Est: $200 - $400
Original cut paper silhouette, titled "In S.C. Low Country", depicting two deer under a canopy of trees, signed and dated lower right "Carew Rice 1952", mounted on card stock, matted and under glass in black painted wood frame; card stock 4"W x 6"H; frame 8 3/4"W, 10 3/4"H---Condition: good overall condition with toning to base card stock, each corner of card stock with small tack hole, light vertical streak on left side of canopy of trees (Inv. 11)
Ivy Auctions
May. 09, 2024
Seven Carew Rice Silhouettes
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
(American/South Carolina,1899-1971) including landscapes, people and and animals, each signed lower right "Carew Rice" dated 1963, 1969, 1971, prints on paper, each approximately 8-1/2 x 11 in.; 5 in original black painted wood frames, 2 in modern metal frames Provenance: Private North Carolina Collection
Brunk Auctions
Mar. 23, 2024
Carew Rice
Est: $500 - $700
(South Carolina, 1899-1971) Original silhouette titled, "Sea Island Sailing, James Island, SC." The piece is very nicely rendered with some slight yellowing consistent with age. Framed in original frame. Framed: H10" W7 5/8" Sold from the collection of a Charleston, South Carolina gentleman.
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers
Jan. 27, 2024
8 Carew Rice Silhouette Glass Tumblers
Est: $100 - $200
Carew Rice (South Carolina, 1899-1971), set of eight glass tumblers, each with silhouette scene featuring Lowcountry South Carolina figures in landscapes and engaged in various activities, each signed "Carew Rice" in lower corner; approx. 5 5/8"H, 2 3/4" dia.; good condition
Ivy Auctions
Oct. 05, 2023
Carew Rice pair of silhouettes
Est: $400 - $600
Carew Rice (South Carolina 1899-1971), pair of silhouettes of a man with garden hoe and woman with pipe and basket, frames - 8 1/4" x 6". Provenance: The Collection of Dr. Garrett I. & Bonnie Long, Romney, West Virginia. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot.
Pook & Pook Inc.
Sep. 29, 2023
1938 Carew Rice Hand Cut Silhouette
Est: $500 - $1,000
1938 Carew Rice (SC 1899-1971) hand cut silhouette "Still" in the Carolina Swamp", inscribed to Ralph Nading Hill, framed, some foxing, silhouette cut size 5" x 6 1/2", overall with frame 14 1/2" x 16"
Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers
May. 19, 2023
Three Carew Rice Silhouettes
Est: $1,000 - $1,200
(American/South Carolina, 1899-1971) Three Silhouettes: Sprite, Wildfall, Kitty, 1946, all signed lower right "Carew Rice", site 6 x 4 each; black frames, 7-1/4 x 5-1/4 in. Provenance: Private Collection, Washington, D. C.
Brunk Auctions
May. 06, 2023
1969, CAREW RICE SILHOUETTE SAT'DAY (SATURDAY)NIGHT
Est: -
FRAMED UNDER GLASS, APPROX. 12" X 9.5" TALL
Lakelands Auction Service
May. 03, 2023
CAREW RICE (SC, 1899-1971) SILHOUETTE
Est: $200 - $300
"Ain't Love Grand!", cut paper silhouette, signed and dated 1950 lower right, stamped 'Carew Rice, Wiggins Road, Green Pond, S.C.' verso, depicting a sailor and young woman kissing, artwork is accompanied by a note presenting this piece as a 'thank you' gift from 'Beta', unframed, 6" x 4". Toned.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Feb. 04, 2023
Carew Rice
Est: $800 - $1,200
(American/South Carolina, 1899-1971) In the South Carolina rice field, Low Country TRUNK", signed "Carew Rice", cut paper silhouette, image 13 x 10 in., mounted on card stock, 20 x 15-1/4 in. Provenance: Private North Carolina Collection so/art
Brunk Auctions
Feb. 04, 2023
Carew Rice
Est: $800 - $1,200
(American/South Carolina, 1899-1971) In the South Carolina Low Country, signed "Carew Rice", cut paper silhouette, image 13 x 10 in., mounted on card stock, 20 x 15-1/4 in. Provenance: Private North Carolina Collection so/art
Brunk Auctions
Feb. 04, 2023
Carew Rice
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
(American/South Carolina, 1899-1971) Fishing on the South Carolina Low Country Rice field bank, signed "Carew Rice", cut paper silhouette, image 13 x 20 in., mounted on card stock, 22 x 28 in. Note: Accompanied by a 1962 article from "The News and Courier", Charleston, South Carolina, paying tribute to Carew Rice Provenance: Private North Carolina Collection so/art
Brunk Auctions
Jan. 29, 2023
CAREW RICE 1966 WATERMILLION TIEF PRINT SIGNED
Est: $200 - $300
Carew Rice 1966 Watermillion Tief Print Professionally framed and matted. Measures 10 1/2"x14 1/2"x1". PROVENANCE: A Private Charleston SC Estate.
