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Sarah Katherine Smith, Original Book Illustration
Located in Savannah, GA
appearing in magazines and children’s books. * An original book illustration in pen and gouache. “Twice
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Mid-20th Century American Art Nouveau Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Paint, Paper

"Bird Feeds Snake, " Whimsical Children's Book Illustration by Blanchard, 1960s
By Robert Blanchard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
artist Robert Blanchard was widely known for his book illustrations for many publishers, including
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Paint

Duck in Farm with Horse, Goat and Chickens. Children's book illustration
Located in Miami, FL
The beloved couple Alice and Martin Provensen were an American couple who illustrated more than 40 children's books. Martin Provensen created the first Tony the Tiger image for the ...
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1960s Outsider Art Book Retro Illustration

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Board, Gouache

Illustration Treasure Island
By John Philip Falter
Located in Miami, FL
Original Preliminary Book Illustration Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, MacMillan, 1963
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1960s Contemporary Book Retro Illustration

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Mixed Media

Ants Marched into Woods that Surrounded their Underground Home - Children's Book
Located in Miami, FL
Marched into the Woods that Surrounded their Underground Home, Two Bad Ants, interior book illustration
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1980s Contemporary Book Retro Illustration

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Acrylic, Board, Ink

Logic is the man's weakest defence - XX century, Colourful figurative painting
By Adam Niemczyc 1
Located in Warsaw, PL
painting and book illustration. Since 1958 he participated in numerous exhibitions in Poland and abroad.
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1980s Other Art Style Book Retro Illustration

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Tempera, Cardboard, Gouache

Letter to Hieronymus Bosch - XX century, Colourful figurative painting
By Adam Niemczyc 1
Located in Warsaw, PL
painting and book illustration. Since 1958 he participated in numerous exhibitions in Poland and abroad.
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1980s Other Art Style Book Retro Illustration

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Tempera, Gouache, Board

In thanks to Mr. Emil Szpak - XX century, Figurative colourful print
By Adam Niemczyc 1
Located in Warsaw, PL
painting and book illustration. Since 1958 he participated in numerous exhibitions in Poland and abroad.
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1980s Other Art Style Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Paper, Etching

Mr Punch - How to Grow Tobacco - Original ink 20th Century British illustration
By Joshua Charles Armitage
Located in London, GB
and producing numerous book illustrations and cover designs. He was born in Hoylake, Cheshire and
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Mid-20th Century Realist Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Ink

Christmas night with Donkeys, a Robin and Lambs in a stable by a crib
By Diana Matthes
Located in Woodbury, CT
before Christmas.. This piece was drawn as an illustration for a card or book illustration by a very
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1990s Romantic Book Retro Illustration

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Watercolor

An English scene of a Donkey and Rabbits in a field, with wild flowers
By Diana Matthes
Located in Woodbury, CT
before Christmas.. This piece was drawn as an illustration for a card or book illustration by a very
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1990s Romantic Book Retro Illustration

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Watercolor

Christmas night with Donkeys, a Robin and Lambs in a stable by a crib
By Diana Matthes
Located in Woodbury, CT
before Christmas.. This piece was drawn as an illustration for a card or book illustration by a very
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1990s Romantic Book Retro Illustration

An English Terrier Puppy with a Kitten playing with a Christmas decorations
By Diana Matthes
Located in Woodbury, CT
Christmas decoration under the Christmas tree This piece was drawn as an illustration for a card or book
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1990s Romantic Book Retro Illustration

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Watercolor

Original Graphic Hungarian Illustration Art Emma Heinzelmann Children's Book Art
Located in Surfside, FL
unique drawing style that resembles children’s book illustrations. Working in psychedelic pop colors of
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Gouache

Original Graphic Hungarian Illustration Art Emma Heinzelmann Children's Book Art
Located in Surfside, FL
. She has a very unique drawing style that resembles children’s book illustrations. Working in
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Book Retro Illustration

