Victor Coleman Anderson

Washington's Birthday, Woman's World Magazine Cover

1923

Original cover illustration for Star Weekly magazine, published October 7, 1944. A young girl gazes up at a woman wearing what is likely a Women's Army Corps (WAC) uniform as they ...

Date: 1921 Medium: Pastel on Paper Dimensions: 28.00" x 21.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Satuday Evening Post Cover, November 12, 1921

“And Why Not?: Lil and Sandy Warm Up Their Imagination,” original cover for Liberty magazine, published April 7, 1928 As Mr. and Mrs. Morse leave for a date night at the local lodge, Lil and Sandy spend an evening in front of the fireplace at the Morse home. Sandy turns on sentimental music, gathers marshmallows and a toasting fork, and lights the logs in his father-in-law’s fireplace. The fireplace’s golden glow becomes a picture frame for the couple’s dreams of their future son. Sandy excitedly imagines their baby going to college and being the “head of every class, scholarships galore, and captain of basketball, hockey, crew, and football.” Little Sandy is also imagined to be a brave soldier and even serve as future president of the United States. “Dreams of their son…red embers on the hearth…Their fireplace fantasy!” (Liberty magazine, April 7, 1928) “For the Love o’ Lil: The Picture Story of an American Family” In 1926, under his long-term contract to produce a cover per week for Liberty magazine, Leslie Thrasher introduced a signature cast of characters that appeared each week, telling a serialized story through his illustrations. Liberty touted its new cover serial as “something no magazine has ever done before…Heretofore, all magazine cover...

“Mother Knows Best: Mrs. Morse Dips Her Cheerful Oar,” original cover for Liberty magazine, published May 12, 1928 Mrs. Morse was very excited to become a grandmother for the first ...

Portrait of Juliet Hyneman by Jewish American artist Herman N. Hyneman Signature lower left Framed dimensions: 25 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. The following is from Peter Jung who credits "a friend named Jeff Gold on Long Island." Herman N. Hyneman (1849 - 1907) was born in 1849 to one of the most prominent Jewish families in Philadelphia. Unlike most Jewish families of the time, his embraced and encouraged his artistic talent. In 1874, Hyneman followed his first cousin Moses Ezekiel...

*This color lithograph was done as a lithographic reproduction of Rockwell's original painting that was used for the cover of a 1942 Saturday Evening Post. After Norman Rockwell...

This especially rare original watercolor painting by American artist Charles E. Martin (1910-1995), depicting The Metropolitan Museum of Art in winter, appeared as the cover art for ...

Alternative Cover work, Ink, Gouache, Watercolor on paper Initialed and dated lower center h: 9.2 x w: 12 in / h: 23.4 x w: 30.5 cm Worth Avenue Galle...