Charleston Estate Auctions
Jan. 28, 2023
Carew Rice
Est: $500 - $800
(South Carolina, 1899-1971) Uncommon style original cutout silhouette titled, Gillespie Home Near Hartsville, SC. signed Carew Rice and with the date of 1953. Very nicely rendered example capturing the home with moon and star in the sky above amongst oak and evergreen tree. H6 1/2" W5" (silhouette only) Framed: H15" W11 5/8"
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers
Jan. 28, 2023
6 CAREW RICE SILHOUETTES
Est: $400 - $450
Group of six (6) Carew Rice (South Carolina, 1899-1971) silhouettes on card stock, all signed, with varying dates and titles. Includes two (2) male profile silhouettes of the same sitter dated 1969, one (1) female profile silhouette dated "1955," housed in a paper portfolio, one (1) image of a cat titled "Meyow!" dated "1967," one (1) image of young lovers titled "Aint Love Grand", and one (1) landscape image with two deer in a forest with mossy trees., housed in a contemporary gilt frame. Ranging in size from 5 3/4" H x 4 1/4" W to 8 1/4" H x 5" W. Biography: Carew Rice is known as one of America's leading silhouette artists. His artistic training began at the University of Chattanooga where he is said to have taken an art course as an elective. Prompted by a professor's comment that most people identify their friends by profiles, Rice began cutting silhouettes of his friends. Rice is most commonly associated with South Carolina, where he born, and where he later became a folk-singer and story-teller in addition to creating intricate silhouette portraits and landscapes of Lowcountry landscapes. His figurative silhouettes were eagerly sought by Charleston society and collectors throughout the world during his lifetime. He died at his home, Brick House Plantation, in South Carolina in 1971.
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Nov. 12, 2022
Carew Rice, Nine Silhouettes
Est: $200 - $300
(American/South Carolina, 1899-1971) Self Portrait, signed "Carew Rice", and 8 untitled, paper silhouettes, largest 10-3/4 x 6-7/8, smallest 6 x 4 in. Provenance: Private Collection, Greer, South Carolina
Brunk Auctions
Nov. 12, 2022
Carew Rice
Est: $400 - $600
(American/South Carolina, 1899-1971) Mexie (Dog), signed lower right "Carew Rice", silhouette, 2 x 3 in.; black frame 8 x 9-1/2 in. Provenance: Private Collection
Brunk Auctions
Nov. 12, 2022
Carew Rice
Est: $600 - $800
(American/South Carolina, 1899-1971) Fisherman, signed lower right "Carew Rice '94", silhouette, 5 x 3-1/4 in.; black frame 10 x 17-3/4 in. Provenance: Private Collection
Brunk Auctions
Nov. 06, 2022
VINTAGE CAREW RICE 1969 AH SHO IS GLAD SILHOUETTE PRINT
Est: $125 - $175
Carew Rice Silhouette Print, "Ah Sho is glad Ah Aint Look Like Dat!". Titled, signed, and dated 1969 below image. Framed and matted in frame measures 12 3/4"x11 1/4x1/2". Weight 1 pd 9 oz. PROVENANCE: a Charleston SC Private Estate.
Charleston Estate Auctions
Oct. 02, 2022
VINTAGE CAREW RICE 1969 AH SHO IS GLAD SILHOUETTE PRINT
Est: $125 - $175
Carew Rice Silhouette Print, "Ah Sho is glad Ah Aint Look Like Dat!". Titled, signed, and dated 1969 below image. Framed and matted in frame measures 12 3/4"x11 1/4x1/2". Weight 1 pd 9 oz. PROVENANCE: a Charleston SC Private Estate.
Charleston Estate Auctions
Sep. 17, 2022
Carew Rice
Est: $400 - $600
(South Carolina, 1899-1971) Original cutout silhouette of rabbit hunter with his hounds in the Southern lowcountry swamp. Signed in the work lower right CR. Good overall condition throughout. H7 W5" without frame Sold from the collection of an Upcountry, South Carolina gentleman.
