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'Humming Birds and Orchids' — Vintage White Line Color Woodcut
'Humming Birds and Orchids' — Vintage White Line Color Woodcut

'Humming Birds and Orchids' — Vintage White Line Color Woodcut

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Smith’s successful career as a highly regarded children's book illustrator included commissions for 'The Admiral’s Granddaughter' (1907), 'The Four Corners Abroad' by Amy Ella Blanch...

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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

19th Century Silver Plated Victorian Figural "Kate Greenway" Themed Napkin Ring
19th Century Silver Plated Victorian Figural "Kate Greenway" Themed Napkin Ring

19th Century Silver Plated Victorian Figural "Kate Greenway" Themed Napkin Ring

Located in Incline Village, NV

Kate Greenway was a mid 19th century British children's book author who created Dickens' like characters with innocent child type characteristics, and illustrated them in her publica...

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Antique 1880s American Victorian Tableware

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Silver Plate

Maitland Smith Italian Baroque Tooled Leather Wedding Photo Album Scrap Book 15"
Maitland Smith Italian Baroque Tooled Leather Wedding Photo Album Scrap Book 15"

Maitland Smith Italian Baroque Tooled Leather Wedding Photo Album Scrap Book 15"

By Maitland Smith

Located in Dayton, OH

Late 20th century Maitland Smith Italian Baroque style style photo album / scrap book. Bound in mottled tooled leather with panel of faux fur at the center, and accented with a shiel...

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Late 20th Century Baroque Picture Frames

Materials

Leather

The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne, First Edition, 1928
The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne, First Edition, 1928

The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne, First Edition, 1928

By A.A. Milne

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Presented is the first edition of A. A. Milne’s iconic children’s book The House at Pooh Corner. This first edition was published by Methuen & Co., in London in October of 1928.

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Vintage 1920s English Books

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Fabric, Paper

Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art
Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art

Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art

By Moses Bagel Bahelfer

Located in Surfside, FL

In Paris, Bahelfer (there known there by the surname Bagel) worked as a graphic designer, children's book illustrator, and photographer. Following the outbreak of World War II in 193...

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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, ABS

Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art
Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art

Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art

By Moses Bagel Bahelfer

Located in Surfside, FL

In Paris, Bahelfer (there known there by the surname Bagel) worked as a graphic designer, children's book illustrator, and photographer. Following the outbreak of World War II in 193...

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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, ABS

Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art
Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art

Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art

By Moses Bagel Bahelfer

Located in Surfside, FL

In Paris, Bahelfer (there known there by the surname Bagel) worked as a graphic designer, children's book illustrator, and photographer. Following the outbreak of World War II in 193...

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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, ABS

Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art
Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art

Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art

By Moses Bagel Bahelfer

Located in Surfside, FL

In Paris, Bahelfer (there known there by the surname Bagel) worked as a graphic designer, children's book illustrator, and photographer. Following the outbreak of World War II in 193...

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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, ABS

Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art
Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art

Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art

By Moses Bagel Bahelfer

Located in Surfside, FL

In Paris, Bahelfer (there known there by the surname Bagel) worked as a graphic designer, children's book illustrator, and photographer. Following the outbreak of World War II in 193...

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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, ABS

Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art
Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art

Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art

By Moses Bagel Bahelfer

Located in Surfside, FL

In Paris, Bahelfer (there known there by the surname Bagel) worked as a graphic designer, children's book illustrator, and photographer. Following the outbreak of World War II in 193...

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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, ABS

Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art
Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art

Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art

By Moses Bagel Bahelfer

Located in Surfside, FL

In Paris, Bahelfer (there known there by the surname Bagel) worked as a graphic designer, children's book illustrator, and photographer. Following the outbreak of World War II in 193...

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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, ABS

French bronze and marble figures of two children by H. keck
French bronze and marble figures of two children by H. keck

French bronze and marble figures of two children by H. keck

By Hans Keck

Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA

He also has lace pierced cuffs and is reading a book. Both children are standing on marble bases.

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20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Rectangular travel photo frame with hinges, book-shaped, for 2 photos in silver
Rectangular travel photo frame with hinges, book-shaped, for 2 photos in silver

Rectangular travel photo frame with hinges, book-shaped, for 2 photos in silver

By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Rectangular travel photo frame with hinges, book-shaped, for 2 photos in 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on guilloché in Art Nouveau style. Measure...

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Vintage 1980s Italian Art Nouveau Picture Frames

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Sterling Silver

Alice's Adventure in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Illustrated by John Tenniel
Alice's Adventure in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Illustrated by John Tenniel

Alice's Adventure in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Illustrated by John Tenniel

By John Tenniel, Lewis Carroll

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 1832-1898), better known by his pen name of Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, and mathematician. His famous children’s book Alice’s Advent...

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Vintage 1920s American Victorian Books

Materials

Leather, Fabric, Paper

Mid-Century Original Printed Menu, Transatlantic French Line, 'Ile de France'.
Mid-Century Original Printed Menu, Transatlantic French Line, 'Ile de France'.

