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Period: Mid-20th Century
La Trappola Colorata - Rare Book by Luciano Folgore - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Original editorial softcover, binding unglued, excellent conditions inside.Luciano Folgore was an Italian poet. He adhered to Futurism in 1909 after he met Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper
King Oedipus - Rare Book Illustrated by Giacomo Manzù - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
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 ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Etching
Ex Libris - Elis Bejves Bok - Woodcut - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Elis Bejves Bok is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.
Woodcut print on paper.
The work is glued on a cardboard.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex Libris - Anne Nielsen - Woodcut - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Anne Nielsen is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.
Woodcut print on paper.
The work is glued on a cardboard.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex Libris - A.C. Raadschelders - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - A.C. Raadschelders is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.
Woodcut print on paper.
The work is glued on a cardboard.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex Libris - Sin Bok - Woodcut - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Sin Bok is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.
Woodcut print on paper.
The work is glued on a cardboard.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex Libris - Woodcut - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.
Woodcut print on paper.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex Libris - Per Christensen - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Per Christensen is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.
Woodcut print on paper.
The work is glued on a cardboard.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex Libris - Helcelet - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Helcelet is a Modern Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century.
Ex Libris. B/W woodcut on ivory paper.
The work is glued on cardboard.
Total dimensions: 21x 15 cm.
Goo...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex Libris - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.
Woodcut print on paper.
The work is glued on a cardboard.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex Libris - Richard Thomsen - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Richard Thomsen is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.
Woodcut print on paper.
The work is glued on a cardboard.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex-Libris - J M Casas y Ros - Woodcut by Juan Estiarte - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Ex-Libris - J M Casas y Ros is an Artwork realized in 1940 s., by the artist Juan Estiarte.
Woodcut print on ivory paper. Signed on plate on the upper left.
The work is glued on...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
La Rose Publique - Rare Book by Paul Eluard - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 1500 copies. Copy on Lafuma de Navarre paper. Very rare copy. Perfect conditions. Uncut.Paul Eluard was born in 1895 and died in 1952. He was a French poet and one of the ...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper
Ex Libris - Manvel - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Manvel is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.
Woodcut print on paper.
The work is glued on a cardboard.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex libris - Pragensiis - Woodcut by J .Ev . Böhm - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Ex libris - Pragensiis J - Ev - Böhm is an Artwork realized in 1963, by the Artist J .Ev . Böhm.
Woodcut print on ivory paper.
Good conditions.
The artwork represents a minimal...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex libris - Nagy József Könyve - Woodcut by Istvàn Olàh - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Ex libris - Nagy József Könyve is an Artwork realized in 1932, by the Artist Istvàn Olàh , from Hungary.
Woodcut print on ivory paper. Signed on plate and dated on back. The wor...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex libris - In Domino Mundus - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex libris - In Domino Mundus is an Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century.
Woodcut print on ivory paper.
Good conditions.
The artwork represents a minimalistic, clean design, throu...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex Libris - EEnboek Van - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - EEnboek Van is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.
Woodcut print on paper.
The work is glued on a cardboard.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
L'Immaculée Conception - Rare Book illustrated by André Breton - 1930
By André Breton
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 2111 copies. Copy on Imponderable Sorel-Moussel paper. Original paperback cover. First edition. Beautiful copy of the relevant experimental work by Breton and Eluard. Very...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper
Ex Libris - Lithograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris is a Modern Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century.
Ex Libris. Lithograph on paper.
The work is glued on ivory cardboard
Total dimensions: 20x 15 cm.
Good conditions.
...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Livret de Folastries. By Pierre de Ronsard. 1938
Located in New York, NY
MAILLOL, Aristide. Livret de Folastries.
Category
Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper
Clef des Songes - Rare Book by Frans Masereel - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 715 copies including 30 original full-page woodcuts by the author. Copy on teinté paper. Includes a nice dedication on frontispiece to Nesto Jacometti by the author.