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Gouache

Keiko Minami Signed Partridge Print
Located in Philadelphia, PA
work for UNICEF greeting cards and book illustrations. She was named official artist of the United
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1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Paper

Keiko Minami Signed Partridge Print
Keiko Minami Signed Partridge Print
H 19 in W 28 in D 0.75 in
Spectators Overflow, Collier's Magazine Illustration
By Henry Clarence Pitz
Located in Fort Washington, PA
drawing and book illustration. He illustrated more than 160 books, as well as for a whole range of
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1950s Other Art Style Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Ink, Paper, Pen

Decorative Panels by Roger Bezombes
By Roger Bezombes
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
decorations as well as tapestry cartoons and book illustrations. He received many awards (Prix de Rome in
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Book Retro Illustration

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Wood

Decorative Panels by Roger Bezombes
Decorative Panels by Roger Bezombes
H 107.09 in W 87.01 in D 1.97 in
Galerie Louis Leiris - Lithograph by André Masson - 1968
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
work of printmaking is mainly related to the book illustration, and the 14 albums he created. He
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1960s Surrealist Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Composition by Axel Salto, Woodcut
By Axel Salto
Located in Berlin, BE
, Axel Salto began his professional career with woodcuts in the Arts and Crafts idiom, painting, book
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Paper

Composition by Axel Salto, Woodcut
Composition by Axel Salto, Woodcut
H 15.36 in W 19.3 in D 0.4 in
'Leaving the Nest', Japanese, United Nations, Unesco, Tree of Peace
By Keiko Minami
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
creation of UNICEF greeting cards and book illustrations. She was named official artist of the United
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1950s Modern Book Retro Illustration

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Paper, Woodcut

Heavy Hauler - Mid-Century Illustration - Children's Books
By Art Seiden
Located in Miami, FL
illustration field he did corporate and advertising work for some of the largest companies in America: Phillip
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1950s American Modern Book Retro Illustration

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Watercolor, Pencil

Decorating with Pictures by Stephanie Hoppen
Located in valatie, NY
sources and a glossary complete the book. Illustrations in color.  
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1990s Book Retro Illustration

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Paper

Portrait of a Woman -Lithograph by Roland Oudot - 1950s
By Roland Oudot
Located in Roma, IT
, theater sets and book illustrations.
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Book Retro Illustration

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Lithograph

Joined
By (after) Marie Laurencin
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
, lithographs, and book illustrations - is best known for its depictions of graceful, dreamy young women
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Mid-20th Century Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Etching

Marc Chagall, 'Nice Soleil' Original Vintage Poster
By Marc Chagall
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
wide range of artistic formats, including painting, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Book Retro Illustration

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Paper

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
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1980s Book Retro Illustration

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Mixed Media

Linocut from Lubomir Kellenberger, 1959 Slovakia
Located in Vienna, Austria
Czechoslovakia in 1959. He is also well know for his book illustrations including Tom Sawyer and Robinson Crusoe
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Mid-20th Century Slovak Other Book Retro Illustration

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Paper

Sled - XX century, Woodcut print, Black and white, Woodcut
By Ludwik Maciąg
Located in Warsaw, PL
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw between 1969 and 1972. Author of many book illustrations, posters, postage
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Late 20th Century Other Art Style Book Retro Illustration

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Woodcut, Paper

Chagall Twentieth Century Masters Hardcover 1971 by Marc Bucci
By (after) Marc Chagall
Located in North Hollywood, CA
artistic formats, including painting, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramics
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Late 20th Century French Expressionist Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Paper

2 Japanese Silk Embroidered Framed Textiles Inume Pass Mt Fuji Himeji Castle 19"
By Katsushika Hokusai
Located in Dayton, OH
, graphic artist, book illustration, woodblock." Dimensions: 18.5" x 1" x 16.75" / Sans Frames - 11" x 9.25
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Late 20th Century Japonisme Book Retro Illustration

