George Wachsteter

Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward VIII), circa 1939

1939

Date: 1937 Medium: Watercolor, Gouache and Charcoal on Board Dimensions: 14.00" x 20.00" Signature: Signed Lower Center Exhibitions: It's a Man's World, Illustration Art by and for ...

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"

Date: 1939 Medium: Ink, Charcoal and Watercolor on Paper Dimensions: 20.00" x 30.00" "Miss America" Possible cover for "American Girl" Magazine

Medium: Ink, Charcoal and Watercolor on Paper Dimensions: 20.00" x 30.00"

Figurative gouache

Lester Johnson untitled charcoal, conte crayon, and spray enamel on board from 1972. Framed.

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...

ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER Unique piece Hand signed

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...