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers
Sep. 17, 2022
Eleven Carew Rice Silhouettes
Est: $400 - $600
(American/South Carolina, 1899 - 1971) The King of African Jungles, S.C. Low Country, In Brownie Land, On the Mice Field Bank, Harbor Mouth, On S.C. Coast, In Sea Islands of S.C., Florida, 3 Untitled, signed Carew Rice, eleven paper silhouettes, largest 7-1/2 x 3-1/8 in.; smallest 1-7/8 x 3-1/8 in. Provenance: Private Collection, Greer, South Carolina
Brunk Auctions
Sep. 17, 2022
Carew Rice, Two Landscapes
Est: $400 - $600
(American/South Carolina, 1899-1971) Two landscapes: Lotus River, in SC Low Country, signed "Carew Rice", paper silhouette, 6 x 4 in. Provenance: Private Collection, Greer, South Carolina
Brunk Auctions
Sep. 17, 2022
Carew Rice, Nine Silhouettes
Est: $400 - $600
(American/South Carolina, 1899-1971) Self Portrait, signed "Carew Rice", and 8 untitled, paper silhouettes, largest 10-3/4 x 6-7/8, smallest 6 x 4 in. Provenance: Private Collection, Greer, South Carolina
Brunk Auctions
Jun. 11, 2022
Carew Rice Black Silhouette Lemonade Set
Est: $300 - $400
Set Of 7 Carew Rice Black Silhouette Drinking Glasses With Lemonade Pitcher. Carew Rice (American, 1899-1971). Rice is famous for his traditional South Carolina silhouettes, capturing the life & times during the 20th century in the low country. Silhouettes include a church scene, boys fishing, picking watermelon, still operation, daily life & more. 5.5" H x 2.7" diameter at mouth. Pitcher 10 1/8" tall. Good condition exhibits minor scuffs. Iconic scissor logo on each.
Gulfcoast Coin and Jewelry
Jun. 04, 2022
Carew Rice
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(South Carolina, 1899-1971) Original cutout silhouette of whitetail deer in the Carolina lowcountry. Signed lower right in the work. Some yellowing but overall good condition. W 13 5/8" H 10 3/4" framed size Sold from the collection of Mary Wooten DuPont of Camden, South Carolina.
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers
Jun. 04, 2022
Carew Rice
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(South Carolina, 1899-1971) Original cutout silhouette of African American hunters in the Carolina lowcountry with horse and hound dog. Signed lower right in the work. Some yellowing but overall good condition. Framed: H10 3/4" W13 3/4" Sold from the collection of Mary Wooten DuPont of Camden, South Carolina.
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers
Mar. 26, 2022
Carew Rice
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(South Carolina, 1899-1971) Original Lowcountry South Carolina cutout silhouette titled, "Digging Bait on the Ricefield Bank South Carolina Low Country." Signed and dated 1958 lower right. Good overall condition with some slight yellowing consistent with age. H11" W6 1/2" (without mat and frame) Sold from the collection of Mary Wooten DuPont, Camden, South Carolina.
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers
Mar. 26, 2022
Carew Rice
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(South Carolina, 1899-1971) Original lowcountry cutout silhouette titled lower left in pencil, "Fishing in the South Carolina Low Country." Signed lower right and dated 1960. Good overall condition. H13 1/2" W10 1/2" (without mat and frame) Sold from the collection of Mary Wooten DuPont, Camden, South Carolina.
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers
Mar. 26, 2022
Carew Rice
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(South Carolina, 1899-1971) Original lowcountry cutout silhouette of African American farmers under moss laden live oak with herring in the foreground. Signed in the cutout lower right. Good overall condition. H12 1/2" W10" (without mat and frame) Sold from the collection of Mary Wooten DuPont, Camden, South Carolina.
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers
Dec. 04, 2021
Carew Rice Silhouette Print
Est: $40 - $60
Carew Rice (South Carolina, 1899-1971) silhouette print, "Wild Fowl A Rising! / S. C. Low Country", under glass in black wood frame; 9 1/4"W x 12"H
Ivy Auctions
Oct. 24, 2021
CAREW RICE NINER FUM CA'LINA
Est: $75 - $125
Vintage 1964 Print by Carew Rice. "Niner Fum Ca'lina". Measures 15 1/2"x12 1/2"x1". Weight 2 pds. PROVENANCE: A Private Charleston SC Estate
Charleston Estate Auctions
Sep. 16, 2021
Silhouettes, by Rice and Bennett (3pcs)
Est: $100 - $200
Silhouettes, by Rice and Bennett Carew Rice (South Carolina, 1899-1971), and Frances Bennett (mid 20th century) PROFILE PORTRAITS OF CHILDREN, each similarly framed, signed & dated 1964, 1967 and 1969; framed H7 3/4" W5 3/4" (3pcs) Provenance: Southern collection
Charlton Hall
Sep. 16, 2021
Carew Rice (4pcs)
Est: $500 - $900
Carew Rice (South Carolina, 1899-1971) IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA LOWCOUNTRY RICEFIELD, 1966 handcut silhouette, framed, signed, titled & dated sight H6 1/2" W9 5/8" accompanied by two cut-velvet examples: WILDFOWL IN SOUTH CAROLINA LOWCOUNTRY and INLET, framed; and author-signed book: A SELECTION OF SONGS & SCISSOR-CUT SILHOUETTE LOWCOUNTRY ARTISTRY. (4pcs) Provenance: Private collection
Charlton Hall
Sep. 04, 2021
Carew Rice
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(South Carolina, 1899-1971) Original cutout silhouette featuring a young man at play with a large rabbit holding an egg with a smaller rabbit atop the egg, likely an Easter commission. Signed lower right and with an early date of 1934. Full margins, unframed. H9 " W6 1/4"
