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Untitled (Black Sand)
By Nick Turner
Located in New York, NY
City. Please note that prices increase as editions sell. Nick Turner is an American artist born in
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Vintage Rose Illustration -- "Georgia On My Mind"
By Ben Black
Located in Soquel, CA
pink rose on a complex matrix background by Ben Black (American, 1922-2003). Titled "Georgia on My Mind
Category

1980s American Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, India Ink, Watercolor

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Lawrence Lipton Photo Beatnik Beat Writer
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
and private collections. Lawrence Lipton (October 10, 1898 – July 9, 1975)[1] was an American
Category

1960s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Two Volkswagons
By Gerard Giliberti
Located in East Hampton, NY
Black & White Photo of two rusted Volkswagon's sitting in a desert Comes unframed Also available in
Category

1960s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Seemore's Ice Cream
By Gerard Giliberti
Located in East Hampton, NY
classical New York Fine Arts education including photography, oil and watercolor painting, illustration
Category

1960s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Untitled (Kneeling by Driftwood)
By Nick Turner
Located in New York, NY
City. Please note that prices increase as editions sell. Nick Turner is an American artist born in
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

New York City, (Marilyn Monroe, 'The Seven Year Itch') by Elliott Erwitt, 1954
By Elliott Erwitt
Located in Dallas, TX
New York City, (Marilyn Monroe, 'The Seven Year Itch') by Elliott Erwitt depicts American actress
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Large Silver Gelatin Photograph Russian USSR Soviet Parade Yuri Gagarin Photo
By Samariy Gurariy
Located in Surfside, FL
. He began his career in 1934, photographing for the illustration department of the Moscow newspaper
Category

20th Century Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Large Silver Gelatin Photograph Russian USSR Soviet Parade Yuri Gagarin Photo
By Samariy Gurariy
Located in Surfside, FL
. He began his career in 1934, photographing for the illustration department of the Moscow newspaper
Category

20th Century Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Large Silver Gelatin Russian Photograph Potsdam Conference Winston Churchill
By Samariy Gurariy
Located in Surfside, FL
the illustration department of the Moscow newspaper Izvestia. He also did work for Pravda, Tass and
Category

20th Century Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Duchess of Windsor - Wallis Simpson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
') into American Vogue at the side of an illustration about New York society. Beaton returned to England
Category

1930s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

People on the Edge
By Mark Klett
Located in Sante Fe, NM
illustrations that attest to the role photographers--both anonymous and great--have played in picturing American
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

People on the Edge
H 11.75 in W 120 in
Lancaster Bomber Lily Mars 1943 original silver gelatin photograph
Located in London, GB
Photograph has been passed by Censor’ ‘Copyright This TP copyright illustration from “The Aeroplane” must not
Category

1940s Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Lancaster Bomber Lily Mars 1943 original silver gelatin photograph I
Located in London, GB
Photograph has been passed by Censor’ ‘Copyright This TP copyright illustration from “The Aeroplane” must not
Category

1940s Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (Horseback)
By Nick Turner
Located in New York, NY
City. Nick Turner is an American artist born in Boston in 1983. He was raised in the countryside of
Category

2010s Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Untitled (Dark Clouds)
By Nick Turner
Located in New York, NY
City. Please note that prices increase as editions sell. Nick Turner is an American artist born in
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Untitled (Wave Break #4)
By Nick Turner
Located in New York, NY
City. Please note that prices increase as editions sell. Nick Turner is an American artist born in
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Large Silver Gelatin Russian Photograph Potsdam Conference Truman Photo WWII
By Samariy Gurariy
Located in Surfside, FL
the illustration department of the Moscow newspaper Izvestia. He also did work for Pravda, Tass and
Category

20th Century Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
achieve this, it remains, to that degree, mere illustration to which aesthetic technique has been applied
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
achieve this, it remains, to that degree, mere illustration to which aesthetic technique has been applied
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
achieve this, it remains, to that degree, mere illustration to which aesthetic technique has been applied
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
achieve this, it remains, to that degree, mere illustration to which aesthetic technique has been applied
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Games we played (Till Death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
achieve this, it remains, to that degree, mere illustration to which aesthetic technique has been applied
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

I need to save myself (Till death do us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
achieve this, it remains, to that degree, mere illustration to which aesthetic technique has been applied
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Am I Dreaming? - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
achieve this, it remains, to that degree, mere illustration to which aesthetic technique has been applied
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

American Eagle Fortune Magazine Cover Illustration ( alternate )
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in Miami, FL
Alternate cover for Fortune Magazine February, 1940. Gouache on board. 350x285 mm; 13 3/4x11 1/4. Signed "A. Petrucelli" in lower left image. Tipped to mount, matted, and framed. Pet...
Category

1940s Art Deco Animal Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Cadets Football New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal American Scene Modern Illustration
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Cadets Football New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal American Scene Modern Illustration Antonio
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

19th Century American Landscape Mourning Silk Embroidery Illustration
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional large scale museum worthy example of 19th Century American needlework . Created
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century American American Classical Console Tables

Materials

Metallic Thread

Leonard Baskin Plate Signed Illustration Print American Modernist Lithograph
By Leonard Baskin
Located in Surfside, FL
Leonard Baskin (August 15, 1922 – June 3, 2000) was an American sculptor, illustrator, wood
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Black and White, Lithograph

Man on Floor Illustration
By Edwin Georgi
Located in Miami, FL
Man on Floor Illustration ca. 1950–1959 Paintings, gouache on board 8 x 26.25 in. (20.3 x 66.7 cm
Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"Yellow Daises" - Watercolor on Illustration Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Olga Degles (French/American, 1911-1999). Several daisies are depicted against a dark umber background
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Illustration Board