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Silk

Abstract Composition - Original Etching by Andre Masson - 1965
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
. His work of printmaking is mainly related to the book illustration, and the 14 albums he created. He
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1960s Surrealist Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Etching

Kittery Point Remembered
By Erick Ingraham
Located in Milford, NH
Monadnock region artist in New Hampshire, not only for his children's book illustrations, but for his
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Late 20th Century Realist Book Retro Illustration

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Oil, Panel

Kittery Point Remembered
Kittery Point Remembered
H 32.5 in W 32.5 in D 2 in
Abstract Composition - Lithograph by André Masson - 1970s
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
printmaking is mainly related to the book illustration, and the 14 albums he created. He contributed to
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1970s Surrealist Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Composition (Mourlot, Paris, Print, Design, Modern)
By (after) Marc Chagall
Located in Kansas City, MO
formats, including painting, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramics, tapestries
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1960s Modern Book Retro Illustration

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Vellum, Lithograph

Ride the Red Earth, Book Cover Illustration
By Harry Schaare
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Inscribed Lower Right This illustration was published as the dust jacket for the hardcopy edition of Ride
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1950s Book Retro Illustration

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Tempera, Gouache, Board

Switzerland horses by Hugo Wetli original vintage poster Swiss Jura Alps
By Hugo Wetli
Located in London, GB
producing book illustrations and travel poster designs. In 1947 he studied at the Académie de la Grande
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1960s Modern Book Retro Illustration

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Lithograph

"Fantastical Bird, " Mid Century Box by Ottaviani in Silver, Enamel and Rosewood
By Ottaviani
Located in Philadelphia, PA
book illustration from the early 20th century, and yet the image is also very modern, like something
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Book Retro Illustration

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Silver

Gentleman of the Road
By Joshua Charles Armitage
Located in London, GB
working for many magazine and producing numerous book illustrations and cover designs. He was born in
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Mid-20th Century Realist Book Retro Illustration

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Ink

English School Still Life Jug of Flowers Oil on Board Signed L.Buchanan C.1970
Located in London, GB
Royal Academy, Lilian was well known for her many book illustrations having worked on books by Enid
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Mid-20th Century English Book Retro Illustration

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Paint

Poems of W.B. Yeats.
By Richard Diebenkorn
Located in New York, NY
, the first book illustrations he has completed. Helen Vendler describes the synthesis of the two: "The
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1990s Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Paper

Orologi Da Polso Book, 771 Illustrations, 401 Pages, 1988
By H. Kahlert, R. Muhe, G.L. Brunner, Priula & Verlucca
Located in Sacile, PN
Orologi Da Polso book Priula e Verlucchi edition 1988 771 illustrations, 401 pages.
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1980s Italian Modern Book Retro Illustration

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Paper

"Marc Chagall" Original Drawing Illustration Caricature William Saroyan book
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in New York, NY
"Marc Chagall" Original Drawing Illustration Caricature William Saroyan book This drawing was
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1970s American Modern Book Retro Illustration

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Ink, Board

Barovier e Toso Book 184 Illustrations from 1866-1972
By Marina Barovier
Located in Sacile, PN
Barovier e Toso book by Marina Barovier 1993. 212 pages with 184 colored illustractions from
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1990s Italian Modern Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Paper

Abstract Composition - Original Lithograph by André Masson - 1970s
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
printmaker. His work of printmaking is mainly related to the book illustration, and the 14 albums he created
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1970s Surrealist Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Le Dur Désir de Durer -Rare Book Illustrated by Marc Chagall - 1950
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
of artistic formats, including painting, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets
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1950s Book Retro Illustration

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Paper, Lithograph

The boy 1/17. 1983. Paper, lithography, 39x51 cm
Located in Riga, LV
in graphics and book illustrations. In the etching technique, she found her own unique methods of
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1980s Post-Modern Book Retro Illustration

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Lithograph, Paper

Ex-Libris Aloys Vertongen - Woodcut by Antoon Vermeylen - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
dozens of prints, book illustrations and other small prints.
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1990s Contemporary Book Retro Illustration

