Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
A fun, snow-covered portrait cover for assuredly a winter month issue of Randolph Hearst’s American Weekly Magazine. Labeled by artist’s hand, lower right ACCENT ON SPORTS #2, A SERIES OF OILS BY HENRY CLIVE; SNOW FLIGHT. This piece was found an an abondoned Atlanta, Georgia apartment complex years ago. How it got there is a mystery, to be sure. Nicely framed and double matted in a vintage 1940’s ornate gesso wood gallery frame.
Artist: Henry Clive
Rare, original cover-art for a 1950 Line-Up Detective Cases pulp magazine, illustrating the interior story: I am a $100 a Night Call Girl! This is a genre defining example of 1950’s pulp bad girl cover-art and like much pulp art, it is unsigned but came directly from the Dodd estate.
Artist: Howell Dodd
A haunting original oil painting inspired by The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam by noted illustrator and fine artist, Charles Allan Winter. Included with this painting, is a delightful February 1923 issue of Shadowland Magazine-Expressing the Arts. This artist’s work is featured in a full page color plate on page 9 of this publication.
Artist: Charles Winter
Wonderfully-executed, humorous, situational pin-up pastel of a sexy, nude redhead caught “red handed” basking in the rays of a “modern” sun lamp. This was given to a Brown & Bigelow retiree and has never before been on market! This pastel personifies American Pin-Up Art. The artwork retains the original period frame this is the February month calendar girl for the 12-page Brown And Bigelow Earl Moran pin-up calendar titled, Nifty Numbers. Included is a near mint condition Brown and Bigelow mutoscope vintage card with the artwork as seen.
Artist: Earl Moran
Wonderfully executed original oil painting from Henry Clive’s long stint as head illustrator for The American Weekly. Painting is beautifully framed under an archival quality double matt in a stunning antiqued, faux finished $700 frame. The piece is in perfect condition, and comes with the original published newsprint cover.
Artist: Henry Clive
An original stylized art deco illustration from the 1930’s for a perfume company . A fresh estate find artist, signed lower right and labeled on verso with company label as seen.
Artist: Harry Bailey
