Portrait photograph of Eugene O'Neill
[New York]: September 5, 1933. Published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten (1978), edited by Saul... Read More
Price: $2,250
Artwork
Original works of art, photography, and prints. Including art from the Golden Age of book illustration by Edmund Dulac, Arthur Rackham, and Maxfield Parrish, as well as cartoons, comic books such as George Tuska's Iron Man and Power Man, and works by influential artists.
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"The Express Messenger, November 1926." Portrait of a Pilgrim...
This fine illustration was done for "The Express Messenger", the employee magazine of American Railway Express, precursor to American Express.
Price: $350
The Legendary Washington Elm
Photograph of the elm tree (now gone) of Cambridge...
[Cambridge, Mass: ca. 1920?]. The Legendary Washington Elm. Fine large photograph of the "Washington elm", which was enshrined in 1902 and died a little over twenty years later. This photograph shows the tree already moribund, with monument beneath bearing the carved inscription which preserved the legend: UNDER THIS TREE WASHINGTON...
Price: $400
A Gift For Miss Bixby
Sketchbook of original pen-and-ink cartoons.
N.p: n.d. [ca. 1870]. Andrassé. A Gift For Miss Bixby. Humorous sketches and cartoons by a talented amateur (most probably smitten by Miss Bixby), e.g., “Catching the Early Train” (a man’s quick and dignified step becomes a run, then he flies, then he leaps and barely grabs on to the.....
Price: $1,500
Suite of 8 signed lithographs for his own book...
Published in New York: by Viking Press, 1940.
Price: $1,250
23 original drawings, mostly signed ("Valenti Angelo"), for Nathaniel...
[published New York: Limited Editions Club, printed by Edmund Thompson at Hawthorn House in Windham, Conn, 1935]. The complete set of Angelo's fine, oval miniature drawings for the fine LEC edition Hawthorne's classic, comprising his original illustrations for the cover, the title page, and the 21 chapter headpieces. Quite as...
Price: $2,750
18th Century Silver Flexible Fish
Silver perfume holder in the form of a fanciful...
probably Dutch: mid 18th century. 18th Century Silver Flexible Fish. A charming and curious work. The sole-like fish, its body engraved and chased, is hinged at the head, which opens to reveal a perfume container; the tail, indecipherably hallmarked, is composed of six jointed segments, giving it a naturalistic flexibility...
Price: $850
Hand-colored Lithograph: "Duchesse d'Olenbourg" from ANNALES DE POMOLOGIE, with...
Bruxelles: F. Parent, 1859.
Price: $250
Fine Victorian Architectural Watercolor
Architectural rendering in watercolors of a wing of a....
probably English: Ca. 1870. Fine Victorian Architectural Watercolor. A skillful rendering, most likely professional, of a portion of a building, probably a school or similar institution.
Price: $750
Inscribed by Péron to Dentist Stanley Tylman
Portrait Photograph of Juan Péron in his first term...
[Buenos Aires: 1948]. Inscribed by Péron to Dentist Stanley Tylman. Inscribed on the mount by Perón in Spanish, on December 23, 1948, to the internationally renowned dentist, Dr. Stanley D. Tylman, "in gratitude for his services to Argentina and the friendliness he has shown me with his exquisite delicacy .....
Price: $1,000
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Armless Woman, Inscribed Photograph
[Original photograph portrait of Concha, an armless Mexican Woman].
ca. 1911. Armless Woman, Inscribed Photograph. Three quarters portrait of an armless Mexican woman named Concha. Miraculously, she has inscribed the verso in an elegant copperplate hand, “Cata: La cinceridad de mi cariño, se la demuestra el presente recuerdo de la ultima de tus amigas. Concha. Apetatitlán, 15 April de.....
Price: $250
Etching: 'saint Catherine's Belfry, Honfleur"
1932. Second state, one of 162 copies. French Church Series no. 34.
Price: $450
Etching: French Lace West Portal of the Main Façade...
The Society of American Etchers, Gravers, Lithographers and Woodcutters Inc. Second State.
Price: $500
Original Drawing by Maitland Armstrong
Original drawing of a spacious domestic panelled hallway, stairwell...
n.p: n.d. Armstrong, David Maitland. Original Drawing by Maitland Armstrong. D. Maitland Armstrong [1836-1918] was born in Newburg, NY, attended Hartford's Trinity College, and studied art in Paris and Rome. He is best known for his decorative paintings, including interiors such as the one offered here (probably one of a......
Price: $600
Portrait photograph of Pearl Bailey in "St. Louis Woman"
New York: July 5, 1946. reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAIT: The Photography of Carl van Vechten (from this print).
Price: $950
Superb Gouache of Domestic Tranquility
Fine gouache painting of a man and woman in...
n.p: 19th century. Superb Gouache of Domestic Tranquility. A beautiful, meticulously painted gouache of a prosperous 17th century couple: the man sits on a couch, holding a diamond scribe with which he has etched a legend on the window reading “Sans Femme qui est heureux?” [“Without a wife, who is.....
Price: $1,000
“The Bank of America / National Association / New...
[n.p., American: n.d., ca. mid 19th century]. A fascinating piece of American Banking ephemera — provenance, maker, intended or actual use are all unknown.
Price: $750
Portrait photograph of Ethel Barrymore.
New York: 12 Dec., 1937. Published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber.
Price: $1,250
“For 'Doug' Jr”
Portrait photograph of John Barrymore, inscribed by Barrymore to...
Hollywood: Spurr, [ca. 1926]. “For 'Doug' Jr”. Superb, large portrait of the great John Barrymore (1882-1942) by the well-known Hollywood photographer of the the silent era, Melbourne Spurr, inscribed lower right to Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, (whose signature is on the verso), “For 'Doug' Jr with sincerest good wishes from his.....
Price: $3,500
Minnesota Political Cartoon
One Cartoon Drawing signed and inscribed, 2 Autograph Letters...
Minneapolis, Minn: February 3, March 5, and June 15, 1905; drawing undated but after 1905. Minnesota Political Cartoon. The three letters promise to comply with Strickland's request for a drawing; the cartoon itself - depicting Satan religious census-taker, is a good example of this Minnesota cartoonist's work.
Price: $350