Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
This tantalizingly exotic Art Deco watercolor painting is by photographer, pulp artist, and illustrator Lejaren A. Hiller. With bold colors, exquisite details, and a lavish motif, Hiller has captured the Roaring Twenties' obsession with opulence and the East by portraying decadently costumed harem girls who are following in line behind a golden crocodile. The whimsical […]
Artist: Lejaren A. Hiller
Price: SOLD
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 is a 1930s signed, Art Deco watercolor painting on illustration board by the listed artist George Le Duc. It depicts a fashionable stylized woman with grapes on her way to the bacchanal. The painting has been silk matted and handsomely framed under glass and is ready to enjoy.
Artist: Georges Le Duc
Price: $950.00
This large World War II-era illustration is a sprawling depiction of life in Japan for American soldiers. Created with gouache and watercolor by artist and illustrator Stevan Dohanos, this image was published in the July 3, 1943 issue of The Saturday Evening Post to illustrate the short story "A Lot To Learn" by Hal G. […]
Artist: Stevan Dohanos
Price: $4,500.00
This is a one of a kind vintage photograph hand painted by Bunny Yeager showcasing a fun and playful cheesecake pin up scene shot at Hobbyland, Florida.
Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price: $2,250.00
Vintage hand-colored black & white self-portrait photograph of Bunny Yeager. Posed by, photographed by, and hand painted by Yeager herself.
Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price: $4,500.00
Bunny Yeager, the preeminent female pin-up and glamour photographer of the 20th century took this vivacious and spirited photograph of Bettie Page on a Florida beach in 1954, during the pair's year-long partnership which would change the course of both of their careers. In an effort to capitalize on the booming popularity of color photography, […]
Artist: Bunny Yeager
Price: $4,500.00
After watching the 1942 revival of Hedda Gabler, starring Katina Paxinou, Helen Morley, and Ralph Forbes, James Montgomery Flagg created this watercolor gag sketch, which gently roasts his friend Cecil Humphreys for his acting in the role of Judge Black. The 1892 Henrik Ibsen play is a deeply psychological look at the life of a […]
Artist: James Montgomery Flagg
Price: $1,350.00
This very well rendered and rare surviving watercolor illustration painting by the French boudoir artist Suzanne Meunier dates to around 1920.
Artist: Suzanne Meunier
Price: $3,500.00
