As follows: the first by David B. Bechtel (American, 1895-1960), oil on canvas, signed and dated 1887 at lower left, depicts two roosters squaring off to battle over a watching hen, in gilt wooden frame (Sight size 9-1/2 x 11-1/2 in.; Frame dimensions 14-1/4 x 16-1/2 in.); the second is oil on board, signed "I. Cerrone" upper right and attributed to "Cerrone," an Italian painter born in 1928, here, is a nervous hen is drinking from a bowl being eyed by an impatient duck, in gilt wooden frame (Sight size 4-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.) (Frame dimensions 10 x 12 in.); the final painting is a late 19th century oil on board, unsigned and showing a rooster crowing over his harem of two, in fancy gilt frame (Sight size 3-14 x 3-1/2 in.) (Frame dimensions 9-1/2 x 9-3/4 in.).

From the Collection of the late James and Nelson Teague, Greensboro, North Carolina

Overall good estate condition for the lot.