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Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration

original interior illustration

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”The Sound and the Fury – April Eighth, 1928″ 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 is broken into two segments (as were all of the illustrations created for this publication) and were printed across two pages with the empty space in between being used to […]

The Sound and the Fury – April Eighth, 1928

Artist: Steven Stroud

[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

  From its founding in 1973 until its closing in 2000 The Franklin Library produced public domain classic books, releasing series such as Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century. Often released in parallel series including leather bound and a non-leather bound (leatherette), the books were handsomely bound and included illustrations from contemporary illustrators. American artist and illustrator Steven […]

The Franklin Library: The Sound and the Fury – Frontispiece

Artist: Steven Stroud

This vintage illustration features a disheveled Jimmy Stewart type in rumpled raincoat and hat, being side-eyed with disdain. The other fellow appears to be wearing last night’s tuxedo, if the stack of pancakes is any indication. Since we have yet identified the use or artist of this piece, we can’t do more than speculate on […]

Meeting At A Diner

Artist: American Artist

  From its founding in 1973 until its closing in 2000 The Franklin Library produced public domain classic books, releasing series such as Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century. Often released in parallel series including leather bound and a non-leather bound (leatherette), the books were handsomely bound and included illustrations from contemporary illustrators. American artist and […]

The Sound and the Fury

Artist: Steven Stroud

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Pt I” amount=”850.00″ 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”]   From its founding in 1973 until its closing in 2000 The Franklin Library produced public domain classic books, releasing series such as The Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces. Often released in parallel series including leather bound and a non-leather bound […]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Pt I

Artist: Herbert Tauss

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Pt III” amount=”850.00″ 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”]   From its founding in 1973 until its closing in 2000 The Franklin Library produced public domain classic books, releasing series such as The Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces. Often released in parallel series including leather bound and a non-leather […]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Pt III

Artist: Herbert Tauss

  From its founding in 1973 until its closing in 2000 The Franklin Library produced public domain classic books, releasing series such as The Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces. Often released in parallel series including leather bound and a non-leather bound (leatherette), the books were handsomely bound and included illustrations from contemporary illustrators. American artist, […]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Pt II

Artist: Herbert Tauss

This is an original men’s magazine interior illustration of unknown usage, dating to the 1950s to 60s. The scene shows a dramatic alley fight, with one man falling to the ground, flashlight tumbling, after the other got the jump on him.  A grisaille gouache on illustration board, this painting is very nicely framed and matted […]

Alley Fight

Artist: American Artist

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Moll Flanders – Title Page by David Palladini” amount=”525.00″ 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”] An original illustration from Moll Flanders by David Palladini This original pen and ink illustration by David Palladini uses moody shades of grey to capture a bustling 18th century English street scene. Carriages and men on horseback mingle […]

Moll Flanders – Title Page

Artist: David Palladini

 

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