May 2003 Fine Art and Antiques Auction
Lot 126. "Curbside Garden" watercolor and graphite on paper, matted and framed, image size appx 9" x 12", signed lower right. A nice accompaniment to other O'Sickey offered with similar mat and frame with like bold, thick colors.
250.00/500.00 Sold $391.00
May 2003 Fine Art and Antiques Auction
Lot 127. "The Terrace", watercolor and graphite on paper, framed, image size appx 9" x 12-1/2", signed in pencil lower right. Very bold and bright thick colors depicting a park bench with trees and flowers accented with a curved walkway.
250.00/500.00 Sold $379.50
September 2003 Fine Art and Antiques Auction
Lot 108. This oil on canvas is an early work by the artist, dated 1953 on verso. Signed lower left "O'Sickey", unframed, canvas apprx 30" x 40". O'Sickey hails from the "Cleveland School" of artists which includes such notable names as William Sommer and Viktor Shreckengost. This painting has remained in a private collection since it was obtained from the artist.
600.00/1200.00 Sold $632.50
May 2005 Fine Art & Antiques
Lot 64. "Still Life in Gold". Oil on canvas, framed, signed lower right and dated '85. Lovely still life of a garden room featuring a table and chair surrounded with many vases and pots of flowers. Palette is light and brush strokes are quick. Measures apprx 31"H x 39"W. In gold colored frame, entire item measures apprx 34"H x 42"W. Provenance: Bought from Kennedy Galleries, New York; sticker on verso.
1800.00/2200.00 Sold $3,680.00
November 2005 Auction
Lot 51. "Still Life the Garden". Oil on canvas, framed, signed lower right and dated '85. Lovely still life in a garden featuring a table and two chairs surrounded with many trees, sunflowers plants, and flowers. Palette is bright and brush strokes are quick. Canvas measures approx. 45" x 60". Framed in a simple wood frame. Joseph OSickey, born in Detroit in 1918, has been a painter and teacher throughout his carreer. As a child he attended Saturday classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art, which retains one of his paintings in its permanent collection, and the Cleveland Institute of Art, where he received a Bachelors degree in 1940. As an undergraduate, he studied with Henry Keller, Paul Travis, Frank Wilcox, William Eastman, Carl Gaertner, Rolf Stoll, Kenneth Bates, and Victor Schreckengost. Afterwards he served in the U.S. Army in Africa, India, and Burma. OSickey and his wife currently live in Kent, Ohio, where Joe taught at Kent Statte University from 1964 until his retirement. He has had numerous solo exhibitions throughout his career, and received many awards, including Cleveland Arts Prize in 1974.
6000.00/8000.00 Sold $5,750.00