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Cropped view of watercolor painting by Bob Dacey showing a young high school girl in conversation with a boy

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 […]

A Sense of Shelter

Artist: Bob Dacey
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1980s, Bob Dacey, bookplate illustration, Franklin Library, John Updike, original interior illustration, Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: September 22, 2020

Victorian Cover Art by Archie Gunn This is a large format and racy (for the times) Victorian cover illustration for the long-running weekly periodical Truth Magazine. Created by illustrator Archie Gunn, this appeared as the cover for the January 13, 1894 edition with a title of “How Those Girls Love One Another”. Two girlfriends are […]

How Those Girls Love One Another

Artist: Archie Gunn
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1890s, Archie Gunn, Calendar, Cover Art, gouache, Norman Platnick, original illustration, Truth Magazine, victorian, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: July 7, 2020

New Idea Cover Girl This is a large, well conceived, and beautifully detailed watercolor on artist’s paper by illustrator Z.P. Nikolaki. It appeared as the cover for the April 1910 issue of New Idea Woman’s Magazine. In this portrait a pretty, young Edwardian maiden in a wide brimmed garden hat prepares for her daily stroll with […]

New Idea Magazine Cover

Artist: Z.P. Nikolaki
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, Cover Art, Edwardian, New Idea Woman's Magazine, Norman Platnick, original illustration, Watercolor, Z. P. Nikolaki
Added to Gallery: July 7, 2020

An Edwardian Calendar Girl This is a large format, published watercolor and gouache painting on illustration board by the prolific American illustrator Henry Hutt. This painting appeared as the January 1907 page of “The Henry Hutt Calendar”. In this portrait a cinched waist Edwardian beauty delights the eye with a cane and masquerade mask held […]

Edwardian Calendar Girl – Miss January 1907

Artist: Henry Hutt
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: american, Calendar, Edwardian, glamour, Golden Age, gouache, Henry Hutt, Norman Platnick, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, portrait, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: July 7, 2020

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 […]

The Longhair

Artist: Bart Forbes
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: 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: March 26, 2020

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 […]

You Will Hurt Your Foot

Artist: Steven Stroud
Price:  $750.00

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

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 […]

Good as Gold Dinner Scene

Artist: Steven Stroud
Price:  $750.00

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

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 […]

Good as Gold Bar Scene

Artist: Steven Stroud
Price:  $750.00

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

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 […]

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

Artist: Steven Stroud
Price:  $750.00

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
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: 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

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