Co...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper
Bathers
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph printed in reddish orange. Signed in red pencil by the artist, lower left. From an edition intended edition of 250; only approximately 100 were printed and only approxim...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Lithograph, Color
Marthe - Rare Book illustrated by Auguste Brouet - 1936
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 221 copies including 29 original etchings by Auguste Brouet. One of the 160 copies on Vélin d'Arches, with the definitive state of etching. Original editorial soft cover o...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper
Ex libris - Marino Solfanelli - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex libris - Marino Solfanelli is an Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century.
Woodcut colored print on ivory paper.
Good conditions.
The artist wants to define a well-balanced comp...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Deux Fragments Inédits - Rare Book illustrated by Giorgio De Chirico - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Rare Original Edition of “Deux Fragments Inédits”, Booklet by G. de Chirico, Paris, Parisot, 1938. Paperback publishing. Later binding in Real brown leather withauthor, titleand orna...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper
Ariane - Rare Book by Renee de Brimont - 1936
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 154 copies published on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the “Cent Une Femmes Bibliophile” association. Copy number 81, printed for Countess Pecci-Blunt. Includes ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper
Picasso Lithographe IV, 1956-1963- Rare Book illustrated by Pablo Picasso - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Editions including two original lithographs by Pablo Picasso on frontespiece and cover on the catalogue. Copy on velin. Perfect conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper
Ex Libris - V M Yuste - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - V M Yuste is a Modern Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century.
Ex Libris. B/W woodcut on ivory paper.
The work is glued on cardboard.
Total dimensions: 20.5x 15 cm.
G...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex Libris - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris is a Modern Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century.
Woodcut on paper.
The work is glued on ivory cardboard
Total dimensions: 20x 15 cm.
Good conditions.
The artist wan...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Autograph Letter with Sketch by Hans Erni - 1938
By Hans Erni
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Letter Signed with Original Sketch by Hans Erni to Nesto Jacometti. October 26th, 1938. Signed "ton Erni".
One page, double-sided. On ivory colored paper with black paper ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Lettres d'Espagne 1830-1833 - Illustrations by Antoni Clavé - 1944
Located in Roma, IT
Original title: Lettres d'Espagne. 1830-1833. Lithographies originales en coeleurs de Clavé.
Specimen number 39 of 300 copies printed on 'Vélin de Rives' inc...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Earth Toned Abstract Cityscape
By Emalita Newton Terry
Located in Houston, TX
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...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Egg Tempera, Gouache
Letter from Tchelitchew to Countess Pecci-Blunt - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Letter from Tchelitchew to Countess Pecci-Blunt is an original postcard hand-written by Pavel Tchelitchew to Contessa Pecci Blunt in 1950.
The postcard is written from Molveno, Tren...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper
Ex Libris - J.P. Nieuwstraten - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - J.P. Nieuwstraten is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.
Woodcut print on paper.
The work is glued on a cardboard.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex Libris - Woodcut by José Auguste De Almeida - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - José Auguste De Almeida is a Modern Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century, by José Auguste De Almeida
B/W Woodcut on ivory paper. Hand Signed on the right margin.
The ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Autograph Letter by Arturo Martini - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Letter Signed by Arturo Martini to Gaetano Chiurazzi
Milan, December 16th 1935 XII. One page, single-sided. In Italian. Excellent condition, with minor aging signs.
This...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
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Ex Libris - Manvel - A- Leali - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Manvel - A- Leali is a Modern Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century.
Woodcut print on paper.
The work is glued on a cardboard.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Autograph Card Signed by Afro Basaldella - 1958-59
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Card Signed by Afro Basaldella to the Countess Anna Laetitia.Pecci-Blunt.
Rome, 1950's (1958-1959) . In 24°. In Italian. Excellent condition...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Ex Libris - T. Wevers - Woodcut by Herbert Ott - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - T. Wevers is a Modern Artwork realized in 1952, by Herbert Ott.
Ex Libris. B/W woodcut on ivory paper.
The work is glued on ivory cardboard.
Total dimensions: 21x 14.5...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Autograph Postcard by Barilli - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Postcard Signed by Bruno Barilli to the Countess A.L. Pecci Blunt,
Budapest, August 7th, 1942. In Italian. Excellent conditions.
