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.
New York: March 4, 1941. Published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul... Read More about Portrait photograph of Jerome Robbins in "Three Virgins and a Devil"
Price: $3,000
Ca. 1910. Brehm, Worth. Published by Harper & Brothers in their edition of 1910. Original Tom Sawyer Illustration by Worth Brehm. A splendid drawing showing Huck and the old Welshman sitting in the latter's parlor at the moment Huck realizes the man has seen through his story of having seen... Read More about FINE ORIGINAL CHARCOAL DRAWING, “MY BOY, DON'T BE AFRAID OF ME”, FROM THE ADVENTURES OF TOM...
Price: $6,000
Ca. 1910. Brehm, Worth. Published by Harper & Brothers in their edition of 1910. Original Tom Sawyer Illustration by Worth Brehm. A moment of high drama, as Tom, in the courtroom witness chair, testifies against Injun Joe. During his testimony he is asked, “What did you take [with you to... Read More about FINE ORIGINAL CHARCOAL DRAWING, “THE STRAIN UPON PENT EMOTION REACHED ITS CLIMAX”, FROM THE...
Price: $6,000
New York: Ca. 1910. Brehm, Worth. Original Tom Sawyer Illustration by Worth Brehm. A delightful scene, showning Tom and his cronies suffering from the effects of their experiments with tobacco and manfully trying to disguise the fact. Read More about “I've lost my knife. I reckon I better go and find it”
Price: $6,000
[New York]: 1923. Original Huck Finn Illustration by Worth Brehm. A poignant and surperbly drawn depiction of the scene when Huck, out hunting on Jackson's Island, meets the runaway slave, Jim. Read More about Illustration for Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Price: $7,500
Ca. 1923. Worth Brehm. Published by Harper & Brothers in their edition of 1923. Original Huckleberry Finn Illustration by Worth Brehm. A fine dramatic depiction of the moment when, with Huck holding the candle, the King and the Duke examine the sack of gold coins they plan to swindle from... Read More about “King and Duke Find the Money,” from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Price: $6,000
New York: 1910. Brehm, Worth. Published by Harper & Brothers in their edition of 1910. Original Tom Sawyer Illustration by Worth Brehm. A beautifully drawn depiction of the schoolroom scene where Tom, made to sit with the girls, shields the picture he is drawing from Becky Thatcher's inquisitive stare as... Read More about "Let me see it"
Price: $6,000
New York: 1910. Worth Brehm. Original Tom Sawyer Illustration by Worth Brehm. A moment of high drama, as, observed by Tom and Huck above, the mysterious Spaniard and Injun Joe unearth the box of treasure in the cellar of the haunted house. Read More about “‘Pard, There’s Thousands of Dollars Here’ said Injun Joe”
Price: $6,000
New York: 1910. Worth Brehm. Original Tom Sawyer Preliminary Drawing by Worth Brehm. A very interesting drawing indeed, showing Tom, in profile, seated on a barrel with other boys standing by, directing one of a series of his chums who, for a consideration, he has allowed to whitewash the fence... Read More about Preliminary drawing for illustration to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Price: $4,000
n.p: 1882. Four Original Bridgeman Watercolors of John Jorrocks, Esq., 1882. Four original Bridgeman watercolors of John Jorrocks, Esq., Surtees's colorful fox-hunting hero of Handley Cross and other sporting novels. Of Bridgeman, Mitchell notes, “Little can be traced of this caricaturist whose figures all have delightful smiling faces with rosy... Read More about John Jorrocks, Esq
Price: $2,000
[London]: [Ca. 1932]. Brockhurst, Gerald L. Fine Etching by Brockhurst of Chase Manhattan Bank President. Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (1890-1978) was born in Birmingham, England, where he displayed a precocious talent for drawing. In London he was a prize-winning pupil at the Royal Academy Schools, and began etching in 1914. The... Read More about “Albert H. Wiggin, Esq.” (President of Chase Manhattan Bank): etching
Price: $300
n.p. [Probably London]: n.d. [Ca. 1930]. Brockhurst, Gerald L. Fine Etched Portrait by Gerald Brockhurst. The subject, Charles Lee Reese (1862-1940), was, the DAB notes, “one of the outstanding American industrial chemists of his day”. In 1902 he became chief chemist of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company and..... Read More about “Dr. Charles Lee Reese”: etching
Price: $150
Birmingham, England: 1904. Brockhurst, Gerald Leslie. Painted by Gerald L. Brockhurst at Age 14. This remarkable watercolor was done by Brockhurst while studying at the Birmingham Municipal School of Art. Notes Wildman: “At the turn of the century, the so-called Birmingham Group, mostly staff and students of the School, had... Read More about Joan of Arc after Sir Frederic Leighton , "A Condottiere."
