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Willy Pogany

“I came like water and like wind I go,” reads the verse which inspired this wonderful signed gouache illustration by Willy Pogany, one of our favorite Golden age artists. The image shows a nude maiden on a serene ledge in contemplation of the leaves blowing in the breeze. This appearedas an illustration for the 1942 […]

Like Wind I Go

Artist: Willy Pogany
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, art deco, Golden Age, illustration, original illustration art, risque, Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam, Willy Pogany
Added to Gallery: June 1, 2018

A climactic moment from the epic story of Don Quixote as depicted by by Willy Pogany. This is titled on verso in the artist’s hand “The Enchanters Put Don Q. In A Cage”. A commissioned “Golden Age of Illustration” work used in a 1920s adaptation of Don Quixote. Signed lower right beautifully framed and silk matted behind glass.

The Enchanters

Artist: Willy Pogany
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, children's book art, Don Quixote, Golden Age, hungarian, illustration, new york city, original interior illustration, Willy Pogany
Added to Gallery: February 12, 2017

An action filled battle at sea original watercolor illustration painting by noted Hungarian born Golden Age Illustrator Willy Pogany. Used in a 1920s adaptation of Don Quixote, in this scene an alluring sea siren means certain death in this fantasy laden, impactful work that is beautifully framed and silk matted behind glass.

A Sea Siren

Artist: Willy Pogany
Price: $1,400.00  $1,050.00

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, children's book art, Don Quixote, fantasy, Golden Age, hungarian, new york city, original interior illustration, sea siren, Willy Pogany
Added to Gallery: February 12, 2017

This is a haunting watercolor by renowned book illustrator Willy Pogany. Marked on verso “Doll House Hell” this is a dark noir rendering of an evening on a boathouse. The pylons and trees are turning into monsters and even the sky appears to be weighing down on the lone boat. Pogany is best remembered for his illustrated volumes of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Doll House Hell

Artist: Willy Pogany
Price: $1,950.00  $1,365.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1930s, 1940s, american, art nouveau, fantasy, Golden Age, hungarian, illustration, new york city, noir, set design, Willy Pogany
Added to Gallery: January 27, 2017

A large and important bustling published colorful gouache illustration painting by Willy Pogany for an interior story titled “Nero’s Temple On The Nile”, which appeared in the January 12, 1947 edition of Randolph Hearst’s American Weekly Magazine. An over the top opulant Egyptian themed costumed imagining of life in ancient Rome, which appeared with the […]

Nero’s Temple On The Nile

Artist: Willy Pogany
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, American Weekly, Cleopatra, egyptian, Golden Age, original illustration art, Randolph Hearst, Willy Pogany
Added to Gallery: July 26, 2016

A unique offering from the estate of Charles Martignette, the original Banshee’s club “Silver Lady” award presented to comic artist George McManus by Walt Disney himself on January 16th, 1952 at a Beverly Hills luncheon. This award statue was designed by another legendary illustrator, Willy Pogany and features a near nude pin-up girl with a quill pen and an elf and is silver-plated over cast bronze. This was purchased by us at the Charles Martignette estate auction in Delray Beach after the author’s untimely and sudden death in 2008.

Banshee’s Award, George McManus

Artist: Willy Pogany
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, american, Banshee's Club, Charles Martignette, Disney, George McManus, plastic arts, Willy Pogany
Added to Gallery: March 14, 2011

A bright and colorful, new to the market, original gouache on board by the prolific Hungarian artist Willy Pogany. This was created as an interior book plate illustration for an undetermined publication. A feast is laid before the king and his dog in this cleverly rendered original illustration. The verso is notated “pg. 7” and with the text “Golden Cocker #3” and an inventory number designating this as a published work. It is boldly signed lower right and nicely matted and framed behind glass.

The Feast

Artist: Willy Pogany
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, children's book art, fairy tale, Golden Age, hungarian, illustration, new york city, original interior illustration, Willy Pogany
Added to Gallery: February 12, 2010

A colorful and festive original gouache painting by the prolific Hungarian artist Willy Pogany created as an interior book plate illustration. A drunken king is carried off by the kingdom’s subjects after a sumptious feast in this colorful and cleverly rendered original illustration. The verso is notated “pg. 47” this was a published work. It is boldly signed lower right and nicely matted and framed behind glass.

After The Feast

Artist: Willy Pogany
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, children's book art, fairy tale, Golden Age, hungarian, illustration, new york city, original interior illustration, Willy Pogany
Added to Gallery: February 12, 2010

A large and decorative gouache and graphite illustration by Willy Pogany titled on verso in the artists hand “Love’s Labour’s Lost”. Likely used in a William Shakespeare adaptation perhaps a cover for “The American Weekly” a large courting scene and a grand depiction by this very important artist from “The Golden Age of Illustration”. Work is beautifully silk matted and framed behind glass and ready to hang.

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Artist: Willy Pogany
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, american, American Weekly, art deco, Golden Age, hungarian, masquarade, new york city, original cover art, original interior illustration, shakespeare, Willy Pogany
Added to Gallery: January 16, 2010

A colorful and festive original gouache painting by the prolific Hungarian artist Willy Pogany for an as of yet undetermined interior book plate illustration. A courting scene with a knight and princess assembled in a far away idyllic surround. The verso is notated with “pg. 26” this was a published work it is boldly signed lower right and nicely matted with a silk mat and framed behind glass.

In the Court of the Princess

Artist: Willy Pogany
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, art deco, fairy tale, Golden Age, hungarian, new york city, original interior illustration, Willy Pogany
Added to Gallery: January 11, 2010

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