Lot 228: Three A.Z. Kruse paintings (Alexander Zerdini

Three A.Z. Kruse paintings (Alexander Zerdini Kruse, American, 1888-1972), all oil on artist board and signed "A.Z. Kruse": boy with wagon along bay, signed lower left and verso, 15-7/8 x 19-7/8 in.; boy with wheelbarrow, 1967, "Itinerant Artist in Palm Springs L.A." verso, signed lower right and verso, 15-7/8 x 11-7/8 in.; beachscape at low tide, 1928, "Outskirts of Coney Is." inscribed verso, signed lower right, 11-1/2 x 16 in. All with wear to edges, flaking; boy with wagon with wood frame with abrasions; remaining two with canvas board mounted to backing frame. R.H. Love Galleries, Inc.; Property of the Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, North Carolina.