Fortunino Matania

Skeletons in Armour

1952

Medium: Ink and Pencil on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Ink and Pencil on Illustration Board with Color Overlay Caricature Cover Design of `Ray Milland, Globe-Trotting Sleuth` for the CBS-TV Show `Markham` that had 59 episodes from May 2, 1959 to Sept 15, 1960, this art appeared on the cover for the Sunday, May 17, 1959 issue of the New York Journal American Pictorial Magazine & TView Section, 14" x 9 1/2" image on 22" x 14" board, good condition, minor soiling. Includes copies of the original magazine cover.

Medium: Pen and Ink with Colored Pencil Onionskin Overlay on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left This piece is on 22.00" x 15.00" illustration board with the drawing itself measuring ...

Medium: The medium of this artwork is ink and crayon over graphite on pebble-grain Coquille board, with blue-pencil background shading. Signature: Signed Lower Right

Medium: Pen & Ink, Color Pencil Onionskin Overlay on Board Signature: Signed Center Left Ink drawing on 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board, the image measures to 9.75" x 14.00." Includes preliminary sketch on newsprint and copies of the magazine. Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for `The Garry Moore Show`, Carol Burnett...

Medium: Ink, Colored Pencil Translucent Overlay on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right This piece is on 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 14.00" x 9....

Medium: Pen & Ink, Colored Pencil Onionskin Overlay on Boa Signature: Signed Lower Right This piece is on 22.00" x 15.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 14.00" x 9.50." Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of ABC-TVs `The Donna Reed...

Ink, graphite, and oil paint on double-sided frosted Mylar film mounted to board Signed and dated on label, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Cub...

Aerostatic Ball is beautiful artwork in China ink and pencil applied on cardboard realized by the artist Luis Vallet (1856-1940) Hand-signed on the lower right. Titled in French" Le...

Ballpoint Pens, Crayons And Colored Pencil On Cardboard Unique piece Hand signed and dated on the reverse

In 2000, Linda Stein began a series called Knights of Protection. Her Knights functioned both as defenders in battle and symbols of pacifism. In 2019, Stein re-conceived her Kni...

In 2000, Linda Stein began a series called Knights of Protection. Her Knights functioned both as defenders in battle and symbols of pacifism. In 2019, Stein re-conceived her Kni...

E. Simms Campbell was the first African-American illustrator/ cartoonist published in nationally distributed, slick magazines, he created Esky, the familiar pop-eyed mascot of Esquire. This early work of 1930 was done on assignment for an interior page of Life Magazine. It features two Rowing teams engaged in spirited competition with cheering onlookers. This is a highly stylized black-and-white illustration and is masterfully executed. The work is composed of two illustrations, 6 x 9 inches and 2-3/4 x 2 inches respectively. It is initialed center bottow ESC. unframed Campbell left the University of Chicago and transferred to and received his degree from the Chicago Art Institute.[3] Professional career During a job as a railroad dining-car waiter, Campbell sometimes drew caricatures of the train passengers, and one of those, impressed by Campbell's talent, gave him a job in a St. Louis art studio, Triad Studios. He spent two years at Triad Studios before moving to New York City in 1929. A month afterward, he found work with the small advertising firm, Munig Studios, and began taking classes at the National Academy of Design.During this time, he contributed to various magazines, notably Life, & Judge Following the suggestion of cartoonist Russell Patterson to focus on good girl art, Campbell created his "Harem Girls", a series of watercolor cartoons that attracted attention in the first issue of Esquire, debuting in 1933. Campbell's artwork was in almost every issue of Esquire from 1933 to 1958 and he was the creator of its continuing mascot, the cartoon character in a silk top hat. He also contributed to The Chicagoan, Cosmopolitan, Ebony, The New Yorker, Playboy, Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life, Pictorial Review, and Redbook. His commercial artwork for advertising included illustrations for Barbasol, Springmaid, and Hart Schaffner...