Curious...
Category
Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper
Ex Libris - V M Yuste - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - V M Yuste is a Modern Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century.
Ex Libris. B/W woodcut on ivory paper.
The work is glued on ivory cardboard.
Total dimensions: 21x 14 cm...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex Libris - Lithograph by Albert Hahn - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris: Johann Christian Auf der Heide Sive Heydahrens Duhme is a Modern Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century, by Albert Hahn
B/W lithograph on paper.
The work is glued on cardboard.
Total dimensions: 20x 15 cm.
Good conditions.
The artist wants to define a well-balanced composition, through preciseness and congruous B./W. colors.
Albert Hahn (1877 -1968), was a Dutch poster...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Ex-Libris - Ferreira Marques - Lithograph - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex-Libris - Ferreira Marques is an Artwork realized in Last 20th Century.
Lithograph print on paper. The work is glued on ivory cardboard.
Total dimensions: 20 x 15 cm.
Good c...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Letter - by Antoni Clavé - Mid-20th Century
By Antoni Clavé
Located in Roma, IT
Letter written by the painter Antoni Clavè (1913-2005).
Wooden frame with picture of the artist added.
Paper 27 x 19 cm. Good conditions.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Ink
Autograph Letter by Carlo Carrà - 1938
By Carlo Carrà
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Letter Signed by Carlo Carrà to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. Milan, Avril 4th 1938. In Italian. In 8°. On ivory colored paper. In perf...
Category
Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Ex Libris - Luis Villar De Partearroyo - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Luis Villar De Partearroyo is a Modern Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century.
Ex Libris. B/W woodcut on ivory paper.
The work is glued on ivory cardboard.
Total dimen...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex Libris - Woodcut by K.S. Kozlawskij - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris is a Modern Artwork realized in Mid 20th Century by K.S. Kozlawskij.
Ex Libris. Woodcut on ivory paper. Hand Signed on back.
The work is glued on ivory cardboard
Total d...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex Libris - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
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...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex Libris - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
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...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex Libris - Iris Zeilinga - Doodeheefver - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Iris Zeilinga- Doodeheefver is a Modern Artwork realized in Mid-20th Century.
Ex Libris. Woodcut on ivory paper.
The work is glued on cardboard.
Total dimensions: 21...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex Libris - T. Wevers - Woodcut by Herbert Stefan Ott - 1953
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - T. Wevers is a Modern Artwork realized in 1953 by the Author Herbert Stefan Ott .
Ex Libris. B/W woodcut on ivory paper. Signed on plate and dated on the back.
The wor...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Ex Libris Johnny Kohler - Woodcut - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Johnny Kohler is an Artwork realized in Mid-20th Century.
Color Lithograph print on paper. The work is glued on cardboard.
Total dimensions: 20 x 14.5 cm.
Excellent ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Autographs by Jacques-Émile Blanche - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Collect these Autograph Letters Signed by Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861 –1942) to the Count and the Countess Pecci-Blunt.
This lot is composed of three items, in French, written from 1929 to 1933.
Excellent conditions, perfectly readable. Including original envelopes.
In details:
Autograph Greeting Card Signed. Paris, May 10th 1929. One page, double-sided, on light blue colored paper. On letterhead paper "Offranville- Seine Inférieure".
Autograph Letter Signed. Paris, December 11th 1932. One page, three-sided.
Autograph Letter Signed. Paris, May 24th 1933. One page, three-sided. On letterhead paper " 19. Rue du Docteur Blanche. XVI". Letter of request.
Confidential Letters concerning the organization of literary conferences at one of the Countess Pecci Blunt' residences. The letter of request written in 1933, stands out: the French painter asks to the Count Blumenthal for advise on evaluating an investment!
Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861 –1942)
The French artist, largely self-taught, Jacques-Émile Blanche, became a very successful portrait painter, active in London and Paris, with a style derived from 18th-century English painters such as Thomas Gainsborough as well as Édouard Manet and John Singer Sargent. He had the honor to exhibit at the Salon and the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. In 1902, Jacques-Émile Blanche took over the direction of the Académie de La Palette, where he would remain director until 1911.He taught at the Académie Vitti in 1903.
