ILLUSTRATION ART | Swann Auction Gallery

16 Jul 2020  |  USA, New York, NY
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CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG. "The Moon Dismayed." Front cover illustration for The Big Book...

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CULMER BARNES. "The Bunny Stories." Together, 7 illustrations for pages 24, 44, 45,...

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CULMER BARNES. Navy Cadet Bunnies. Story illustration for unknown publication, circa 1892. Pen...

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LUDWIG BEMELMANS. Portrait of Madeline. Watercolor and ink on paper. 280x220 mm; 11x8...

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CHARLES EDWARD BURTON BERNARD. "The Village High Street." Illustration for unknown fairy story,...

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JAN BRETT. April * May. Together, a pair of calendar illustrations produced for...

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HARRY BROWN. "Class Trip." Cover illustration for an Independence Day issue of unknown...

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LAURENT DE BRUNHOFF. Sketch for the garden of the castle. Sketch for Le...

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LAURENT DE BRUNHOFF. Snowball fight (Pom and Flora). Story illustration for Les Leçons...

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LAURENT DE BRUNHOFF. "Babar took them to see the Cathedral of Notre Dame."...

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CLARA MILLER BURD. Children with a Dog Cart. Illustration for unknown children's book,...

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J.R. BURGESS. "Three Jolly Cadets." Original color dust jacket design and four internal...

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HARRISON CADY. "Angelina Titherington." Illustration for a single-panel nursery rhyme published on page...

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HARRISON CADY. "Mr. Snail: 'Wow! Here I started out to call on that...

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ERIC CARLE. Black Cat. Collage, ink and gouache on board. 305x241 mm; 12x9...

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ERIC CARLE. "Lion." Unpublished artwork created as a contest prize, circa 1995. Blue...

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ROBERT (BOB) CHILDRESS. "'See me! said Dick. 'I can do this. Here I...

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JEAN COCTEAU. "Ils crurent à quelque plaisanterie de mauvais goût." Story illustration for...

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FANNY Y. CORY. "The Bold Little Spartan Boy." Illustration for verse of the...

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LILLIAN C. DAVIDS. "Doings of the Grasshoppers. The Militia." Group of 4 illustrations...

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LILLIAN C. DAVIDS. "Doings of the Grasshoppers. Winter Quarters." Group of 4 illustrations...

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WILLIAM WALLACE DENSLOW. 'With the aid of the magic pass they were completely...

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BRIAN FROUD. Peering elf. Frontispiece to The Land of Froud, edited by David...

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VIOLET MOORE HIGGINS. "Oh if brother would only let me have the key."...

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HILARY KNIGHT. Eloise with Valentine. Variation of the image titled "Sweet Heart" in...

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ARNOLD LOBEL. "Toad will now walk on a high wire, and he will...

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LEE LORENZ. "The Feathered Ogre." Together, a pair of illustrations (cover and interior)...

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KATHY MITCHELL. View of the Emerald City from the Yellow Brick Road. Cover...

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ALLAN NEUWIRTH. "Hooray for Dinosaur Day!" Together, group of 3 illustrations for a...

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ALLAN NEUWIRTH. "Apatosaurus Ballet." Illustration for "Hooray for Dinosaur Day!" by Michael J....

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ALLAN NEUWIRTH. "Where in America is Carmen Sandiego?" Cover illustration for book of...

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ALLAN NEUWIRTH. "Las Vegas, Nevada." Two-page illustration for Where in America is Carmen...

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PETER NEWELL. "Beau--ootiful soo---oop! "Beau--ootiful soo---oop!" Illustration published in Lewis Carroll's The Hunting...

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WILLIAM PÈNE DU BOIS. "Lion." Illustration published in interior story and on cover...

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WILLIAM PÈNE DU BOIS. "Lion." Story illustration for Lion by William Pène du...

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WILLIAM PÈNE DU BOIS. "Pretty Pretty Peggy Moffitt." Together, group of 16 illustrations...

