Graphic Prose: Illustration Art of the 19th &amp; 20th Centuries

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Plantation in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Rockwell Kent

American (1882-1971)

Plantation in Sao Paulo, Brazil, circa 1945

Gouache on paper

8×10 IN.

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Up and Up

by Jan Matulka

Jan Matulka

Czech-American (1890-1972)

Up and Up, 1927

Ink and charcoal

23×18 IN.

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Medal Design for Justice Hugo Black

Rockwell Kent

American (1882-1971)

Medal Design for Justice Hugo Black, 1938

Pencil and ink wash heightened with white on heavy paperboard

9×18 IN.

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George B. Smith (Study for N by E)

Rockwell Kent

American (1882-1971)

George B. Smith (Study for N by E), c. 1929

Ink on paper

4×6 IN.

$ 12,000

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Laying Cable – Study for a portion of “Telephone Men and Women at Work”

by Dean Cornwell

Dean Cornwell

1892-1960

Laying Cable – Study for a portion of “Telephone Men and Women at Work”, circa 1948

Pencil on paper

36×42 IN.

$ 9,500

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Sketch for Rose of the Rancho

by Everett Shinn

Everett Shinn

American (1876-1953)

Sketch for Rose of the Rancho, circa 1907

Blue pencil and gouache on two joined sheets of paper

12×7 IN.

$ 8,250

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Study for “The New Masses”

by Hugo Gellert

Hugo Gellert

Hungarian-American (1892-1985)

Study for “The New Masses”

Litho crayon and ink

21×19 IN.

$ 7,500

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Vitamin Advertisement, Preliminary Sketch

Rockwell Kent

American (1882-1971)

Vitamin Advertisement, Preliminary Sketch, c. 1935

Pencil

4×6 IN.

$ 7,500

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Willed and Bequeathed

by Arthur B. Frost

Arthur B. Frost

American (1851-1928)

Willed and Bequeathed, 1915

Grisaille watercolor on paper

17×13 IN.

$ 5,200

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Northern Night (N by E)

Rockwell Kent

American (1882-1971)

Northern Night (N by E), 1930

Wood engraving

5×8 IN.

$ 4,500

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Pretty Well Fixed

by Thomas Starling Sullivant

Thomas Starling Sullivant

American (1854-1926)

Pretty Well Fixed, circa 1894

Pen and ink

11×8 IN.

$ 3,500

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Barry Lyndon, Esq.

by William Ladd Taylor

William Ladd Taylor

American (1854-1926)

Barry Lyndon, Esq., c. 1896

Grisaille watercolor

30×20 IN.

$ 3,500

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Frontispice pour L’Illustration Nouvelle 1877: L’Enterrement du burin (The Burial of the Burin)

by Félix Buhot

Félix Buhot

French (1847-1898)

Frontispice pour L’Illustration Nouvelle 1877: L’Enterrement du burin (The Burial of the Burin), 1877

Etching, aquatint, drypoint and roulette

13×10 IN.

$ 3,000

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Bowery Nights

by Eli Jacobi

Eli Jacobi

Russian-American, (1898-1984)

Bowery Nights, circa 1935

Conte Crayon

15×12 IN.

$ 2,500

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When I Was a Bachelor

by Bernard Brussel-Smith

Bernard Brussel-Smith

American (1914-1989)

When I Was a Bachelor, 1946

Color wood engraving

4×3 IN.

$ 2,500

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Looking At The Comet Till You Get A Criek [sic] In The Neck

by Thomas Rowlandson

Thomas Rowlandson

British (1765-1827)

Looking At The Comet Till You Get A Criek [sic] In The Neck, 1811

Hand-colored etching

13.75×9.62 IN.

$ 2,400

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Then He saw the Ball Falling into Harry’s Hand, He loved the Ball

by Charles Livingston Bull

Charles Livingston Bull

American (1874-1932)

Then He saw the Ball Falling into Harry’s Hand, He loved the Ball

Charcoal and india ink

22×16 IN.

$ 1,900

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Road to Ruin

by Thomas Rowlandson

Thomas Rowlandson

British (1765-1827)

Road to Ruin, 1803

Etching

10.68×14.5 IN.

$ 1,800

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Woman with Coat

by Jared French

Jared French

American (1905-1988)

Woman with Coat, 1922

Pen and ink

12×7 IN.

$ 1,800

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[Robin Hood’s Merry Men]

by Edna W. Lawrence

Edna W. Lawrence

American (1898-1987)

[Robin Hood’s Merry Men]

Watercolor

14×10 IN.

$ 1,800

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Woman

by Jared French

Jared French

American (1905-1988)

Woman, circa 1935

Pen and ink

8×4 IN.

$ 1,600

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News from our Various Departments

by Dudley Vaill Talcott

Dudley Vaill Talcott

American (1899-1986)

News from our Various Departments

Ink

5×19 IN.

$ 1,500

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Soldier, Soldier Will You Marry Me?

by Bernard Brussel-Smith

Bernard Brussel-Smith

American (1914-1989)

Soldier, Soldier Will You Marry Me?, 1946

Wood engraving

2×3 IN.

$ 1,500

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Woman from Behind

by Jared French

Jared French

American (1905-1988)

Woman from Behind, circa 1935

Pen and ink

9×3 IN.

$ 1,250

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Going to the Riffel [Switzerland]

by Joseph Pennell

Joseph Pennell

American, (1857-1926)

Going to the Riffel [Switzerland], 1889

Ink on paper

10×14 IN.

$ 900

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The Market Place: I Brought This Old Fellow Here For a Reason

by James Montgomery Flagg

James Montgomery Flagg

American (1877-1960)

The Market Place: I Brought This Old Fellow Here For a Reason, 1897

Ink wash

14×21 IN.

$ 750

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Humpty Dumpty Children’s Magazine Cover

by Dan Lawler

Dan Lawler

American (20th Century)

Humpty Dumpty Children’s Magazine Cover, 1953

Gouache on board

19×15 IN.

$ 650

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Sourwood Mountain

by Bernard Brussel-Smith

Bernard Brussel-Smith

American (1914-1989)

Sourwood Mountain, 1945-46

Wood engraving

4×4 IN.

$ 500

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V’la, v’la l’coco! il est frais (Here, here’s the coconut milk! It’s fresh… )

by Honore Daumier

Honore Daumier

French (1808-1879)

V’la, v’la l’coco! il est frais (Here, here’s the coconut milk! It’s fresh… ), 1833

Hand colored lithograph

10×14 IN.

$ 475

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