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"YOUNG MA-HAS-KAH: Chief of the Ioways"--Original Hand-colored Lithograph
by McKenney, Thomas L., and James Hall (Charles Bird King)
Philadelphia: E. C. Biddle, 1837. Folio (18 3/4 inches by 14 1/4 inches) lithograph from the first folio edition. The print is in excellent condition, with vivid hand-coloring and none of the foxing frequently seen. There is a dime-sized stain in the bottom margin--well away from the image; there is a very narrow line of glue residue along the binding edge--again well away from the image. In 1825 Mahaskah's father (also named Mahaskah) had traveled to Washington, where he negotiated a...
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$1100.00
!["AMYGDALUS SATIVA, FRUCTU MAJORE" [Almond]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/562/858/1376858562.0.b.jpg)
"AMYGDALUS SATIVA, FRUCTU MAJORE" [Almond]
by Knorr, Wolfgang Georg
Nuremberg, Germany: Felsseker, 1780. Original hand-colored copper engraving on laid paper by Georg Wolfgang Knorr (1705-1761). Crown folio: 16 5/8 inches by 10 1/2 inches. Plate number M1 from the second edition of Thesaurus Rei Herbariae Hortensisque Universalis published in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1780. Titling beneath the image is in both Latin and German. Trained as an engraver beginning at age 18, Knorr was influenced by the work of Albrecht Dürer and by his own work with Martin Tyroff, which...
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$300.00
!["AN ISLETA MAN" [Photogravure]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/065/084/1432084065.0.b.jpg)
"AN ISLETA MAN" [Photogravure]
by Curtis, Edward S
Cambridge, Massachusetts: University Press, 1926. Original photogravure printed on van Gelder paper. Plate number 549 from The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.16, The Tiwa. The Keres. [Seattle].. First Edition. Paper. Very Good++. Illus. by Edward S. Curtis. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Photo.
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$950.00
Original Artwork Entitled "Farm House, Clove Valley Road, Dutchess Co., NY"
by Ericson, Richard J
1983. Original, unique watercolor matted by the artist and ready for framing. Mat size is 18.5" x 14. It is signed "Richard Ericson" and dated by the artist, 9/83. The mat shops some aging. From the artists collection. Richard J. Ericson (1922-2010.) was a fine artist who lived, worked, and taught art in Long Island, NY, where he is well known, particularly on the North shore. He had his art displayed in gallerys from Mexico City, where he resided 1949-1953, to the Art Center in Cold...
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$125.00
![ORIGINAL WOODCUT FOR BOOKPLATE OF FRANK J. LANKES [Restrike Printed from the Original Woodblock by the Artist's Son]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/143/590/1414590143.0.b.jpg)
ORIGINAL WOODCUT FOR BOOKPLATE OF FRANK J. LANKES [Restrike Printed from the Original Woodblock by the Artist's Son]
by Lankes, J. J
Gardenville, New York (Newport News, Virginia), 1919. Woodcut printed from the original block created by J. J. Lankes on November 29, 1919. Between 1986 and 1992 his son J. B. Lankes printed proof copies so that family members could have some of J. J.'s woodcuts. This one was for a bookplate that was created for J. J.'s brother Frank, who loaned J. B. the original block to print this image. Printed on an 8" by 10" sheet of paper.. Restrike. Paper. Fine. Illus. by J. J. Lankes. 3...
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$100.00
![ORIGINAL WOODCUT FOR BOOKPLATE OF SARAH HEYLIGER CHURCH [Restrike Printed from the Original Woodblock by the Artist's Son]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/163/590/1414590163.0.b.jpg)
ORIGINAL WOODCUT FOR BOOKPLATE OF SARAH HEYLIGER CHURCH [Restrike Printed from the Original Woodblock by the Artist's Son]
by Lankes, J. J
Gardenville, New York (Newport News, Virginia): J. J. Lankes, 1923. Woodcut printed from the original block created by J. J. Lankes on October 19, 1923. Between 1986 and 1992 his son J. B. Lankes printed proof copies so that family members could have some of J. J.'s woodcuts. This one was for a bookplate that was created for Sarah Heyliger Church. Printed on 8" by 10" paper.. Restrike. Paper. Fine. Illus. by J. J. Lankes. 4" X 2 7/8". Fine Art Print.
