Mid-20th Century More Art

Greeting card with a nice drawing to wish a Merry Christmas (1959). Anna Salvatore (1923-1978) was a populäre Italian painter and novelist.

Mid Century Portrait in Oils of artists daughter the renowned horticulturist Henrietta Phipps. Large oil painting of his beloved first daughter and a toned plain background that per...

This is the original invitation card for the Cagli's solo-exhibition "Il Disegno Moderno" hold at Studio A gallery in Rome, via del Babuino n.76 and in...

SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 5.5 X 19.5 Dated August 13, 1954 in top right corner. Like her contemporaries, Aggie Mack, Candy and Patsy Walker (before her conversion to a superhero), Susie Q. Smith was a female Archie-type — not exactly an imitator, because Archie, who had started only four years earlier, hadn't yet become popular enough to spawn imitators, but part of his genre. She attended high school, where her teachers often seemed unreasonable to her, interacted with the opposite gender in a typically adolescent way, and her parents didn't completely understand her. And she was cute and perky as only a teenage girl can be. Susie was the star of a comic strip distributed by King Features, the biggest of the comic strip syndicates, whose other offerings have ranged from Jackys Diary to Prince Valiant. King launched the strip in both daily and Sunday form in 1945. Daily, she was only in a panel at first, but it expanded into a full, multi-panel strip on February 7, 1953. In a very odd turn of events, in 1953 the Walters chose to leave King Features behind and hitch their wagon at the McNaught Syndicate. The creators were Harold "Jerry" Walter and his wife, Linda. Jerry was also responsible for Jellybean Jones, who has nothing to do with Jughead Jones's young sister, a modern-day addition to the Archie cast of characters. Together, they did The Lively Ones during the 1960s. Though each was capable of doing both major jobs in comic strip production, their usual working method was for Jerry to dream up the ideas and write the dialog, while Linda did the artwork. The Walters also collaborated on a series of Susie Q. Smith comic books for Dell Comics. Instead of reprinting newspaper strips, these ran new stories by the Walters. Between 1951 and '54, four issues were published as part of the Four Color Comics series, where many minor comic strips, including Dotty Dripple, Timmy and Rusty Riley had found a home. It had no other media spin-offs. Susie Q. Smith had a respectable run in the newspapers, but it ended in 1959. Jerry Walter (1915 - 2007) was an abstract expressionist artist whose output of energetic and colorful paintings were the products of the rich artistic milieu of post-war New York City. He was born Harold Frank Walter in Mount Pleasant, Iowa on November 25, 1915. After graduating from Colgate University in 1937, Walter moved to New York City, where he studied drawing and painting at the New School and the Art Students’ League. Before concentrating seriously on his art, he spent several years as a successful copywriter and idea man for the advertising agencies of J. Walter Thompson, McCann Ericson, and BBDO. During this time, he also worked as a syndicated cartoonist. Collaborating with his wife, Linda, his best-known series was Susie Q. Smith, which first appeared in 1945 and described as a “female Archie type.” Very popular, the cartoon was later the subject of a series of comic books published from 1951 to 1954. After serving in the United States Army for three years during World War II, Walter began to paint seriously. He ascribed his earliest artistic influence to Joan Miró, whose Dog Barking at the Moon (1926) he viewed when he was twelve, the year he published his first cartoon. Walter later wrote that jazz, “the first native expression of so-called modernism” was a strong influence on his work. During the later 1940s, Walters spent time at the Research Studio in Maitland, Florida. Founded in 1937 by artist and architect J. André Smith and supported by the philanthropist Mary Curtis Bok, the Research Studio was a lively colony that hosted prominent artists, including Milton Avery, Ralston Crawford, and Doris Lee. While at the Studio, Walter’s work was purchased by Frank Crowninshield. A founding trustee of the Museum of Modern Art and editor of Vanity Fair, Crowinshield was a noted collector; his collection included important works by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Edgar Degas, George Bellows, and Pierre Bonnard. Returning to New York after his time at the Studio, Walter became an active member of the New York school of the abstract expressionist movement, and in the summer of 1956, Walter exhibited 13 paintings and a selection of drawings at New York’s Chase Gallery. The adroit manipulation of both color and composition evident in his work shows the influence of Abstract Expressionism, particularly Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, and Hans Hofmann. illustrator and female cartoonist Linda Walter was the talented female mind behind the beloved "Susie Q. Smith" comic strip. She played an instrumental role in shaping the cultural landscape through her vibrant illustrations. Known for the timeless charm of the "Susie Q. Smith" comic strip, Linda's artistry brought joy and laughter to countless readers during the 1950s and continues to resonate with fans across generations. She was part of the Woodstock artists community. from Women in Comics: Linda Walter was the artist of newspaper strip Susie Q. Smith, which was written by her husband, Jerry. It was syndicated by King Features Syndicate and ran from 1945 to 1959. The Walters also contributed original Susie Q. Smith stories to Dell's Four Color comic books from 1951 to 1954. From 1964-1965, they created a singled panel comic called The Lively Ones. Vintage Golden Age of Comics era. The Golden Age of Comic Books describes an era in the history of American comic books from 1938 to 1956. During this time, modern comic books were first published and rapidly increased in popularity. The superhero archetype was created. Between 1939 and 1941 Detective Comics (DC) and its sister company, All-American Publications, introduced popular superheroes such as Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, the Atom, Hawkman, Green Arrow and Aquaman. Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, had million-selling titles featuring the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and Captain America. Another notable series was The Spirit by Will Eisner. Dell Comics' non-superhero characters (particularly the licensed Walt Disney animated-character comics) outsold the superhero comics of the day. The publisher featured licensed movie and literary characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Roy Rogers and Tarzan. Additionally, MLJ's introduction of Archie Andrews in Pep Comics #22 (December 1941) gave rise to teen humor comics, with the Archie Comics...