Mid-Century Original Printed Menu, Transatlantic French Line, 'Ile de France'.

Located in Cotignac, FR

At the end of the 1930s, Mercier began producing illustrations for children's books and fairy tales. His entrance into children's book illustration was aided by his creation of the "...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Printer's Ink

Mid-Century Original Printed Menu, Transatlantic French Line, 'Ile de France'.
Mid-Century Original Printed Menu, Transatlantic French Line, 'Ile de France'.

Mid-Century Original Printed Menu, Transatlantic French Line, 'Ile de France'.

Located in Cotignac, FR

At the end of the 1930s, Mercier began producing illustrations for children's books and fairy tales. His entrance into children's book illustration was aided by his creation of the "...

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Mid-20th Century Baroque Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Printer's Ink

Rare 50th Anniversary Dr. Seuss Grinch at Mount Crumpit Serigraph Custom Framed
Rare 50th Anniversary Dr. Seuss Grinch at Mount Crumpit Serigraph Custom Framed

Rare 50th Anniversary Dr. Seuss Grinch at Mount Crumpit Serigraph Custom Framed

By Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel)

Located in Tustin, CA

He published his first children's book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street in 1937.

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21st Century and Contemporary American Other Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

Impression B
Impression B

Impression B

By Toshi Yoshida 1

Located in Fairlawn, OH

In 1971 he began working as a children's book illustrator, going back to his roots as a renderer of animals and exotic landscapes, and eventually abandoned Abstraction to focus his e...

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1950s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

MCM Stig Lindberg Stoneware Conical Vase, Domino Series, Black/White, 1954
MCM Stig Lindberg Stoneware Conical Vase, Domino Series, Black/White, 1954

MCM Stig Lindberg Stoneware Conical Vase, Domino Series, Black/White, 1954

By Stig Lindberg

Located in Downingtown, PA

Over more than four decades he designed individual studio ceramics, factory tableware ranges, textiles, glass, plastic consumer goods, and children's book illustrations, a range of d...

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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Impression B
Impression B

Impression B

By Toshi Yoshida 1

Located in Fairlawn, OH

In 1971 he began working as a children's book illustrator, going back to his roots as a renderer of animals and exotic landscapes, and eventually abandoned Abstraction to focus his e...

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1950s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

“Double Portrait”
“Double Portrait”

“Double Portrait”

Located in Southampton, NY

In 1868 he published a children's book, The Scratchiest Family, with drawings of monkeys engraved by another deaf artist.

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1860s Academic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, First Edition, Second Printing, 1961
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, First Edition, Second Printing, 1961

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, First Edition, Second Printing, 1961

By Roald Dahl

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

His first children’s book, James and The Giant Peach marked an important moment in Dahl’s career, as he transitioned from writing for adults to becoming a major figure in children’s ...

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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Books

Materials

Paper

Jo Mora's 1928 "Carte" of San Diego, Very Rare Pictorial Map
Jo Mora's 1928 "Carte" of San Diego, Very Rare Pictorial Map

Jo Mora's 1928 "Carte" of San Diego, Very Rare Pictorial Map

By Joseph Jacinto Mora

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Devoting his life to exploration of subjects as diverse as vaqueros, Hopi Kachina figures, the Arizona landscape, and California missions, Joseph Mora also excelled as a writer, pho...

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1920s Other Art Style More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"White Picket Fence (Aspirational Memoir)" oil painting hyperrealist conceptual
"White Picket Fence (Aspirational Memoir)" oil painting hyperrealist conceptual

"White Picket Fence (Aspirational Memoir)" oil painting hyperrealist conceptual

By Anthony Mastromatteo

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

A composition of mostly pitch black ground, features a "white picket fence" of masking tape around a green square, highlighting a clipping from an old illustrated children's book. ...

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2010s Post-Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Boy Climbing a Structure
Boy Climbing a Structure

Boy Climbing a Structure

By Gunnar Donald Anderson

Located in San Francisco, CA

He was the illustrator for the children's book Oscar Lincoln Busby Stokes. Gunnar and Virginia Fletcher Bullock were married in Philadelphia in 1953.

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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Young Girl with Doll
Young Girl with Doll

Young Girl with Doll

By Gunnar Donald Anderson

Located in San Francisco, CA

He was the illustrator for the children's book Oscar Lincoln Busby Stokes. Gunnar and Virginia Fletcher Bullock were married in Philadelphia in 1953.

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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Acts I-2 #1 Contemporary Screen Print & Watercolor, Figurative Art
Acts I-2 #1 Contemporary Screen Print & Watercolor, Figurative Art

Acts I-2 #1 Contemporary Screen Print & Watercolor, Figurative Art

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Pinocchio originated as the protagonist of a 19th-century children’s book by the Italian writer Carlo Collodi, and was most famously adapted by The Walt Disney Company.