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$100.00
Lilas
by CHINARD, A
1907. unbound. Original drawing. Watercolor and ink on paper. 12 1/2" x 9 1/2". Shows pinholes at corners. Signed and dated by the artist "A Chinard", verso. In very good condition.<br/> <br/> Beautiful study of the lilac bush in a wonderful trompe-l'oeil surround, hand drawn letters complete the image. Watermark show 'vidalon -les-annonay' paper.<br> <br> From a collection of nature studies by amateur naturalist A. Chinard.<br/> <br/>
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$125.00
UNTITLED COMPOSITION WITH A CHILD AND TOYS
by Bruehl, Anton
New York: Unpublished, 1925. Original photograph by the Australian-American photographer Anton Bruehl (1900-1982). A vintage (circa 1925) gelatin silver print mounted on cardstock. 7 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches. The photograph is unsigned, but the composition of the still-life photo clearly is Bruehl's. From the same collection we have a signed photo that matches the size, backing, and printing of this one. In 1919 the Australian born Bruehl, along with his brother and parents, emigrated to the...
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$1200.00
Girl with Green Hair
by CUMMINGS, E.E
Undated. 17" x 21". Pastels. Framed. A half-length figure, executed in pastels, and borrowing from Cubism in its perspectives. Undated, but apparently from the early part of Cummings' career, probably the 1920s, when his artwork was still very explicitly associated with modernist and abstract movements. Fine but fragile. Signed by Cummings on the lower right with his stylized "EEC" signature. Letter of provenance provided. No Binding. Fine.
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$12000.00
The Country Girl (pl.51, La Gazette du Bon ton, 1921 n°7)
by ANONYME
Paris: Lucien Vogel éditeur, 1921. Fine. Lucien Vogel éditeur, Paris 1921, 18x24cm, une feuille. - Estampe originale en couleur, tirée sur papier vergé, signée en bas à droite de la planche. La Gazette du bon ton, l'une des plus belles et des plus influentes revues de mode du XXème siècle, célébrant le talent des créateurs et des artistes français en plein essor de l'art déco. Célèbre revue de mode fondée en 1912 par Lucien Vogel, La Gazette du bon ton a paru jusqu'en 1925...
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€92.00
![[Green, Elizabeth Shippen] Original Watercolor Painting by Elizabeth Shippen Green](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/643/493/505493643.0.b.jpg)
[Green, Elizabeth Shippen] Original Watercolor Painting by Elizabeth Shippen Green
by Green, Elizabeth Shippen
Original Elizabeth Shippen Green Watercolor entitled "Clematis XII." Signed lower right: "ESGE To HC With Love, 1909." This is a full-size watercolor painted and given by Green to her friend and gardener, Henrietta Cozens of Cogslea (residence of J.W. Smith, E.S. Green, Violet Oakley and Cozens in early 1900Ãs). As per the account of Edith Emerson, friend and eventual curator of Violet OakleyÃs estate, Green painted it as a present for Cozens, with a gentle ribbing implied in the title. As the...
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$9500.00
Original Artwork Entitled "Tug Boat Construction and Repair, Oyster Bay, NY"
by Ericson, Richard J
1970. Original, unique watercolor matted by the artist and ready for framing. Mat size is 18" x 24. It is signed "Richard Ericson" and dated by the artist, '70. From the artists collection. Richard J. Ericson (1922-2010.) was a fine artist who lived, worked, and taught art in Long Island, NY, where he is well known, particularly on the North shore. He had his art displayed in gallerys from Mexico City, where he resided 1949-1953, to the Art Center in Cold Spring Harbor, NY. And yes,...