Les Chants de Maldoror is an original modern rare book written by Comte de Lautréamont, pseudonym of Isidore Lucien Ducasse (Montevideo, 1846 — Paris, 1870) and illustrated by René ...

Edition of 334 copies. Copy number 2 on Velin pur fil Lafuma Navarre paper. Includes 12 original etchings by Jean Emile Laboureur. Partially uncut. Perfect conditions. 

Lithograph on BFK Rives, 1961. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right, and numbered 73/75 in pencil lower left, respectively. Published by Maeght Editeur, Paris. Catalogue ra...

Autograph postcard signed by Renato Guttuso to the Countess Pecci-Blunt. On the front, there is a black and white reproduction of a landscape of Bagheria. On the back, there is a sta...

This is a superb Autograph Letter Signed by Alfred Cortot to the Countess Pecci- Blunt. Paris, December 21st 1936. In French. One page, double-sided. On...

Ex- Libris - Two Birds  is an Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century Woodcut print on ivory paper. The work is glued on green cardboard. Hand Signed on the lower margin. Total dimens...

Vive l'Italie! is the title of this Autograph Letter Signed by Morgan Russell to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci Blunt. Aigremont, October 2nd 1935. I...

Confidential Autograph Letters Signed by the French poet, Abel Bonnard (Poitier, 1883-Madrid 1968) to the Countess A. L. Pecci-Blunt. Around 1930's. In French. One page, single-sid...

Autographs by Ossip Zadkine to Nesto Jacometti, is a lot composed of 5 items, 5 autographs letters signed, written in French, 1953-1958. A correspondence concerning the Ossip Zadkin...

Ex Libris -Nildesperandum is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century. Woodcut print on paper.  The work is glued on a cardboard. Good conditions. Monogrammed.

Edition of 1100 copies. Copy on Marais une fleur paper. Includes 31 colorful, scale reproductions of original works by Ernst. French language. Binding partially detached. Very good c...

F. N. Souza - Untitled Marker on Paper, 11 x 8.5 inches Marker on Tracing Paper Pasted on Board, 12.5 x 9 inches ( Set of 2 works ) (Unframed Delivered) Francis Newton Souza was born in 1924 in Saligao, Goa. After losing his father at a very young age and being afflicted by a serious bout of small pox, he vowed to go about life his own way. Souza was expelled for participating in the Quit India Movement while studying at the Sir J J School of Art in Mumbai. In 1947, he founded the Progressive Artists' Group along with S H Raza...

