1920s Art

Original cover for Liberty Magazine, published July 25, 1925 Framed, dimensions: 30 x 24 in.

4084 A vintage Japanese male dancer Painting on silk set in a red mat and displayed in a gilt wood frame under glass.

“Honeymooning at Greenville: Lil and Sandy Continue Their Scenic Trip,” original cover for Liberty magazine, published July 23, 1927 Sandy and Lil are on their honeymoon, which after an expensive stay at a mosquito-inhabited resort in Greenville, has not been going particularly well. Their disappointing fishing trip left them with more fly bites than fish bites. The newlyweds were eager to board the train, settle in to their sleeping car, and journey to their next destination. When Sandy attempts to bring Lil the glass of water she requested, the train suddenly jerks and ice water spills on a sleeping gentleman in the next berth. “‘Oh! Oh!’ Lil gasped, a witness to her husband’s social blunder. And she wished she were deaf!” (Liberty magazine, July 23, 1927, p. 45) “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...

Medium: pochoir (after the watercolor). Printed in 1925 and published in Paris by Albert Morance for "L'Art d'Aujourd'hui", and now very scarce. Image size: 6 5/8 x 8 1/8 inches (168...

This rare 1928 poster, designed by O. Mikhail Dlugach, promotes “The Eleventh” (Odinnadtsatyi), an experimental film by the visionary Soviet filmmaker Dziga Vertov. Produced for Uzbe...

This charming circa 1925 travel poster by Charles-Jean Hallo, signed ALO, was created for the Chemin de fer du Nord, one of France’s major private railway companies. It promotes the ...

Signed Lower Right by Artist Titled on the reverse: May I Have the Pleasure Good Housekeeping cover, November 1926 As Jessie Willcox Smith biographer S. Michael Schnessel has a...

The Saturday Evening Post Magazine, July 23, 1921 (cover illustration). Sarah Stilwell-Weber is celebrated for her captivating illustrations of children. While her early work often ...

Famed female illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith paints the " Ideal Child" in a spiritual moment for the Christmas cover of Good Housekeeping. The accompl...

Original cover for Liberty magazine, published August 16, 1924 A fashionable woman sitting at an information desk hands a slip of paper to a man Artwork Dimensions: 27" x 22" Mediu...

Published edition, not trial proof Open Action. 1926/1928. Etching. Giardina 124. 7 x 15 1/8 (sheet 12 3/4 x 15 1/4). Trial proof, prior to the edition of 90. A rich, tonal impressi...

Original lithograph, produced as part of a portfolio of images by Reynaldo Luza for the Parisian fur house, Revillon Freres. Paris, Draeger for Revill...

Etching on antique cream laid paper with a partial watermark, 9 5/8 x 4 1/4 inches (246 x 109 mm); full margins. Signed and dated "1928" in pencil, lower margin. Inscribed "Street in Porto Maurizio...

Lyonel Feininger, 'Masken (Masks)' also 'Carnival Masks', woodcut, 1920, proofs only. Prasse W193. Signed and titled in pencil. Annotated '1973', the artist’s inventory number. A fin...

Original, vintage gelatin silver print by famed photographer Tina Modotti: "Mural-Preparatory School by Clemente Orozco". Inscribed with title on reverse. Photograph size: 7 7/8 ...

NICKOLAS MURAY (Hungary 1892 – 1965 New York) PORTRAIT OF DAVID BELASCO, 1922 Photograph. Signed and dated, 1922. Muray’s embossed stamp lower right. 7 5/8 x 9 ½ inches. Mount 11 ...

The 1927 poster Femmes de Riazan (Babyi Ryazanskie) by Ya. T. Ruklevsky is a compelling example of early Soviet cinema advertising, blending emotional portraiture with the emerging v...