He was still today remembered to have portrait characters of the mondan and literary world like one of his closest friend, Marcel Proust, the poet Pierre Louÿs, the Thaulow family, Aubrey Beardsley,Yvette Guilbert, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, James Joyce, Julia Stephen, Edgar Degas, Claude Debussy, Auguste Rodin, Colette, Thomas Hardy, John Singer Sargent, Charles Conder, Percy Grainger, and Tamara Karsavina...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
'Bowl (Blue & White), ' Hand Thrown Glazed Stoneware signed by Mark Shekore
By Mark Shekore
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Bowl (Blue & White)' is a hand-thrown glazed stoneware bowl made by Mark Shekore, signed with his last name on the bottom of the piece.
3.75 x 8.75 in
Mark Shekore attended the Un...
Category
Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze
At Eye Level Paramyths - Rare Book Illustrated by Max Ernst - 1949
By Max Ernst
Located in Roma, IT
At Eye Level Paramyths is an original modern rare book illustrated by Max Ernst (1891 - 1976) and written by Various Authors in 1949.
Original Edition, designed by Max Ernst as cat...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Autograph Letter Signed by Vittorio Rieti and Nicolas Nabokov - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
This is a Autograph Letter Signed by Vittorio Rieti and Nicolas Nabokov, to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt, written in Italian and French.
Rome, July 16th 1952. Excellent condition, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled (G27)
By Hans Hartung
Located in New York, NY
Color aquatint on Arches paper. Signed in lower right corner. Inscribed "EA" in lower left corner. Artists proof aside from the edition of 100. Printed and published by Lacourier...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Aquatint, Color, Etching
Autograph Letter Signed by Filippo de Pisis - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
Le Foglie – A.L.S. is a Autograph Letter Signed by Filippo de Pisis to Gaetano Chiurazzi.
Milan, June 3rd 1947. One page, double-side. On letterhead paper “Ne nous embarbouillons pas dans les métaphores” (Balzac). In Italian. Very good condition, with minor aging signs. Original envelope included, with lacquer wax.
An affectionate greeting letter written with a rapid calligraphy written by the artist had just return to Italy with the first symptoms of an illness will lead to his death. The artist demands to his friend and Italian gallerist, Gaetano Chiurazzi (Naples,1899- Rome,1967), best-known as "Tanino", to lead him his oil on canval “Le Foglie”, exhibited at his popular gallery, “Le Vetrine di Chiurazzi”, in Via del Babbuino, Rome.
De Pisis is today best-known for his cityscapes, metaphysically-inspired maritime scenes, and still lifes, especially those depicting flowers. His work has a particularly airy quality, and is laden with a sort of pathetic pleasure. This letter demonstrates how de Pisis spent his life: between Rome, Paris and Venice, living a very extravagant lifestyle; he had a pet parrot named Coco, and in Venice he was one of a handful of residents at the time who used a gondola. He had two personal gondoliers on 24-hour duty, who wore black-and-gold livery.
Filippo de Pisis (born Luigi Filippo Tibertelli, Ferrara 1896 – Brugherio 1956)
When he was 20 years old, the young painter from Ferrara had a meeting that changed his life. During his military service, he met the "Dioscuri", the brothers De Chirico and then Carrà. He was sure impressed by their way of seeing painting and, at the beginning, shared the metaphysical style. After a short stay in Rome and Paris, at the beginning of the 1920's, he started to rework his style, made of suggestions and original subjects, where the pictorial line is fragmented and, therefore, defined by Eugenio Montale as "fly-paw painting". The friendship with Julius Evola...
Category
Mid-20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Vintage Golden Age Syndicated Ink Drawing Cartoon Strip Susie Q Smith Comic Art
Located in Surfside, FL
SUSIE Q. SMITH
Medium: Newspaper comics
Distributed by: King Features Syndicate
First Appeared: 1945
Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter
6.5 X 19.5
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...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century More Art
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Paper, Ink