Precious and rare volume of the famous French writer André Gide (Nobel Prize for literature in 1947), including beautiful black and white lithographs of Mas...

Ex Libris - V. Martinez Yuste is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century. Woodcut print on paper.  The work is glued on a cardboard. Good conditions.

Ex Libris - Sluytern is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century. Woodcut print on paper.  The work is glued on a cardboard. Good conditions.

Un Plan de Travail en Amérique Latine (A Working Plan in Latin America) is the main content of this autograph correspondance between Jean-Pierre Guillermet and Nesto Jacometti. Com...

Olga Fisch was born in Hungary, studied in Germany and lived in Morocco and Ethiopia before receiving asylum as a Jewish refugee in Ecuador in 1939. For her Indian-inspired designs, Mrs. Fisch uses natural black and white sheep...

Ex Libris - Vander Burgh is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century. Woodcut print on paper.  The work is glued on a cardboard. Good conditions.

A Journey to Austria is the main content of this Autograph Letter by Fabrizio Clerici to the Countess and Patron of arts, Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. Bad Gastein...

Ex libris -  Maurice  Leysen is an Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century by the Artist Jeff Van Leysen. Woodcut print on ivory paper. Signed on plate on back. The work is glued on or...

Eileen Schneider (Canadian-American, 1927-2022) A Sailor's Token of Love, 1967 Needlepoint composition - likely cotton Framed: 17 1/2 x 15 x 1 in. Eileen Theresa Hamilton was born o...

 Ex Libris - Sousa Teixeira is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century. Woodcut print on paper.  The work is glued on a cardboard. Good conditions.

Autograph Letter of Thanks by Renato Guttuso to Libero de Libero. Signed. After 1937. In Italian. In 8. One page, double-sided. On light blue colored paper and on letterhead "Galleria Mediterranea / Palazzo de seta...

This is a Autograph Letter Signed by Fabrizio Clerici to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt. November 20th, 1958. Signed "Fabrizio". One page, double-sided. In Italian. Excellent conditi...

Earth toned expressionistic cityscape with various colors including blue, red, and green. Framed in black frame with a yellow matte. Signed by the artist i...

Ex-Libris - Jan Rhebergen is an Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century. Woodcut B./W. print on tissue paper. The work is glued on cardboard. Total dimensions: 21 x 15 cm. Good cond...

Ex Libris - C. H.  Beels is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century. Woodcut print on paper.  The work is glued on a cardboard. Good conditions.

Ex Libris is an Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century Woodcut print on paper.  The work is glued on cardboard. Total dimensions: 13 x 20 cm. Good conditions. The artist wants to d...

Woodcut printed in black on tan wove paper, 1953. Signed by the artist and dated in pencil, lower right.

Ex-Libris  - J. Jove is an Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century. Woodcut print on paper. Good conditions. The artwork represents a balanced harmonious composition through a marked...

Includes 4 original lithographs by J. Mirò, one of which in double page. Vol in-4°. Original editorial cover on paper, with a lithograph by Mirò as wel...

Ex- Libris - Fr. Novy is an Artwork realized in 1967 by the Artist Ladislav Rusek (1927-2012) Woodcut print on ivory paper. The work is glued on green cardboard. Hand Signed on the ...

Ex Libris - Maccel Jonckheece is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century. Woodcut print on paper.  The work is glued on a cardboard. Good conditions.

 Ex Libris - L.Maechler is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century. Woodcut print on paper.  The work is glued on a cardboard. Good conditions.

Ex Libris - Regtern Altena is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century. Woodcut print on paper.  The work is glued on a cardboard. Good conditions.

Ex- Libris - Frohe Ostern is an Artwork realized in 1959. Etching print on colored paper. The work is glued on green cardboard. Hand Signed on the right margin and dated '59. Total...

Ex Libris - V. M. Yuste is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century. Woodcut print on paper.  The work is glued on a cardboard. Good conditions.

Ex Libris - Dijkhuizen is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century. Woodcut print on paper.  The work is glued on a cardboard. Good conditions.