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$150.00
Original Signed Drawing
by WYNN, Keenan (1916 - 1986)
1945. unbound. Highly detailed 12 x 9-inch pencil and charcoal drawing on a board by artist Pat Arnold. This 3/4 profile shows Wynn with a serious expression and is humorously inscribed: "To Pat, I wish I had that much hair!!! Thanks a lot, Keenan Wynn." No place, no date, circa 1945. Near fine condition with outstanding contrast.<br/><br/> American character actor of the stage, cinema, and television.<br/><br/>
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$125.00
![HEAVY BREAST, BLACKFEET CHIEF [Original Pastel Drawing]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/565/858/1376858565.0.b.jpg)
HEAVY BREAST, BLACKFEET CHIEF [Original Pastel Drawing]
by Powell, Nancy McLaughlin
Montana: Unpublished, 1960. Original pastel drawing with crayon on paper. Signed by the artist lower right. Born in Kalispell, Montana, Nancy McLaughlin lived for 5 years on the Blackfeet Reservation, where her childhood friends were members of the Blackfeet Nation. After studying art at Montana State University, McLaughlin spent the rest of her life as a professional artist and is best known for her sculptures, paintings and drawings of Native American subjects. From 1952 until 1964 she was married...
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$450.00
![[Untitled Original Drawing]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/491/253/1183253491.0.b.jpg)
[Untitled Original Drawing]
by STEIG, William
unbound. Ink drawing on paperboard. Image measures 8.5" x 10.25", board measures 9.75" x 13". Some publication notations in pencil in margins and on verso.<br/> <br/> Original unsigned artwork from an unknown publication circa 1940s. Shows a boy calling his peers with a bugle. <br> <br> William Steig (1903-2007) was an American illustrator, cartoonist and sculptor best remembered for his books for children.<br/> <br/>
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$650.00
JURORS LISTENING TO COUNSEL, SUPREME COURT, NEW CITY HALL, NEW YORK (Original Wood Engraving)
by Homer, Winslow
New York: Harper's Weekly, 1869. Original wood engraving by Winslow Homer. Image: 9 x 13 11/16 inches; Sheet: 11 3/16 x 16 inches. This first (only) impression was printed in Harper's Weekly, February 20, 1869. Both the woodblock and the electrotype plate were destroyed after the engraving was printed. This is a very good impression in very good condition. Now archivally matted and ready for a standard 16" by 20" frame. . First Edition. Single Sheet. Collectible-Very Good. Illus. by Winslow Homer. 9" X...
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$300.00
Back View From Patchin Place
by CUMMINGS, E.E
Oil on canvasboard. 19-3/4" x 15-3/4". No date. A cityscape looking out the back of Cummings' apartment in Greenwich Village. No Binding.
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$11000.00
THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT WASHINGTON (Original Wood Engraving)
by Homer, Winslow
New York: Harper's Weekly, 1869. Original wood engraving by Winslow Homer. Image: 9 x 13 11/16 inches; Sheet: 11 3/16 x 16 inches. This first (only) impression was printed in Harper's Weekly, July 10, 1869. Both the woodblock and the electrotype plate were destroyed after the engraving was printed. This is a very good impression in very good condition. Now archivally matted and ready for a standard 16" by 20" frame. First Edition. Paper. Collectible-Very Good+. Illus. by Winslow Homer. 9 x 13 11/16...
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$300.00
Corrado Mastantuono Disney Big #7 Original Cover Art Featuring Donald Duck
by Mastantuono, Corrado
2008. Original Art. Original cover art for the Italian comic Disney Big #7 from November 2008. Features Donald Duck as an aviator on board his biplane. Pencil on paper measuring 25 x 35 cm. Signed by the artist on the lower right corner. Mastantuono is the recipient of various awards including the prestigious Yellow Kid in 2001 and the Premio Fumo di China in 2007 for best cover artist. A prime example of his art, which is also featured in the book Corrado Mastantuono: The Art of, published by Pavesio...
