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Good as Gold Dinner Scene

Artist: Steven Stroud

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1970s, Franklin Library, Good as Gold, Interior Book Art, original interior illustration, Pen & Ink, steven stroud, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: March 20, 2020

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Good as Gold Bar Scene

Artist: Steven Stroud

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1970s, Franklin Library, Good as Gold, Interior Book Art, original interior illustration, Pen & Ink, steven stroud, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: March 20, 2020

Feature image of "Good as Gold" bookplate illustration by Steven Stroud

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”We Are Not a Society or We Are Not Worth Our Salt by Steven Stroud” amount=”750.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] 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 […]

We Are Not a Society or We Are Not Worth Our Salt

Artist: Steven Stroud

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1970s, Franklin Library, Good as Gold, Interior Book Art, original interior illustration, Pen & Ink, steven stroud, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: March 20, 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

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1970s, Bart Forbes, Franklin Library, House Made of Dawn, Interior Book Art, native american, original interior illustration, Watercolor
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

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
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

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1970s, Bart Forbes, Franklin Library, Interior Book Art, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: November 7, 2019

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Education and Truth by Steven Stroud” amount=”750.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] 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 […]

Education and Truth or Truth in Education – “Good as Gold” Interior Illustration

Artist: Steven Stroud

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1970s, Franklin Library, government, original interior illustration, Pen & Ink, Satire, steven stroud
Added to Gallery: June 3, 2019

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Every Change is for the Worse by Steven Stroud” amount=”750.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] This pen & ink on artist’s paper shows a man in a t-shirt and running shorts jogging around an indoor second-level running track. He appears strained and breathless – clearly not enjoying the exertion. This illustration appears […]

Every Change Is for the Worse – “Good as Gold” Interior Illustration

Artist: Steven Stroud

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1970s, Franklin Library, government, original interior illustration, Pen & Ink, Satire, steven stroud
Added to Gallery: June 3, 2019

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The Sound and the Fury – April Eighth, 1928

Artist: Steven Stroud

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1980s, Franklin Library, original interior illustration, Pen & Ink, steven stroud
Added to Gallery: May 23, 2019

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”The Sound and the Fury Pt II” amount=”650.00″ no_shipping=”2″ quantity=”1″ return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/thank-you-for-your-order” cancel_return=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/your-order-was-not-processed” button_image=”https://grapefruitmoongallery.com/wp-content/buy-now.png” target=”blank”] This pen & ink on artist’s paper depicts a man in a suit running down a waterfront street. He appears hurried and panicked. A young girl is seen despondently standing in the background. The illustration is broken into two […]

The Sound and the Fury – Pt II

Artist: Steven Stroud

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1980s, Franklin Library, original interior illustration, Pen & Ink, steven stroud
Added to Gallery: May 23, 2019

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