Gordon Grant

Original 'Will You Supply Eyes for the Navy?' vintage American military poster

1917

Original Andalusia, Spain. Iberia Airlines vintage travel poster. A flamingo dancer holds her hand up in the air as the Iberia Constellation plane flies overhead. Reddish-pink ca...

Original. FIGHT OR BUY BONDS. THIRD LIBERTY LOAN. Linen backed. Lithograph. World War 1 authentic vintage poster. ARTIST: Howard Chandler Christy. Linen-backed, larger size format for this poster. Ready to frame. Despite minor edge wear touch-up from linen backing, this poster presents very well and is in above-average condition. You can be confident in the quality of this piece. One of the most famous and powerful WW1 propaganda images, this flag-waving Ms. Liberty (aka Columbia) poster is unusual in that it urged both recruitment and bond sales. The US had just entered the war when this poster appeared and it is one of the earliest examples of myriad illustrations that were used to motivate both troops and the American public. It's designer, Howard Chandler Christy, was at the height of his fame. He earned his spurs as a wartime artist when he accompanied US troops to Cuba in 1898, an experience that stood him in good stead when he was called on to create his famed series of patriotic WW1 posters...

SWEETGRASS CARRIERS is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph (not a photo reproduction or digital print) by the renowned American artist JONATHAN GREEN printed in 17 colors using hand lithography techniques on heavyweight archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. SWEETGRASS CARRIERS depicts a black farmer standing in a field of golden sweetgrass dressed in a straw sunhat, white shirt and rugged blue denim overalls accompanied by three female field workers clothed in colorful orange, blue and red bell shaped dresses all carrying bundles of freshly harvested sweetgrass. The expansive field of golden yellow, orange, and green blades of grass is backed by a horizon line of deep blue water and distant green trees enlivened by white clouds sweeping across a clear blue sky. Truly an impressive agricultural landscape scene reflecting back on local traditions of Geechee Gullah culture, Lowcountry South Carolina. Impressive size - large horizontal format, handmade lithograph, fine impression, vivid colors, hand signed and numbered 75/95 by Jonathan Green, professionally framed, double frame - wove textured moulding and burl wood style liner, archival framing materials, publishers chop mark embossed on lower margin, Print documentation/ Certificate of Authenticity will be provided. Framed size - 44 x 55 in. with frame Print size - 33.5 x 42.5 inches unframed print size Image size - 27 x 36.5 inches Edition size - 95, plus proofs Year published - 1999 Printed at J K Fine Art Editions Co., NJ Publisher - Mojo Portfolio, NJ Sweetgrass grows in the moist, sandy soils near oceans and marshes. It is harvested in the spring and summer by "pullers" who slip it from its roots and place it in the sun to dry. Sweetgrass baskets...

A hand-colored caricature entitled the "Gaekwar of Baroda" (Prince of India), from Vanity Fair, Plate 23 , published July 3, 1901. Sayajirao Gaekwad III (1863-1939) was the Maharaja ...