Youth is a book written by Francesco De Sanctis.  Autobiographical fragment entirely redone and annotated by Nino Cortese. Printed in Naples in the S.A. Graphic Workshops. ALberto ...

 Ex Libris - boek van greetje is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century. Woodcut print on paper.  Good conditions.

L.T.S. addressed to Countess Pecci Blunt, on letterhead Reform Club, Pall Mall. August 23, 1937. In English. Excited to meet his future patron, Belloc co...

 Ex Libris - F. W. Havermans is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century. Woodcut print on paper.  The work is glued on a cardboard. Good conditions.

Chu Teh-Chun (1920-2014) - Composition abstraite Lithograph from 1960. Edition 60/60. Dimensions of work: 63.5 x 48.5 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Galerie de France, Paris. Dime...

 Ex Libris - Jelena De Belder is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century. Woodcut print on paper.  The work is glued on a cardboard. Good conditions.

Autograph Letter Signed by Artuto Tosi to Libero de Libero. Rovetta, October 20th 1937. In Italian. In 8°. On ivory colored paper. In Very good condition, except minor aging signs. Completely readable. With an upset and fluid calligraphy, the Italian artist writes this greeting letter with some logistic details for an exhibition. "Mai dire di no alle persone gentili come la contessa (...)". ( Never say no to the gentle people like the Countess) Arturo Tosi...

Ex Libris is a Modern Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century. Ex Libris. Woodcut on paper. The work is glued on ivory cardboard Total dimensions: 20x 15 cm. Good conditions. Th...

This is the Autograph Postcard Signed by Plinio Nomellini to Beppe Guzzi. Impruneta, June 22nd 1931 - IX. One page-double-sided. In Italian. Excellent condition, except for aging signs. Informative postcard: the Italian painter of Divisionism, Plinio Nomellini is sending to Beppe Guzzi an artwork reproducing a wave for an eventual exhibition and ask him to fill in a technical form. The background: During the period of this correspondence, Beppe Guzzi (Genoa, 1902 - Rome, 1982) knows his success: from 1930 to 1954 he partecipates to 11 editions of the Venice Biennale and from the third edition 6 times at the Rome Quadriennale, being awarded during the VII edition, as well as he realizes exhibitions in Livorno. From here Guzzi calls Nomellini for a collective exhibition. Plinio Nomellini (Livorno, 1866 –Firenze, 1943) The Italian painter of the Divisionist mouvement, Plinio Nomellini, in 1885 enrolled at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, where he was the pupil of Giovanni Fattori and formed friendships with Telemaco Signorini and Silvestro Lega...

Joueur de flûte, Picasso, Limited Edition, Sculpture, Design, 1950's, Ceramic Joueur de flûte Ed. 40 pcs 1951 Earthenware clay covered with enamel D. 24.5 cm Stamped on the back : M...

Edition of 1003 copies. One of 100 copies dedicated to the bibliophil de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise. Near perfect conditions excluding very light damages on cover. Uncut. 

MAILLOL, Aristide. Livret de Folastries.

Original title: Edipo Re. Translation by Manara Valgimigli. Original Etchings by Manzù. "King Oedipus" is one of the most famous and beautiful tragedies of Sophocles; translated by ...

Ex libris - K. Bouma is an Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century. Woodcut print on ivory paper. The work is glued on green cardboard. Total dimensions: 14x19.5 cm. Good conditions....

Vintage postcard of Appenzellerbilder, Heiden, Kur & Waldpark is an vintage postcard from 1957. The postcard is adressed to Mrs Ferrari. Good conditions.

Ex libris - Wiktora Podoski Ego is an Artwork realized in 1930s, by the Artist  Wiktor Podoski (1901-1970). Woodcut print on ivory paper. Hand Signed on back. Good conditions. The ...

Ex libris - Kertész Karoly is an Artwork realized in 1964, by József Kiss.  Woodcut print on ivory paper.  The work is glued on cardboard. Total dimensions: 21.5x14.5 cm. Good co...

Edition of 450 copies including original etchings by Simeon. Copy on velin de Rivés. Very good conditions and partially uncut.