Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
Original illustration by Bob Dacey from A Sense of Shelter This is an original watercolor illustration by Bob Dacey. A captivating piece, it captures the emotion of two high school students in the middle of a conversation about their feelings for each other. This is a tender and youthfully nostalgic piece that was used to […]
Artist: Bob Dacey
Price: $650.00
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 […]
Artist: Bart Forbes
Price: $750.00
Original Illustration from Good as Gold by Steven Stroud This is a mixed media, watercolor and pen & ink on artist's paper illustration by Steven Stroud. A sketchily composed illustration, it shows a chaotic group gathered at a table. Some of the members of the meeting appear exasperated while others behave oddly such as removing […]
Artist: Steven Stroud
Price: $750.00
Original Illustration from Good as Gold by Steven Stroud This is a mixed media, watercolor and pen & ink on artist's paper illustration by Steven Stroud. A sketchily composed illustration, it shows a group gathered around a table having what looks to be a very chaotic meal. This illustration appears as a full page bookplate […]
Artist: Steven Stroud
Price: $750.00
Original Illustration from Good as Gold by Steven Stroud This is a mixed media, watercolor and pen & ink on artist's paper illustration by Steven Stroud. A sketchily composed illustration, it shows a group of men gathered together with drinks inside a crowded bar. This illustration appears as a full page bookplate on page 371 […]
Artist: Steven Stroud
Price: $750.00
Original Illustration from Good as Gold by Steven Stroud This mixed media watercolor, pen & ink on artist's paper illustration by Steven Stroud is sketchily done to show a man in a wheelchair careening down a hallway as a man and woman look on. It has been signed by the artist in the bottom of […]
Artist: Steven Stroud
Price: $750.00
Original watercolor illustration published as the frontispiece for N. Scott Momaday's novel "The House Made of Dawn" (1977, The Franklin Library).
Artist: Bart Forbes
Price: $750.00
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.
Artist: Bart Forbes
Price: $750.00
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 […]
Artist: Bart Forbes
Price: $850.00
This mixed media watercolor, pen & ink on artist's paper shows a woman relaxing on a couch with a book in hand. Her reading has been interrupted by an individual who leans over close into her body, gesticulating wildly with his hands. This illustration appears as a full page bookplate on page 159 of Good […]
Artist: Steven Stroud
Price: $750.00
