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A Sea Siren

Artist:Willy Pogany
Date:1920s
Medium:Watercolor on Artist's Paper
Dimensions:Sight Size 8" x 7" Framed 16 1/2" x 15 3/4"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Interior Book Plate for an Edition of Don Quixote
Price:$1,400.00  $1,050.00
Detail
Detail
The artist's signature lower left
The artist’s signature lower left
Framed and silk matted under glass
Framed and silk matted under glass

The beautiful Dulcinea beckons like a sea siren in the background of this  slapstick, seafaring original watercolor illustration painting by noted Hungarian born Golden Age illustrator Willy Pogany. Used in a 1920s adaptation of Don Quixote, this illustrates the chapter which recounts the adventure of the enchanted boat. A fantasy-laden, spirited work that is beautifully framed and silk matted behind glass.

Frame corner profile
Frame corner profile

Pogány, Willy, 1882—1955, American artist, b. Hungary, studied in Budapest, Munich, and Paris. Arriving in New York City in 1914 from England, he soon achieved renown as a designer of stage sets for the Metropolitan Opera and for Broadway productions. His subsequent achievements included murals for theaters, hotels, and business and institutional buildings; book illustration; art direction for Hollywood motion pictures; architectural designs; sculpture; and portraiture. Among the more than 150 books, chiefly for children, that he illustrated were Arabian Nights, The Rubaiyat (1916), and Willy Pogány’s Mother Goose. His films included Devil Dancer (1926) and Modern Times (1936), and among his murals are those in the Children’s Theater of the Heckscher Foundation and the building of the Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Power Company. Portraiture occupied much of his last few years; two of his better-known subjects were John Barrymore and Carole Lombard.

A Sea Siren

Artist: Willy Pogany
Price: $1,400.00  $1,050.00

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, children's book art, Don Quixote, fantasy, Golden Age, hungarian, new york city, original interior illustration, sea siren, Willy Pogany
Added to Gallery: February 12, 2017

 

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