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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

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, 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

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: March 26, 2020

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You Will Hurt Your Foot

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 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

[wp_paypal button=”buynow” name=”Good as Gold Bar Scene 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 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 […]

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

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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

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.

Art Deco Woman with Grapes

Artist: Georges Le Duc

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: art deco, bacchanalia, french, George LeDuc, Watercolor
Added to Gallery: October 15, 2019

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