MAX JACOB. Double Signed Litho by Picasso. Max Jacob - 1910

Arnheim: Christoffel Van Sichem / Ioan. Iansonium, 1609. Original Woodcut . Single Sheet. Near Fine. 12 x 17.6 Cm. Original Engraving Of Early Anabaptist Leader Melchior Hofman, 6 7/8" X 4 3/4", One Of A Series Of Fine Woodcut Portraits Executed By Van Sichem, Junior, All Rare. A Fine Example, Trimmed To Plate Mark With 1 Cm Tab At Bottom Remaining, With Antique Collector's Annotation In Ink. Christoffel Van Sichem (1581, Basel - 1658, Amsterdam), Was A Dutch Golden Age Woodcutter And Engraver. According To The Rkd He Made Woodcuts Of Famous People After His Father, Christoffel Van Sichem The Elder. He Was The Brother Of Karel Sichem Who Published Many Of His Prints. Van Sichem Also Made Woodcuts After Portraits By Leading Artists Such As Abraham Bloemaert, Hendrick Goltzius And Maarten Van Heemskerck, Among Others. He Made These For Various Publications And Then He Bundled And Published Them Himself In "Der Zielen Lust-Hof '. His Work May Be Seen In "Bibels Tresoor,… Read More

Paris, 1826. Original Art Work . Single Sheet. Fine. 22 3/4" x 15. Color Engraving. Engraving Of A Drunken Celebration In The Park, With About 100 Figures. Complete With Full Margins, With Title In French Below The Image, Which Is Approximately 44 X 26 Cm.. The Designer's Name And Date 1826 In The Plate, With Name Printed Below, And Engraver's Name "E. Massard" Is Also Present At Lower Right. Eleanor Massard (1790- ) Was A Daughter Of Artist Jean Massard And Sister Of Artists Jean B. C. Massard And J. B. R. Massard. One Of A Small Number Of Gifted Late Eighteenth Century To Early Nineteenth Century Female Artists, Most Of Whom Were Children Of Artists And Were French Or English. First Issued 1826, But Date Of This Printing Is Unknown.

Antwerp: Phillip Galle, 1581. Original Engraving . Single Sheet. Near Fine. 16 Cm x 9.2 Cm. Original Engraving, 6 3/8 X 3 5/8". Maarten De Vos Of Antwerp (1532-1602). De Vos Studied In Rome 1551,Then To Venice Where He Was The Pupil And Friend And Collaborator Of Tintoretto. In 1558 He Returned To Antwerp Where He Worked As A Painter. He Executed Some Engravings, And Was A Prolific Source Of Drawings That Were Then Engraved And Published By Others. In The Twenty Pieces Depicting The Celebrated Women Of The Old Testament, His Drawings Were Engraved By Adrien Collaert (C. 1560-1618) And Karel De Mallery (C, 1576-After 1631), Two Of Phillip Galle's Sons-In-Law, And Adrien's Brother Hans / Jan Collaert (1566-1628). Sara (New Holl. De Vos 224 Ii/Ii), Published In Antwerp By Phillip Galle (1537-1612). This Example Is A Fine, Very Eary Printing, All Lines And Shade Lines Very Sharp. Mounted On A Fragment Of An Album Sheet. Part Of A Large Collection Of Original Antique Engravings Formed By A… Read More

1946. Original Artwork . No Binding. Fine. Original Drawing On Tissue, Circa 1946-1950. 4 5/8" X 3 3/8", Titled And Signed On The Artist's Matting, And With The Artist's Stamp On The Reverse. A Preliminary Drawing For An Illustration In "Healing Herbs", A Book Designed By Merle Armitage Napolitano Studied At Chouinard And Otis In 1922-925, Engaged In Wor On Architectural Murals 1925-1930 Working For Designer Herman Sachs On Such Buildings As Bullocks Wilshire, Los Angeles City Hall, The Palm Beach Biltmore, Etc.; Studied Pottery In Ny And Mural Painting In Germany 1929-1931, Returned To Architectural And Other Work In The U.S., Completed Many Wpa Murals In Southern California 1934-1938 And Some Private Commissions, Illustrated Many Books For Merle Armitage 1935-1960, Worked As A Set And Prop Designer And Artist In The 1940'S, And Notably Did Church Art Work For Th Next Twenty Years Including Full Church Interiors, Monumental Sculptures, Etc. He Is The Subject Of The… Read More

1925. No Binding. Fine. Original Textile, Abstract Design, Wool, 10" X 10". From The Estate Of Artist Herman (Hermann) Sachs.Born In Romania To Jewish Parents, Herman [Hermann] Sachs Immigrated To The U.S. As A Child. He First Trained Under His German-Born Father, A Painter In The Court Of Queen Elisabeth Of Romania. Sachs Continued His Artistic Training In Europe, Spending The 1910-1920 Period In Germany, Where He Founded The Munich School Of Expressionists (Munich Expressionist Werkstätten). Upon Returning To The United States In 1920, Sachs Exhibited At The Art Institute Of Chicago And Established The Chicago Industrial Art School, Which Soon Failed Due To Lack Of Sufficient Funding. Afterward, Sachs Became The First Director Of The Dayton Museum Of Fine Arts, Now The Dayton Art Institute. During This Time, He Also Served As The U.S. Representative Of Artist George Grosz. Around 1924, Sachs Moved To Los Angeles Where He Designed The Interiors Of The New Gas Company Building. As A… Read More

W.& R.Chambers, Limited. London.,1901. ORIGINAL ARTWORK for illustration on page 249 of the book.With; First edition of the book. Illustrated with 37 line drawings by Browne. Original blue cloth with spine and front board lettered and illustrated in black. Boards a little rubed to edges but still a very good copy. Artwork in black ink on white board. Image measures 7 x 5.5 inches. Initialed at bottom "G.B" and the title of the illustration is written in pencil. Double mounted in green and cream board. The image shows a little girl in her bed with an old man at the foot of the bed talking to her. Very good condition.:

N.D.. Non-Book. Very Good with no dust jacket; Framed Original Photograph of Confederate Soldier in Front of Court House, Huntsville, Alabama. Frame is 23 1/2" high and 23 1/2" wide. Very good condition, frame does have some wear.; Photograph .

This east coast watercolorist and children's book artist illustrated and often also wrote a wide array of children's books from the 1930s into the 1960s -- including "Wilderness Pet," "Wiggly and Giggly the Little Twin Bears," "Whitetail: King of the Forest," "The Three Puppies," "The Small One," "The Nutcracker of Nuremberg," "The Bluebird," "The Night Before Christmas," "The Enchantment of Santa Claus," "The Christ Child," "Pussy Cat Talks to Her Kittens," "Polly Parrot," "Piccolino," "Is There a Santa Claus" as well as some "Dick and Jane Basic Readers." Offered here is the near-complete original illustration art for Smock's 1937 children's book "Jocko," written by Dorothy Winchell and published by Albert Whitman & Co. of Chicago. Represented here is almost the entire book, from front cover art through closing "The End" image -- lacking only 3-4 pages (front board graphic, frontispiece, pages 21 and 31). Most are in the form of ca. 10" X 15" heavy stock art boards, most with typeset text blocks,… Read More

Léon Arnoult: La Variabilité du Gout dans les Arts. Les phases ornamentales de la mode (The variability of taste in the arts. The ornamental phases of fashion). Printed and published by Devambez "À l'enseigne du masque d'Or". Paris, 1921. ARNOULT Léon - William ABLETT (1877-1937 illustrator). Preowned, Signed. A l'Enseigne du Masque d'Or, chez Devambez, 1921, in-4°, 87 pp + 7 plate illustrations, printed in 303 numbered copies. Sewn, original printed stiff wrapper over blind wrapper. Printed wrapper, interior fine, uncut and unopened copy. Two of the illustrations are mixed technique plates by William Ablett, one is signed in pencil by the artist: a circular engraving with a lithographic image printed on it and heightened with gold. Editorial paperback, Jacket with title to the framed flat, beautiful allegorical friezes, endpapers, eyelet, cover page with the same frieze (antique collection stamp). The quantity of circulation - 303 copies justified, and numbering - №120, a preface paper,… Read More

Los Angeles (Circa 1935?), 1935. Original Art Work . No Binding. Fair. Original Sketch. Original Drawing, Image Approximately 118" X 12". Not Signed Or Dated By The Artist, But Titled By Him On Verso "Christ Child". Mounted On Larger Paper, Many Horizontal Folds, Left Edge Chipped Away. Napolitano Studied At Chouinard And Otis In 1922-1925, Engaged In Work On Architectural Murals 1925-1930 Working For Designer Herman Sachs On Such Prominent Buildings As Bullocks Wilshire, Los Angeles City Hall, The Palm Beach Biltmore, Etc.; Studied Ceramics In Ny In 1929, And Then Studied Mural Painting In Germany 1930-1931, Returned To Architectural And Other Work In Nyc 1931-1932, Completed Many Wpa Murals In Southern California 1934-1936 And Some Private Commissions Including The Bel Air Bay Club Circa 1937, Illustrated Many Books For Merle Armitage 1935-1960 (Including A Book About Napolitano, 1935), Worked As A Set And Prop Designer And Artist In The 1940'S And Early 1950'S (The… Read More