Arthur Sarnoff

Talking It Over

1937

Medium: Watercolor, Gouache and Charcoal on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Right Soldier awakens in bunk, with lipstick mark. "Who kissed me?" Magazine Cover July 1945

Medium: Gouache, Charcoal and Ink Signature: Unsigned Invitation to Murder, preliminary studies. Finished piece featured in The Saturday Evening Post, July 17, 1954

Date: 1920 Medium: Charcoal and Watercolor on Board Dimensions: 16.00" x 19.00" Signature: Signed and Inscription Lower Right Corner 1920s parlor scene. ...

Medium: Charcoal and Watercolor on Board Signature: Unsigned "Introducing Heidi." Original illustration for page 11 of "Heidi" by Johanna Spyri (Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1922). Charcoal and watercolor on board. 10 1/2x8 inches, on 20x15-inch board. Unsigned but captioned "Chapter I" in lower margin with publisher's label on verso. an original drawing from smith's final fully-illustrated work. Heidi was "a perfect showcase for Smith's illustrative art...

Medium: Charcoal, Pastel, and Watercolor on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 16.00;" Framed 28.00" x 25.00"

Medium: Watercolor and Charcoal on Board Signature: Unsigned Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004), of the Duke of Windsor, (formerly King Edward VIII...

Figurative gouache

Charcoal and gouache on paper Paper size: 9x 11.5 inches Framed size: 23.5 x 25.75 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Raymond Spencer Co.; Galerie Dominion, Montreal, 1982; Dr Max Stern, Montreal, 1982; Leslie Sacks Fine Art, Los Angeles; Purchased by Haynes Fine Art...

Gouache and charcoal on paper, 53cm x 37cm (74cm x 55cm framed). Provenance: the Artist’s estate (stamped verso). Stonehouse had an extraordinary life. As a young art student studying fashion illustration, he joined the Royal Artillery at the beginning of WWII but soon became a part of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). He was sent to France as a radio operator but three and a half months later was caught by the Gestapo, tortured, given a death sentence and then selected for slave labour. He spent the subsequent war years in three French prisons and five concentration and labour camps, including Dachau. He still managed to continue to draw in some of the camps. Following the war, Stonehouse went to the US and continued his career as a fashion artist painting for magazines...

Charcoal and gouache on paper, titled ‘Phil Richards’ and dated ‘Friday Dec 8 72’ (lower left), 64cm x 48cm (72cm x 56cm framed).(Provenance: the Artist’s estate (stamped verso)). the picture is framed behind UV glass Stonehouse had an extraordinary life. As a young art student studying fashion illustration, he joined the Royal Artillery at the beginning of WWII but soon became a part of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). He was sent to France as a radio operator but three and a half months later was caught by the Gestapo, tortured, given a death sentence and then selected for slave labour. He spent the subsequent war years in three French prisons and five concentration and labour camps, including Dachau. He still managed to continue to draw in some of the camps. Following the war, Stonehouse went to the US and continued his career as a fashion artist painting for magazines like Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Elizabeth Arden. He was also an accomplished portraitist. His work is celebrated in Brian Stonehouse...

Marta Lebek is a Polish artist born in 1978. She currently lives and works in Spain. She studied at the School of Fine Arts and specialized in the departm...

Pencil, charcoal and conté crayon and gouache on paper Provenance: Christopher Hull Gallery Private collection, UK 1992