1935-1938. Two original paintings, signed by the artist, Cherry Barr Jerry. This set of paintings vividly depicts Punch and Judy in their traditional style: rosy cheeks, mitten-hands, and large eyes and mouths. The artist worked with a variety of media throughout her career, delving into embroidery, sketches with charcoal, and..... More
1935-1938. Two original paintings, signed by the artist, Cherry Barr Jerry. The paintings show puppets, with chubby cheeks and mitten-hands, though these skew toward racist stereotypes in their depiction of African-American characters. Jerry was an art instructor in Racine, Wisconsin, during the Great Depression as part of the Works Progress..... More
Stuttgart, Germany: Julius Hoffmann, (1905). Small folio. (25) ff. Jewelry catalog comprised of a title leaf and 24 loose plates, enclosed in a cloth portfolio. Approximately a dozen art nouveau jewelry designs, including necklaces, rings, bracelets, and haircombs, are featured on each beautifully-detailed monotone plate. Plates printed by A. Calavas..... More
(N.p,): 1927. Pencil, colored chalk, heightened with white on buff wove paper, measuring 11 by 15 inches. Signed and dated to left of sitter's foot. Additionally dated in upper right corner "11. 4. 27". As a fine artist, Jones is perhaps best-known for his landscapes and religious iconography; early in..... More
(Wales): 1980. Print measuring 20 by 17 inches. One of 50 copies. A delicate eight-pointed star radiates light, in shades of blue and tan. Signed by the artist. A renowned Welsh book artist, Jones has dedicated herself to the art of printing both words and images. With a blue mat..... More
(Wales): 1980. Print measuring 20 by 17 inches. One of 50 copies. A luminous print in green and violet of a hyacinth, signed by the artist. The flower blooms against layers of overlapping leaves, which lighten into transparency as they extend upwards. A renowned Welsh book artist, Jones has dedicated..... More
(Wales): 1980. Print measuring 20 by 17 inches. One of 50 copies. A bold color aquatint in brown, yellow, and tan, signed by the artist. This slightly abstracted sunflower is subtly shaded and textured. The flower's head is cradled within two outstretched leaves. A renowned Welsh book artist, Jones has..... More
1935. Watercolor on paper measuring 13 by 9 1/4 inches, signed by Kent in the lower right margin, along with the inscription, "to his friend Charly Mortensen, 1935." Mortensen was the telegraph operator aboard the Hans Egede, the ship on which Kent made two of his three celebrated voyages to..... More
NY: 1963. A poster published to promote Lichtenstein's exhibition at the Leo Castelli Gallery in 1963, featuring a French revolutionary firing a gun and inciting her compatriots to action, in Lichtenstein's signature comic-book style with Ben-Day dots. Significant wear to margins, with some punctures to right side glancingly affecting the..... More
Paris: Fernand Mourlot, (1975). Elephant folio. (38)ff. One of 150 copies. Contains ten lithographs measuring 28 1/2 by 20 3/4 inches, each signed by the artist, Richard Lindner, and numbered and counter-initialed by Fernand Mourlot, the printer/publisher who produced the lithographs. In his introduction, Ionesco describes Lindner as "one of..... More
(N.p.): 1980. Original etching on paper. Signed and inscribed by the artist, who writes that it is an "artist proof especially for the Bromers." An appropriately moody portrait of Vincent Van Gogh. Faint offsetting across surrounding margin, but unobtrusive to the image. Very good. (22 by 15 in). More
(NY: McLoughlin Bros. c. 1940). Watercolor on paper, plus pen-and-ink titling on paper, used as the cover art for McLoughlin Bros.'s 1940 edition of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Graef's festive illustration shows Tiny Tim aloft on Scrooge's shoulder, waving his crutch at Bob Cratchit. A space is left..... More
NY: Serigrafia Limited, (1990). Elephant folio. (7)ff. One of 300 copies. A set of six illustrations crafted and signed by six different artists: Barry Moser, Maurice Sendak of Where the Wild Things Are, Chris Van Allsburg of The Polar Express, Seymour Chwast, Daniel Pelavin, and Guy Billout. The range of..... More
1987. Original pencil drawing of Capote on white paper. Barry Moser is known for his portraits, especially those of authors. These were usually done as wood engravings, but each portrait often began as a line drawing such as this. In 1987, the same year that this portrait was done, Moser..... More
Broadside measuring 12 1/2 by 16 3/4 inches. One of 250 copies, signed by the artist. Inscribed to Arno and Mimi Elkard. Housed in a card mat and protected by a sheet of tissue. Mat showing some tanning, and tape attaching mat to rear card has come loose. Print is..... More
(Germany: c. 1820). Octavo. Thirteen pen- and wash-color drawings, each tipped in to a separate page. Beginning with the title page, on which "Titelbild" is inscribed within a frame, the artist composes a tableau onto each leaf, at the center of which are a group of children engaged in some..... More
London: Dean & Co., (c. 1960). Three 12mo rag books, + two sets of original artwork. Artwork heavily annotated and in full color. The three published books are My Train Set, Our Nursery, and My Dolls; the artwork, rendered directly on boards, applies to the latter two. The pencil notes..... More
Boston: Riverside Press, 1900. Octavo. (iv), 92pp. Although not stated, this is one of 250 copies printed, of which 150 were for sale. Number 32 in the Young of Heart series, translated from the original French by Mary B. Richards. Illustrated with black & white images of the titular two..... More
NY: Lansha Studios, (c. 1922-1934). This collection contains 128 individual pencil designs and 51 photographs of manufactured fixtures used to create department store window and floor displays. The bulk of the designs were made for Lansha Studios, a New York firm established by Lionel Schacht and Eugene P. Lanfranchi as..... More
Stamford, CT: Overbrook Press, (1936). Folio. One of twenty copies. Six color engravings illustrating Oscar Wilde's text, each signed by the artist and mounted on a 13 by 10-inch off-white mat. This suite of prints comprises the full set of the engravings that appeared in the edition of the book..... More
(Easthampton, MA): Pennyroyal Press, 1970. Quarto. (33)ff. From an edition of thirty-five copies reserved for distribution by the artist, this is Moser's own, with his bookplate inside the front cover, and with four additional proofs, each titled, signed, and dated in pencil. Contains ten wood engravings by Moser and six..... More
Minor Confluence, WI: Perishable Press, 1976. 12 1/2 by 20 inches. One of an edition of 50 copies. A black & white drawing by Sarah Freckelton of a sock thrown over the back of a chair on the seat of which sits a flowerpot of crocuses illustrates a journal entry..... More
Goshen, NH: Phineas Press, 1973. Small broadside measuring 12 7/8 by 6 3/8 inches. One of 100 copies. Illustrated and designed by Caldecott Award-winner Nonny Hogrogian, with a line drawing of two sleeping cats. A dreamy poem about the anticipation of starting a new garden after moving to New Hamphire..... More
Cambridge, MA: Pomegranate Press, 1972. Broadside. About 300 copies. A striking presentation of this fanciful poem, silkscreened in turquoise, purple and orange by Karyl Klopp. Very fine. (Measures 25 inches wide by 19 inches tall). More
Cambridge, MA: Pomegranate Press, 1973. Folio broadside. One of fifty copies. Signed by Karyl Klopp, proprietor of the press. A twenty-five-line poem by Mark Van Doren, beautifully printed on cream-colored paper and featuring an illustration by Karyl Klopp beside the text. Van Doren's long career as a poet and writer..... More
