Photo print, signed and inscribed in pencil lower right, "To Patrick Sorry it took so long." Image: 9 1/4" x 12 3/4"; overall: 10 1/4" x 14. Read More...
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[Art & Nature]. Group of Bird Drawings
Group of 5 finely executed original pencil and watercolor drawings of birds, ca. 1850. The drawings, two in pencil and three in pencil with watercolors added, depict parrots and a pelican. Some light toning, but overall in fine condition. Two drawings ca. 5.5 x 7.5 inches (13.5 x 19 cm), three ca. 7 x 10.5 inches (18 x 27 cm).
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[Art & Nature]. Original Bird Collage
An attractive original miniature collage of a bird, ca. 1850, executed in ink and feathers. The bird, carefully composed of real bird feathers, is shown perched on a miniature hill with trees. On a small sheet, mounted on a larger leaf. Slight rubbing and cracks; overall fine. 3.5 x 2.75 inches (9 x 7 cm), mounted to 8 x 7.5 inches (20.5 x 19.2 cm).
Group of three original stipple engravings after drawings by Lardy Diana Beauclerk, showing a man and woman on horseback being pursued by Death. In the first image, the man and woman look back as cloaked ghouls fly behind them; in the second, the man points ahead at a monk and a group of pallbearers. In the final image, the man has been replaced by a skeleton wielding a spear, and the woman swoons lifelessly on the horse behind him. Engraved by A. Birrell (first image) and Harding (last image) and all published June 1, 1796 by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall. Each engraving ca. 11.75 x 9.25 inches (29.7 x 23.2 cm), clipped and mounted on card, slightly irregularly trimmed. Some toning and foxing, especially to the mounts; one corner rip has been repaired. Overall very good.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1978. Second printing, paperback issue.. Small 4to, original stiff wrappers; light wear and creasing at edges. Signed and dated "November 11th, 1975" in ink at head of title page by the author. Read More...
Signed FDC from the important Russian-French artist. Chagall has signed boldly at the foot of the envelope, on which is affixed an entire miniature sheet of stamps which together make up the entire of his stained glass Memorial to Dag Hammarskjold at the United Nations. Postmarked United Nations, November 17, 1967. Slight smudging at the lower edge, envelope lightly wrinkled; overall in fine condition. 8.75 x 4 inches (22.5 x 9.9 cm). Read More...
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[Chinese Art]. [The Yangtze Gorges] Yang Gwan Scenery - Book of Chinese Art
Accordion-bound book of original Chinese art, showing a long continuous nature scene handpainted in black and grey ink over 16 pp., with 3 pp. of Chinese characters. Title translates roughly to: "Picture of Yang Gwan scenery." Pink silk boards. Split at several of the page joins; otherwise overall in very good condition. 5 x 8 inches (12.8 x 20.4 cm).
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[Dance of Death]. A Dance of Death for this Age - Original Engravings
Group of engravings, titled "Een Doodendans van dezen tijd" ("A dance of death for this age"). In the six small images, Death is shown as a skeleton in various disguises, ravaging a city and its inhabitants. As published in De tijd: merkwaardigheden der letterkunde en geschiedenis van den dag voor de beschaafde wereld, Volume 8 (J. L. van der Vliet, 1850), apparently after Alfred Rethel's Totentanz. Two sheets, 5.75 x 9.5 inches (14.5 x 24 cm) and 11.25 x 9.25 inches (28.5 x 23.7 cm). Heavy folding crease to the larger sheet, with archival tape repair to the verso. Overall very good.
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Faïence modernist powder box created by Sonia Delaunay for the Parisian designer Jean Patou, ca. 1930. Stamped JP under the lid. 8 cm diameter. Read More...
An amusing original cartoon on autograph collecting. Signed by the artist, American cartoonist Earl W. Engleman. 8.5 x 11 inches.
A well-known and loved gag cartoonist for 40 years, Engleman's work can was featured in such titans as The Wall Street Journal, Women's World, Good Housekeeping, Better Homes & Gardens, The National Enquirer and The Saturday Evening Post.
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New York: Dover Publications, Inc.. 1978. Signed book from the Russian-born French artist and designer who flourished in a range of fields including fashion, jewelry, graphic arts and costume design. He has signed and inscribed on the title page to Paul McMahon. Together with a black and white photograph of one of the designs (a letter "B") with crop marks. 47 pp. Softcover. Areas of toning to the cover and wear to the gutter; overall in very good condition. 9.25 x 12.25 inches (23.8 x 31 cm). Read More...
A rare autograph signature from the leading American art collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. She has signed on the verso of a torn sheet and dated Palazzo Barbaro, Venezia, 1897. Toning, some tears, and later writing in pencil at the lower right. Remnants of a halftone photograph on the verso. 7.75 x 4.5 inches.
Original photograph of a member of the Polish aristocracy, with the ink signature lower right of the German-born American photographer known for his photographs of San Francisco and of noted people, from politicians and socialites to literary figures and entertainment celebrities. The subject's eyes, moustache, and tie have been drawn over in ink. Trimmed directly around the subject's outline and mounted on card with a typewritten caption on the verso. Edge wear and a few slight stains, otherwise in fine condition. 3.75 x 5.75 inches (9.6 x 14.7 cm).
Signed postcard of his work "Andy Mouse IV, Hommage to Warhol" from the American graffiti artist and social activist known for his instantly recognizable visual language of dancing figures and his work to bridge the gap between high and low art. Haring has signed in bold black marker below the image, ca. 1987. In very fine condition. 4 x 6 inches (10.5 x 15 cm).
London: Thames and Hudson. 1981. Attractive small volume with a signed drawing on the front free endpage from the British painter, draughtsman, printmaker, designer and photographer recognized as one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. Hockney has signed and inscribed the detached ffe with a sketch of an easel around his name. Softcover. 251 pp. 185 illustrations, 36 in color. Some wear to the covers; foxing to the signature page which is completely separated from the binding, otherwise overall very good. 5.75 x 8 inches (14.5 x 20.8 cm).
Autograph letter from the French neoclassical painter to his associate and student Claudius Lavergne, regarding an article defending Ingres. February 14, 1852. Text, in full: "My dear Monsieur Lavergne, I cannot thank you enough for your charming article; [...] your generous defense has revealed to me an attack which I had always ignored; for these days I remove myself more than ever from all controversy, wanting rather in the last years which remain to me to be peaceful and to care only for art. All these considerations do not prevent me from thanking you for your kindness to me in this circumstance. [...] Ingres." 1 p. together with the original envelope. Overall toning and light foxing, but otherwise in fine condition. 5.25 x 8 inches (13.3 x 20.5 cm). Read More...
Two unsigned pen and ink studies attributed to the English painter and sculptor, well known for his paintings of animals (particularly of stags) and for his lion sculptures in Trafalgar Square, London. 182 x 139 mm; 172 x 150 mm. One with the artist's name on the verso in an unknown hand, a few creases and small stains and two repairs to the paper along the upper and lower edges. The other with the number 113 inscribed upper right, else fine.
Paris: Plon. 1968. 8vo. Paperback. 478 pp. Edges a little stained and worn, else fine. Signed and inscribed on the half title by the important French anthropologist and ethnologist to Jacques Rueff, economist and adviser to Charles de Gaulle. Read More...
An unusual group of autograph signatures from the important German novelist, the great American actress, and the writer and historian Will Durant, signed together on an album leaf, with Mann dating April 22, 1945. It must have been a fascinating gathering at which these three met! Light overall toning, otherwise fine. 8 x 12 inches (21 x 31 cm).