William Robinson Leigh, 'Foul Rope (Left)', etching, c. 1920, edition unknown but small. Signed in pencil and signed in the plate, lower left. A superb, richly-inked impression, in dark brown ink, on buff wove Umbria paper, the full sheet with margins (1 1/2 to 2 3/4 inches); slight toning at the sheet edges, otherwise in excellent condition. Very scarce. Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 14 7/8 x 11 15/16 inches (378 x 303 mm); sheet size 20 3/8 x 15 3/8 inches (518 x 391 mm). ABOUT THE ARTIST Born near Falling Waters, West Virginia, on a plantation a year after the Civil War and raised in Baltimore, William Robinson Leigh (1866 - 1955) became one of the foremost painters of the American West. His career spanning some seventy-five years, Leigh created some of the most iconic depictions of the Western landscape, with admirers referring to him as ‘The Sagebrush Rembrandt.’ The son of impoverished Southern aristocrats, Leigh received his first art training at age 14 from Hugh Newell at the Maryland Institute, where he was regarded as the best student in his class. From 1883 to 1895, he studied in Europe, mainly at the Royal Academy in Munich with Ludwig Loefftz. From 1891 to 1896, he painted six cycloramas or murals in the round, a giant German panorama. In 1896, Leigh began working as a magazine illustrator for Scribner's and Collier's Weekly Magazine in New York City. He also painted portraits, landscapes, and genre scenes. Leigh's trips to the Southwest began in 1906 when he agreed to paint the Grand Canyon with William Simpson, Santa Fe Railway advertising manager, in exchange for free transportation West. In 1907, he completed his Grand Canyon painting, which led to more commissions and an extensive painting trip through Arizona and New Mexico. These travels inspired him to paint western subjects for the next 50 years, and his primary interests were the Hopi and Navajo Indians. In 1910, he traveled to Wyoming, where he painted in Yellowstone Park and created sketches, many of which he later converted into large canvases such as ‘Lower Falls of the Yellowstone’ (1915) and ‘Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone’ (1911). In 1926, he traveled to Africa at the invitation of Carl Akeley for the American Museum of Natural History, and from this experience, wrote and illustrated 'Frontiers of Enchantment: An Artist's Adventures in Africa'. In 1933, he wrote and illustrated 'The Western Pony'. His adventures were chronicled in several popular magazines, including Life, the Saturday Evening Post, and Colliers. For many years, Grand Central Art Galleries at the Biltmore Hotel handled his work exclusively in New York. In 1953, Leigh was elected an associate member of the National Academy of Design and became a full Academician in 1955. In March 1999, the Historical Center of Cody, Wyoming, held an exhibition of his field sketches and finished works depicting his experiences near Cody early in the century. Between 1910 and 1921, when he often painted in the Carter Mountain vicinity, these years were considered pivotal to his artistic development and devotion to the Western landscape. Leigh's work is held in many museum collections of American Western art...

This exquisite etching by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Le cocher donne a manger aux chevaux (The Coachman Feeds the Horses), originates from the celebrated folio Nicolas Gogol, L...

Herman Österlund was a Swedish artist best known for his beautiful depictions of the west coast of Sweden. He moved to Stockholm in 1896 and passed the test for entering the Royal A...

This remarkable photomontage poster, attributed to Alexander Rodchenko and dating from circa 1920, forms part of the series “The History of the Communist Party in Posters.” Identifie...

This striking photomontage poster, attributed to Alexander Rodchenko and dating from circa 1920, belongs to the influential series “The History of the Communist Party in Posters.” Id...

Etching on Chine appliqué on Arches Velin paper, Edition of 25 Paper size: 28.5 x 38 cms (11 1/4 x 15 ins) Plate size: 14.9 x 19.6 cms (5 7/8 x 7 5/8 ins)

Alfred de Breanski was an English painter best known for his soaring landscape paintings of the Irish and Welsh countrysides. His panoramic vistas of...

Date: 1921 Medium: Colored Pencil on Canvas Dimensions: 22.50"x 16.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left Image of seated girl holding a teddy bear.

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River Eure, Lyons la Forêt by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972) Watercolour and crayon on paper 31.5 x 48.5 cm (12 ³/₈ x 19 ¹/₈ inches) Titlted, signed and dated lower left, Lyons la Fo...

This is an elegantly rendered and designed work with fine lines and flat colors by an accomplished female illustrator. Signed lower right Framed in an old simple wooden frame with...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1921 on Lafuma-Navarre wove paper, and issued in a limited edition of 300 for Georges Duhamel's "Trois journees de la tribu". Size: t...

This gothic style architectural segment of a building facade located ion Harlem, NYC, was carved 1924-1926 by William Bradley & Son Cut Stone Contractors. In 2020, each limestone scu...

Etching on antique handmade laid paper, 9 5/8 x 4 1/4 inches (246 x 109 mm), full margins. Signed and dated (1928) in pencil, lower margin. Printed by Frederick Reynolds. In very goo...

Derby Spectator A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive) Archival pigment print - beautiful a...

Gouache Image size: 5 x 4 inches (13 x 10 cm) Acid free mount and oak frame As well as being an accomplished artist and illustrator, Gerald Spink worked an aeronautical engineer for Hawker Engineering in Kingston-on-Thames. He designed artwork for a number of travel and advertising posters, for such clients as Southern Railways...

Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) Headland & Rocks, White Island, Maine, c. 1923 Watercolor on paper Signed lower left 15 x 19.5 inches Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox...

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Lithograph on Chine paper, Edition of 50 Paper size: 39 x 31 cms (15.4 x 12.2 ins) Image size: 27.2 x 19 cms (11 5/8 x 7 1/2 ins)

Title: Profile of a Woman in White Blouse Artist: Josep Puigdengolas Barella (Barcelona, 1906 – 1987) Technique: Oil on panel Dimensions: 13 x 10.6 in Framed dimensions: 16.5 x 1...

Untitled Cubist Abstraction Signed and dated lower right Watercolor, charcoal and gouache on paper, 1922 Provenance: Estate of the Artist Schroeder, Romero & Sh...

Masterfully designed scene of an attractive young Redhead sitting by a canoe under a tree with hanging Spanish moss. It is rendered in a quick Arts and Crafts style that is both abstract and representational. The viewer can stare at it endlessly and still discover new pictorial relationships. Every brush stroke and every dab of paint is perfectly placed. Signed lower left. Most likely for Saturday Evening Post or Colliers. Provenance: Grapefruitmoon Gallery Lauderbacks existing illustration works are quite scarce Louderback is a painter/illustrator of the Golden Age of Illustration...

This exquisite etching by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Le Tribunal (The Tribunal), originates from the celebrated folio Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de ...

3792 Oil on canvas set in a hand painted frame of a French castle with workers in the field

Charming summery terrace scene dominated by an elegant lady with a white hat and green gloves, next to her a suitor drinking wine and smoking a cigarette. At the table another elegant lady with red hair. A waiter and a man on a neighboring table look on how the romance will unfold. A blue- turquoise and white sun screen...

English Victorian Antique landscape, Figures gathering Primroses. Cowleigh Woods, North Malvern, UK John Bates Noel was born John Noel Bates in Worcester in 1870. He was the son of ...

5125 Antique charcoal drawing of a landscape as viewed from the Charles River in Boston from 1827 Signed J.G.Berry

Saint Francis is an original Woodcut realized by Giorgio Wenter Marini in 1925. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through perfect hatchi...

Story illustration for “Amos Tries it Tudor” by Sewell Ford for Cosmopolitan magazine, published January 1924, page 35. The image shows an elegant woman holding a fan. Medium: Ink ...

Jacques Martin Ferrieres (French, 1893-1972) A delightful landscape of mountains with agricultural fields with a river and colorful trees. The pallet and texture make this a special art piece as it is probably done with knives and tools other than brushes. Probably vineyards in the countryside of France. Executed in 1926 Oil on canvas Dimensions: 81 x 65 cm (32 x 25 in.) Framed: 37.5 x 31.25 Inches signed lower right “Jac Martin Ferrieres...

This beautiful circa 1925 original travel poster by Étienne Bouchaud was created for the famed PLM (Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée) railway company, promoting journeys to Algeria via Marsei...

Port de Honfleur by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972) Watercolour and crayon on paper 31.5 x 47.7 cm (12 ³/₈ x 18 ³/₄ inches) Signed lower left, Paulémile Pissarro Executed circa 1925 ...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed on the Back Woman Seated, Likely Magazine Cover

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Medium: pochoir (after the painting). Published in Paris in 1929 by Editions des Chroniques du Jour in an edition of 500. Image size: 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (163 x 214 mm). With full o...

Image of two women with sheep. Signed and Dated Lower Right Making his first illustrations for the "Saturday Evening Post" before he was age 20, Edmund Ward had a successful care...

Beautiful Brittany, France coastal landscape depicting a cottage and a lone farmer by A. Henry (French, 20th Century),circa 1920. Signed "A. Henry" lower right. Unframed. Image, 16"H...

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'La Bergère Turque' (The Turkish Shepherdess) by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961) Etching 33.5 x 27 cm (13 ¼ x 10 ¾ inches) Signed lower left, Manzana Pissarro, titled and inscri...

Alfred de Breanski was an English painter best known for his soaring landscape paintings of the Irish and Welsh countrysides. His panoramic vistas of...

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 34.50" x 28.00;" Framed 39.50" x 32.50" Eyes of Love: Bachelor Party, Pictorial Review, October 1921

Medium: Charcoal, Pastel, and Watercolor on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 18.75" x 15.25;" Framed 27.50" x 15.25" circa 1920 Girl with Braids...

'Portrait of Jean', pencil on art paper, by French artist, Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). An artist known for his exquisite drawings - many are sketches for his larger oil paintings ...