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Bart Forbes

Original Illustration from House Made of Dawn, by Bart Forbes This original watercolor illustration by Bart Forbes is a surreal triptych of a Native American man seen in profile, running, with the head of a horse and a bull behind his legs in the bottom panel. This beautifully rendered painting was featured as an interior […]

The Longhair

Artist: Bart Forbes
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Tagged With: 1970s, Bart Forbes, Franklin Library, House Made of Dawn, Interior Book Art, native american, original interior illustration, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: March 26, 2020

Detailed view of watercolor frontispiece published in House Made of Dawn

Original watercolor illustration published as the frontispiece for N. Scott Momaday’s novel “The House Made of Dawn” (1977, The Franklin Library).

Frontispiece from House Made of Dawn

Artist: Bart Forbes
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Added to Gallery: February 12, 2020

American painter and illustrator Bart Forbes (b. 1939) was specially commissioned to create a series of interior illustrations for The Franklin Library’s 1977 publication of the novel House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday.

The novel is widely credited as leading the way for the breakthrough of Native American literature into the mainstream. It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969 and has also been noted for its significance in Native American anthropology.

House Made of Dawn

Artist: Bart Forbes
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Tagged With: 1970s, Bart Forbes, Franklin Library, House Made of Dawn, Interior Book Art, native american, original interior illustration, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: January 9, 2020

This minimalist yet evocative watercolor painting shows three men standing together against a blue sky while a horse grazes in the foreground. This illustration appears as a full-page bookplate on page 132 of Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington. From its founding in 1973 until its closing in 2000 The Franklin Library produced public domain […]

Up from Slavery

Artist: Bart Forbes
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Tagged With: 1970s, Bart Forbes, Franklin Library, Interior Book Art, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: November 7, 2019

 

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    Grapefruit Moon Gallery, based in Minneapolis MN, specializes in vintage pin up and original illustration art.  We are the proud home of the Bunny Yeager archives.

    Since 2003, Grapefruit Moon Gallery has been a leading dealer of exclusive original paintings by Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas, Earl Moran, Rolf Armstrong and Henry Clive, as well as vintage photographs, prints, and period decorative arts in ceramic and metal.

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