Benton Murdoch Spruance

Late Departure

1933

Signed watercolor on paper. Dan Petersen gained recognition for his crystalline treatment of the landscape. His work reveals the fascination he holds for the visual relationship of ...

Oil on canvas board, in the original frame carved by the artist. Signed lower left and titled verso. Alfred Juergens, one of Chicago’s most accomplish...

Oil painting on paper. The artist created a lithograph of the same subject (Fine & Looney 105/106). An ink drawing of Harriet Marsh is on the verso, a study for his lithograph “Harriet” (Fine & Looney 96). Signed “b.s.” lower right in the image. Pencil inscriptions from the estate and with the red estate stamp on the verso. We are excited to offer this splendid and exceptionally rare oil painting by Benton Spruance. Given that the Eagles were founded in 1933, odds are that Spruance’s players featured in this 1934 painting are the Philadelphia Eagles...

Duffy 80. Etching on wove paper. Edition of 50 (only 25 were printed). Very rare. Signed and titled in pencil.

Fine & Looney 130. Lithograph on wove paper, full margins. Edition of 25. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil. This print is featured in the museum collections at the Phil...

Zeitlin & Ver Brugge 38; Wien 150. Wood engraving on wove paper with full margins. One of only 34 signed impressions (the total edition was 60). Rare. Signed, titled, and numbered 28...

Original Painting Fortune Cover Published 1937 American Modern - Met Museum Now NEWS: A printed copy of this magazine is included in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s current exhibition, “Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s” Antonio Petruccelli...

Original Painting. New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal. American Modern Scene WPA c. 1950s Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994) Shopping Center New Yorker cover proposal, c. 1950s 15 1/2 X 1...

Catalytic Cracking Tower. Lamp Magazine. American Scene Modern WPA Industrial Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Catalytic Cracking Tower Lamp Magazine,...

Commercial illustration depicting happy California framers for California Prunes. The work is rendered in a charming and highly stylized manner. Unframed

Original Painting. Fortune Mag Cover Proposal. American Mid Century Industrial Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994) 92 Fortune cover proposal, c. 1945 13 X 10 3/4 inches (sight) Framed...

American Scene Industrial Modern Lamp Magazine Illustration Mid-Century Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Oil Terminal Lamp Magazine, published, c. 1930s. 15 3/4 X 12 inches (image) 18 X 14 inches board Gouache on board Signed lower right unframed BIOGRAPHY: Antonio Petruccelli (1907-1994) began his career as a textile designer. He became a freelance illustrator in 1932 after winning several House Beautiful cover illustration contests. In addition to 24 Fortune magazine covers, four New Yorker covers, several for House Beautiful, Collier’s, and other magazines he did numerous illustrations for Life magazine from the 1930s – 60s. ‘Tony was Mr. Versatility for Fortune. He could do anything, from charts and diagrams to maps, illustrations, covers, and caricatures,’ said Francis Brennan, the former art director for Fortune. Over the course of his career, Antonio won several important design awards, designing a U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Steel Industry and designing the Bicentennial Medal...