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WILLIAM PÈNE DU BOIS. "The Hare and the Tortoise and The Tortoise and...

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FEODOR STEPANOVICH "ROJAN" ROJANKOVSKY. "Mother Goose." Frontispiece illustration published in The Tall Book...

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HARRY ROUNTREE. Look what I caught! * Startled. Together, 2 illustrations from an...

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ART SEIDEN. "The Cub Book of Trucks." Together, apparently complete group of 12...

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ART SEIDEN. "The Cub Book of Trains." Together, nearly complete group of 8...

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MAURICE SENDAK. The Wild Things. Group of 6 framed pencil studies of Max...

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DR. SEUSS (THEODOR GEISEL.) "They heard Nizzards flapping over their rooftops and poked...

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JEROME SNYDER. "There are all kinds of every kind of thing, of umbrellas,...

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WILLIAM STEIG. "`Bats and Barnacles!' Ebenezer exclaimed..." Story illustration for Steig's Farmer Palmer's...

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[FAIRY TALE] B.W. Garden scene with peacock. Illustration for unknown publication. Not dated....

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KURT WIESE. "The First Animal Bank of Centerboro." Double-page endpaper illustration for Wiggins...

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MILT YOUNGREN. Princess of Oz. Illustration from the unpublished Enchanted Princess of Oz...

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JANE BRESKIN ZALBEN. "'But wait a bit,' the Oysters cried, 'Before we have...

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JANE BRESKIN ZALBEN. "Papa said the brachas over the wine and challah." Illustration...

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JANE BRESKIN ZALBEN. "Janson had a bad feeling." Illustration for Mousterpiece: A Mouse-Sized...

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LUDWIG BEMELMANS. "Les Sables d'Olonnes." Fine art painting, 1948. Mixed media, including watercolor,...

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LUDWIG BEMELMANS. "Lapin-Agile." Fine art painting, circa 1955. Oil on canvas board. 229x309...

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EUGENE BERMAN. Painted Desert Room Mural Designs for the Desert Inn, Las Vegas....

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(ANTONIO) ARIAS BERNAL. Role Reversal. Cover for Noctámbulas magazine, circa 1945-47. Mixed media,...

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(ANTONIO) ARIAS BERNAL. Diplomacy. Probable cover for Noctámbulas magazine, circa 1945-47. Mixed media,...

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(ANTONIO) ARIAS BERNAL. Roller Skaters. Probable cover for Noctámbulas magazine, circa 1945-47. Mixed...

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(ANTONIO) ARIAS BERNAL. "Ballet de los Murciélagos." ("Bat Ballet.") Probable cover for Noctámbulas...

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ISABEL BISHOP. Lady Entering Shop. Illustration for unknown publication. Pen, ink, and wash,...

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MAURICE BOUTET DE MONVEL. "L'Amour Musicien" * "L'Amour Chassant." Together, a pair of...

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PRUETT CARTER. "In those days they both had but one supreme objective...Crane was...

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EGBERT NORMAN CLARK. Utica, N.Y. Race Track * New York State Fair, 1845....

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DEAN CORNWELL. Man with Ox. Possible mural study. Gouache on paper. 275x5 mm;...

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MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS. "Madame X?" Caricature for "Some Oddities of Marine Life," published in...

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GERARD C. DELANO. "Drawing a Bead." Cover for Frontier Stories of January 1931....

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JOSEPH DE MERS. "Go West, Young Man." Titled illustration for an unidentified story...

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STEVAN DOHANOS. "I felt she was the one person in the camp I...

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STEVAN DOHANOS Movies. Preliminary study for the cover of The Saturday Evening Post,...

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STEVAN DOHANOS. Barbershop. Preliminary study for the cover of The Saturday Evening Post,...

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STEVAN DOHANOS. "New Paint Job." Easel painting created for the instruction of students...

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JOHN DREW. Armed and ready. Cover illustration for Street and Smith's Western Story...

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WILLIAM HENRY ELLAM. "What is your income?" Postcard design commissioned by S. Hildesheimer...

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