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers
Sep. 04, 2021
Carew Rice
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(South Carolina, 1899-1971) Original cutout silhouette featuring young men in the Lowcountry working a mule on a sugar cane mill. Early date of 1934 and signed lower right. Good condition some yellowing to paper consistent with age. Full margins and unframed. W8" H6"
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers
Sep. 04, 2021
Carew Rice
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(South Carolina, 1899-1971) Original cutout silhouette featuring a Lowcountry man after a possum hunt with his hound and shotgun. Signed lower right and with early date of 1934. Full margins and unframed. H9 1/4" W6 1/4"
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers
Sep. 04, 2021
Carew Rice
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(South Carolina, 1899-1971) Original cutout silhouette titled "Wegetubble Waggin In a South Carolina Lowcountry Town." Signed lower right and dedicated. Some yellowing and slight color difference from framing previously. H7 3/4" W11" (without matt and frame)
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers
Sep. 04, 2021
Carew Rice
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
(South Carolina, 1899-1971) Original large cutout silhouette titled, "The Loafin Loafer." Very nicely rendered example of Mr. Rice's work. Some foxing consistent with age. Framed with page from the book for display and on verso the collector salvaged the original mailing labels and cardboard from when Mr. Rice mailed it to her. H16 1/2" W16 1/2" (artwork only) H37 3/4" W25" (with frame)
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers
Jul. 25, 2021
5 Carew Rice Silhouettes inc. TN Scenes
Est: $350 - $450
Group of five (5) Carew Rice (South Carolina, 1899-1971) silhouettes on cardstock, all signed "Carew Rice" and dated 1958. Includes two (2) Tennessee related scenes including one(1) titled "In Tennessee Woods" and one (1) titled "Wildfowl in Old Hickory Lake" and three (3) silhouettes: two (2) females and one (1) male. Ranging in size from 6" H x 4" W to 6 1/4" H x 5" W. Biography: Carew Rice is known as one of America's leading Silhouette artists. His artistic training began at the University of Chattanooga where he is said to have taken an art course as an elective. Prompted by a professor's comment that most people identify their friends by profiles, Rice began cutting silhouettes of his friends. Rice is most commonly associated with South Carolina, where he born, and where he later became a folk-singer and story-teller in addition to creating intricate silhouette portraits and landscapes of Lowcountry landscapes. His figurative silhouettes were eagerly sought by Charleston society and collectors throughout the world during his lifetime. He died at his home, Brick House Plantation, in South Carolina in 1971. Provenance: The Estate of William Pursell, Nashville, Tennessee.
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Jun. 19, 2021
Carew Rice
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(South Carolina, 1899-1971 Original cut out silhouette titled, "Yuh Skut Too High!" signed and dated 1969. Good overall condition with only minor lift. H3 1/4" W2 1/4" (image only) H9 3/4" W7 3/4" (with full margins)
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers
Jun. 19, 2021
Carew Rice
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(South Carolina, 1899-1971) Original cut out silhouette titled "Monday" and dated 1969. Good overall condition with some minor lift. H5" W3" (image only) H10" W6 1/2" (with full margins) Sold from the collection of a Charleston Gentleman.
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers
Jun. 19, 2021
Original Carew Rice Hand Cut Silhouette
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(South Carolina, 1899-1971) Fiddle player and hog atop whiskey still. Very nicely rendered example, signed lower right. Good overall condition some slight yellowing to paper consistent with age. Sight size: H10 1/8" W7" (without matt and frame) The piece was exhibited at the South Carolina State Museum in 2005-2006 for the showing of Rice works, Southern Shadows.
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers
Jun. 19, 2021
Original Carew Rice Hand Cut Silhouette
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(South Carolina, 1899-1971) Ducks landing in the Lowcountry Carolina marsh. The piece elegantly depicting a Lowcountry coastal marsh with Spanish moss hung in the cypress trees and ducks making a landing to cover while in the distance a hunter looks on. Sight size: H9 1/2" W12 5/8" (without frame)
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers
Jun. 19, 2021
Carew Rice
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(South Carolina, 1899-1971) Original hand cut silhouette titled "Medicine Mill." Depicting moonshiners in the low country of South Carolina. Signed lower right and dated 1961. Good overall condition, some slight yellowing to paper consistent with age. H8 1/4" W10" (without mat and frame)
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers