Original Watercolor Illustration by Tony Sarg
Watercolor of a professor and comely young woman student standing in a classroom doorway.
New York ? Possibly for the St. Nicholas Magazine, 1916.
Price: $1,500.00
About the item
On paper, mounted on board. Captioned, “The professor's piercing eye took in the room with a sharper glance than usual. (Surprises) ” Signed lower right “Tony Sarg 16”. 1 vols. Original Watercolor Illustration by Tony Sarg. Fine. Reed, The Illustrator in America, p. 141.
Item #41829
An attractive illustration, presumably for the story “Surprises”, and a nice contrast between youth and age. Tony Sarg (1882-1942) was born in Guatemala, studied in Germany, and began his career doing illustrations and advertisements in London. Coming to America in 1914, he became a noted illustrator, working for a large number of publishers and advertisers and writing and illustrating several children's books of his own. In addition, he designed textiles, wallpaper, boxes, rugs, glass and pottery, and indulged his particular fancy for marionettes. He experimented with early animated cartoons, and designed some of the gigantic balloons for the annual Macy Thanksgiving parades in New York City.