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Woodcut

Allagato
Located in San Francisco, CA
, cityscapes, still lifes, book illustrations, and fresques in churches in Italy. Guarnieri has had one man
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Late 20th Century Modern Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Offset

Allagato
Allagato
H 15.5 in W 11.5 in D 0.01 in
Bernard Gantner Reflets French Country Farmhouse Landscape Lithograph Print 30"
Located in Dayton, OH
lithographs used for book illustrations. He died in 2018." Dimensions: 30.25" x 1" x 24.5" / Sans Frame
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1970s Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Paper

London, Big Ben Cityscape Mid Century Architectural Modernist Gold Leaf
By Josef Marc Plotast
Located in Surfside, FL
impressive villas on the Costa Costa. The graphic works of the artist include posters, book illustrations
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1950s Modern Book Retro Illustration

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Oil, Board

Holy Cats by Andy Warhol’s Mother.
Located in London, GB
provided the calligraphy to hundreds of her son’s album covers, advertisements and book illustrations. In
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1950s Pop Art Book Retro Illustration

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Lithograph

Vintage Poster Inter-Art-Gallery Exhibition - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
of artistic formats, including painting, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets
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1980s Contemporary Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Offset

Vintage Poster Inter-Art-Gallery Exhibition - 1987
No Reserve
H 25.79 in W 15.95 in D 0.08 in
Still life with jars. 1976. gouache on cardboard, 48x67 cm
Located in Riga, LV
the Latvian Artists' Union G. Klavas great experience schedule and book illustrations to
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Book Retro Illustration

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Paper, Gouache

Tales of the Arabian Nights with Flying Carpet - Random House Gustaf Tenggren
By Gustaf Tenggren
Located in Miami, FL
book illustration for Golden Tales of the Arabian Nights, page 19 "marked by the printer in pencil in
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1950s Art Deco Book Retro Illustration

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Gouache

Untitled by Antoni Clavé, Black, Blue, Yellow, Abstract
By Antoni Clavé
Located in Köln, DE
to give up stage design and book illustration and from then on to devote himself exclusively to
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1970s Abstract Book Retro Illustration

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Aquatint, Etching

"Ciel" by Antoni Clavé, Blue, Sky, Abstract Print
By Antoni Clavé
Located in Köln, DE
to give up stage design and book illustration and from then on to devote himself exclusively to
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1970s Abstract Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Etching

"Servando V" by Antoni Clavé, Black, Blue, Abstract
By Antoni Clavé
Located in Köln, DE
up stage design and book illustration and from then on to devote himself exclusively to painting
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1970s Abstract Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Aquatint, Etching

Pigs on a Trolley - Vintage Picture Book Two-Page Spread Illustration
By Irene Pattinson
Located in Soquel, CA
Pigs on a Trolley - Vintage Picture Book Two-Page Spread Illustration A two-page spread in India
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1950s American Modern Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Pen

Skeletons - Polish Art Master, Contemporary Surreal Drawing, XXI Century
By Franciszek Starowieyski
Located in Warsaw, PL
, as well as book illustration. He was a member of Alliance Graphique International (AGI). Throughout
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1970s Surrealist Book Retro Illustration

Materials

Paper, Carbon Pencil

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Book Retro Illustration For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate book retro illustration for your needs in our varied inventory. There are many Modern and Post-War versions of these works for sale. Making the right choice when shopping for a book retro illustration may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 20th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 20th Century. If you’re looking to add a book retro illustration to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of beige, gray, blue, brown and more. Creating a book retro illustration has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Paul Wonner, Albert Al Hirschfeld, George Wachsteter and Harry Schaare are consistently popular. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in board, paint and tempera.

How Much is a Book Retro Illustration?

The average selling price for a book retro illustration we offer is $1,625, while they’re typically $40 on the low end and $17,500 for the highest priced.