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$960.00
![ORIGINAL WOODCUT FOR BOOKPLATE OF WILBUR MACY STONE [Restrike Printed from the Original Woodblock by the Artist's Son]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/147/590/1414590147.0.b.jpg)
ORIGINAL WOODCUT FOR BOOKPLATE OF WILBUR MACY STONE [Restrike Printed from the Original Woodblock by the Artist's Son]
by Lankes, J. J
Gardenville, New York (Newport News, Virginia): J. J. Lankes, 1920. Woodcut printed from the original block created by J. J. Lankes on April 4, 1920. Between 1986 and 1992 his son J. B. Lankes printed proof copies so that family members could have some of J. J.'s woodcuts. This one was for a bookplate that was created for children's book collector Wilbur Macy Stone. Printed on 8 1/2" by 11" watermarked paper.. Restrike. Paper. Very Good. Illus. by J. J. Lankes. 3 1/2" X 2 1/2". Fine Art Print.
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$100.00
Original Sketch of "Woman and Fawn"
by CUMMINGS, E.E
c. 1921. In the 1920s, E.E. Cummings was a regular contributor of both writing and artwork to The Dial magazine, which was the preeminent Modernist journal of its time, publishing such writers as Joyce, Pound, Eliot, Cocteau, William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, Ford Madox Ford and such artists as Picasso, Cezanne, Matisse and Kandinsky. Cummings was only 25 years old when his first pieces were accepted for The Dial and, notably, it was the only place where his poems and his artwork were published...
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$4000.00
PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF JOHN W. BEATTY (Original Platinum Print)
by White, Clarence H
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Unpublished, 1912. 9 1/2 " by 6 1/2" attached at top edge to larger backing board. Pencil-signed by White on the mount. Undated, but circa 1912. White was a major figure in the pictorialist movement and this portrait of the first Art Director of the Carnegie Institute is a great example of that style. Provenance: from the Beatty family estate. The photograph is in excellent condition.. First Edition. Paper. Collectible-Fine. Illus. by Clarence H. White. 9 1/2 " by 6 1/2"....
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$3000.00
![AN ARTIST IN AMERICA [with Original Drawing]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/229/674/1340674229.0.b.jpg)
AN ARTIST IN AMERICA [with Original Drawing]
by Benton, Thomas Hart
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1937. Special Missouri Edition of the first edition that is SIGNED on the colophon page by Benton, the important American artist who was at the forefront of the Regionalist movement. Surrounding the signature and colophon is an original elaborate humorous drawing by Benton, signed twice--once as "Tom" and again as "Tom Collins" (in reference to the drink in his hand in the drawing). Benton inscribed the book and drawing to Roy Snyder, whose signature appears...
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$1450.00
"THE LITTLE PRINCESS" (Original Photogravure)
by Annan, J. Craig
New York: Camera Club of New York, 1899. Published in Camera Notes, volume 3, number 2 (October 1899). Printed as a photogravure by the Photochrome Engraving Company, a company that Alfred Stieglitz had founded. Image size is 7 7/8 inches by 4 1/8 inches. Printed only for members of the Camera Club of New York, the edition size was no more than 300, and far fewer than that have survived. The photogravure is in excellent condition: a superb impression that is in virtually as-new condition. Now...
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$350.00
![[Untitled Original Drawing]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/487/253/1183253487.0.b.jpg)
[Untitled Original Drawing]
by STEIG, William
unbound. Ink drawing on paperboard. Image measures 5" x 6", board measures 11" x 9.75". Signed by the artist in lower right corner.<br/> <br/> Original artwork from an unknown publication circa 1940s. Shows two boys concerned with a flower. <br> <br> William Steig (1903-2007) was an American illustrator, cartoonist and sculptor best remembered for his children's books.<br/> <br/>
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$975.00