Price: $3,000
[London]: [1932]. Brockhurst, Gerald L. Fine Etched Portrait of Mrs. Wiggin by Brockhurst. Mrs. Wiggin was the wife of Albert H. Wiggin, President of the Chase Manhattan Bank, whose portrait Brockhurst also etched. Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (1890-1978) was born in Birmingham, England, where he displayed a precocious talent for drawing. In... Read More about “Mrs. Albert H. Wiggin”: etching
Price: $150
London: Published by W. Palmer, From the Press of D. Buchanan, 1806. Read More about The General Gazetteer; or a Compendious Geographical Dictionary in Miniature
Price: $200
n.p: [1916]. The drawing depicts an allegorical figure of Manhattan, in colonial garb, tipping his hat and bowing in homage to his neighbor across the Brooklyn Bridge: a rotund figure in a Brooklyn baseball uniform, bat in one hand, pennant in the other, standing in a field with "Brooklyn B.B...... Read More about Fine original pen-and-ink drawing, probably for a newspaper illustration, commemorating the 1916...
Price: $1,500
Signed lower right "There is nothing in the worlds humanity cannot do; there are few things humanity has not done. History has witnessed crusades, revolts, revolutions...From 'Sketches in Criticism.' Van Wyck Brooks July 1, 1935." Read More about Original pen and ink portrait of Van Wyck Brooks
Price: $600
nd. Paul Brown is best known for his illustrations of horses and equestrian sports, as well as some of his books, published with The Derrydale Press, Dodd and others, but he also illustrated Brooks Brothers catalogs for decades. Brown's pencil sketches relied on his keen powers of observation and he... Read More about Drawing of Man and Woman skiing in foreground, with horse-drawn sleigh in background
Price: $1,200
New York: n.d., ca. 1930. One of a very few copies. Unrecorded Meadow Brook Steeple Chase Etching. Dynamic steeplechasing scene by the master, four riders at the main jump of the Meadow Brook Cup (the same jump as in Brown’s rare and celebrated aquatint for the Derrydale Press, 1931). Unrecorded..... Read More about Etching: Meadow Brook Steeplechase scene at the Ambrose Clark estate, Broadhollow, Westbury,...
Price: $2,500
New York: ca. 1955. Brown, Paul. Paul Brown Drawings. Interesting collection of drawings by the famed American illustrator Paul Brown, chiefly connected to the Calvary Squadron A of New York City, based at the armory on Madison Avenue and 94th/95th streets. "Sway-Backs Reunion" is a humorous sketch of an elderly horse..... Read More about Squadron A Collection: "Sway-backs Reunion", ink drawing of a cavalry soldier in...
Price: $7,500
New York: Polo Magazine, 1931. First edition, edition size unknown. Brown did three prints for Polo Magazine from 1931 through 1933, each representing Aintree. Read More about The Water Jump in the Grand National of 1931 at Aintree. Title in Brown's hand in plate "The...
Price: $400
Ca. 1860. Fine Large Watercolor by "Phiz" Hablot K. Browne, "Phiz" (1815-1882) was an illustrator, painter, sporting artist and cartoonist. His career began in 1836 with his illustrations to Dickens's Sunday Under Three Heads, which led to his being selected to illustrate Pickwick Papers, and to a collaboration with Dickens... Read More about "Where can my nieces be? "
Price: $1,500