Typewriter (Illustration for Playgirl Magazine)
By Gary Van Der Steur
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Gary van der Steur, American Title: Typewriter (Original Illustration for Playgirl Magazine
Category

1970s American Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Cowboy Hanging, Killer's Trail Illustration
By Victor Kalin
Located in Miami, FL
The old west depicted in a graphic and dramatic manner. Paperback Novel Cover Painting Original Art (Avon, 1963). Work has a matted image area of 12.5" x 20.5". work is matted but ...
Category

1960s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Jack Leynnwood, "Ferrari Berlinetta 563, " Gouache Illustration, circa 1964
By Jack Leynnwood
Located in Long Island City, NY
This gouache painting on illustration board was created by American artist Jack Leynnwood
Category

1960s Photorealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Illustration Board, Gouache

Black Angel - African American Artist - Black Artist
Located in Miami, FL
. Blackshear also illustrated the USPS book I Have A Dream: A Collection of Black Americans on U.S. Postage
Category

Early 2000s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Black Angel - African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
. Blackshear also illustrated the USPS book I Have A Dream: A Collection of Black Americans on U.S. Postage
Category

Early 2000s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Pelé Brazilian, footballer, Soccer Star, Illustration
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Bob Peak is one of the true giants of post-war American Illustration. He is a virtuoso artist
Category

1980s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Gouache

Art Deco Girl with Car Mid-20th Century American Modernism Pin-Up Illustration
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Girl with Car Mid-20th Century American Modernism Pin-Up Illustration Arthur Rosenman
Category

1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil, Board

O MARA'S MUNICIPAL TAVERN - Saturday Evening Post Illustration
By George Garland
Located in Miami, FL
O MARA'S MUNICIPAL TAVERN - Saturday Evening Post Illustration Supreme technical skill allows the
Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Untitled Double Page Illustration for DLM
By Alexander Calder
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Double Page Illustration for DLM Color lithograph, 1968 Unsigned as issued in DLM
Category

1960s American Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Black Americana Original Illustration for Collier's by Frederick Coffay Yohn
By Frederick Coffay Yohn
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Black Americana original illustration for Collier's Magazine by Frederick Coffay Yohn, American
Category

Early 20th Century American Drawings

Materials

Paper

Tied Up- Digital Illustration of Female Portrait Brown+Black+Pink (1/20)
Located in Gilroy, CA
, particularly of race and gender, my black woman identity in the United States of America. My work aims to
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Digital

Gyals BW- Contemporary Digital Illustration of Three Women (Black+White) (1/20)
Located in Gilroy, CA
race and gender, my black woman identity in the United States of America. My work aims to create a wide
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Digital

Girl Puff- Digital Illustration of Black / Brown Woman / Figure / Queen in Blue
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Girl Puff," is a digital illustration by DC-based artist Samantha Viotty. This piece, created from
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Digital

Real - Digital Illustration Black/Brown Figure w/ Dreadlocks Teal + Orange
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Real," is a digital illustration by DC based artist Samantha Viotty. This piece, created from a
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Digital

Young girl Redhead Holding her father's hand Illustration
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
There is a reason why there are few contemporary painters who can paint a portrait this good. It's hard to do. It's easy to throw some paint or spray a mess of graffiti on canvas. ...
Category

1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Untitled, " Abstract Oil Pastel on Illustration Board by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Untitled" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. This piece
Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Illustration Board

A Woman's Place, Book Cover Illustration
By John Barkley
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed on Verso Cover illustration for A Woman's Place by Marita Golden (New York: Ballantine
Category

1980s Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

"Creatures, " Oil Pastel on Illustration Board signed by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Creatures" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist
Category

1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Illustration Board

Black Wolves Attack Two People Tied Up, Children's Books Illustration
By Alice and Martin Provensen
Located in Miami, FL
Alice and Martin Provensen were an American couple who illustrated more than 40 children's books
Category

1960s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

"Black Bear, Just Right", Ceramic Vase Form with Painted Surface Illustration
Located in St. Louis, MO
in tattooing, and moved to Los Angeles to serve as an apprentice under American tattoo master Bob
Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Glaze

Fortune Magazine cover Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist
By Ernest Hamlin Baker
Located in New York, NY
Fortune Magazine cover, Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist. Signed lower left
Category

1930s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Board

Japan Issue Fortune Magazine Cover Proposal Japanese Mid-Century Illustration
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Japan Issue Fortune Magazine Cover Proposal Japanese Mid-Century Illustration Antonio Petruccelli
Category

1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

"Baghdad Rain, " Oil Pastel on Illustration Board signed by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Baghdad Rain" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Illustration Board

Real - Digital Illustration Black/Brown Figure w/ Dreadlocks Teal + Orange Frame
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Real," is a digital illustration by DC-based artist Samantha Viotty. This piece, created from a
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Digital

Real - Digital Illustration Black/Brown Figure w/ Dreadlocks Teal + Orange Frame
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Real," is a digital illustration by DC-based artist Samantha Viotty. This piece, created from a
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Digital

"California, " Oil Pastel on Illustration Board signed by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"California" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Illustration Board

"Freelance, " Oil Pastel on Illustration Board signed by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Freelance" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Illustration Board

Head Tide, Good Housekeeping, Story Illustration
By Mead Schaeffer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Schaeffer focused his early career on illustrations for classic, historical, and adventure novels, including
Category

1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Friday Morning, " Oil Pastel on Illustration Board signed by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Friday Morning" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The
Category

1990s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Illustration Board

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