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Watercolor, Screen

Westminster Abbey and Winchester Cathedral - Bertuch's Picture Book, circa 1800
Westminster Abbey and Winchester Cathedral - Bertuch's Picture Book, circa 1800

Westminster Abbey and Winchester Cathedral - Bertuch's Picture Book, circa 1800

Located in Langweer, NL

The print is part of the renowned Picture Book for Children (Bilderbuch für Kinder), published by the Industrie-Comptoir in Weimar, Germany, between 1790 and 1830.

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Antique Early 1800s Prints

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Paper

Procession Four girls with flowers - English Female Illustrator
Procession Four girls with flowers - English Female Illustrator

Procession Four girls with flowers - English Female Illustrator

Located in Miami, FL

Style Greenaway's paintings were reproduced by chromoxylography, by which the colours were printed from hand-engraved wood blocks by the firm of Edmund Evans.[20] Through the 1880s ...

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1890s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

By Lewis Carroll

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 1832-1898), better known by his pen name of Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, and mathematician. His famous children’s book Alice’s Advent...

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Vintage 1950s English Victorian Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, Illustrated by Kay Nielsen, 1924
Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, Illustrated by Kay Nielsen, 1924

Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, Illustrated by Kay Nielsen, 1924

By Kay Nielsen, Hans Christian Andersen

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

REFERENCES:  Walley, Joyce Irene, and Tessa Rose Chester. 1988. A History of Children’s Book Illustration. London: John Murray.

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Vintage 1920s American Art Nouveau Books

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Fabric, Paper

Vintage Coloring book from Russia: ''English Alphabet for Little Once", 1J79
Vintage Coloring book from Russia: ''English Alphabet for Little Once", 1J79

Vintage Coloring book from Russia: ''English Alphabet for Little Once", 1J79

Located in Bordeaux, FR

Embark on an enchanting journey of language and creativity with this charming vintage book from Russia titled 'Английская Азбука для Маленьких' ('English Alphabet for Little Ones') -...

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1990s Books

Materials

Paper

Impossible Walls, Original Contemporary Surrealist Blue Oil Painting
Impossible Walls, Original Contemporary Surrealist Blue Oil Painting

Impossible Walls, Original Contemporary Surrealist Blue Oil Painting

By Marlene Llanes

Located in Boston, MA

Marlene wrote and illustrated the children's book "Paty y los Payasos”, published in 2002 by Los Libros de El Nacional in Venezuela.

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Living the Modern Way: Form and Colour in Interior Decoration (Book)
Living the Modern Way: Form and Colour in Interior Decoration (Book)

Living the Modern Way: Form and Colour in Interior Decoration (Book)

Located in North Yorkshire, GB

In your own home you might have treasured antiques that you want to feature in a modern setting or perhaps you want to create more storage space effectively and with style, or you wa...

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20th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat - FIRST EDITION - dust jacket & signed card
Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat - FIRST EDITION - dust jacket & signed card

Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat - FIRST EDITION - dust jacket & signed card

Located in Middletown, NY

He designed corporate advertisement and published his first children's book "To think that I Saw It on Mulberry Street" in 1937, a book that Beatrix Potter called "the cleverest book...

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Mid-20th Century French Books

Materials

Paper

Illustration for the book Toby Tyler: Ten Weeks with a Circus
Illustration for the book Toby Tyler: Ten Weeks with a Circus

Illustration for the book Toby Tyler: Ten Weeks with a Circus

By Everett Shinn

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Winston Company - "The Children's Bookshelf" series. The book features wonderful color plates and black & white illustrations by Everett Shinn.

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1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pen

Untitled (Conference of the Birds)
Untitled (Conference of the Birds)

Untitled (Conference of the Birds)

By Beatriz Vidal

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

“Little Lek Longtail”, written by Bette Killion, was an award-winning Finalist in the 2016 USA “Best Book” Awards. From 1985 to 1987, she was invited to teach design and illustrati...

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1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Illustration for the book Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

Illustration for the book Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

By Everett Shinn

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Winston Company - "The Children's Bookshelf" series. The book features wonderful color plates and black & white illustrations by Everett Shinn.

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1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Original Illustration for the book Toby Tyler Ten Weeks in a Circus
Original Illustration for the book Toby Tyler Ten Weeks in a Circus

Original Illustration for the book Toby Tyler Ten Weeks in a Circus

By Everett Shinn

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Winston Company - "The Children's Bookshelf" series. The book features wonderful color plates and black & white illustrations by Everett Shinn.

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1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Paper, Pen

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

By John Tenniel, Lewis Carroll

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 1832-1898), better known by his pen name of Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, and mathematician. His famous children’s book Alice’s Advent...

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Antique 1890s American Victorian Books

Materials

Fabric, Paper

"The Little Elephant" - Hand Colored Drawing
"The Little Elephant" - Hand Colored Drawing

"The Little Elephant" - Hand Colored Drawing

By Cuca Romley

Located in Los Angeles, CA

It depicts the little elephant from the classic children's book "The Elephant's Child" by Rudyard Kipling.

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1980s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

India Ink, Watercolor

Sailor’s Ball

Sailor’s Ball

By Margrete Levy

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Her first child inspired her to the children's book Fregnes's Diary from his birth to his 2 Year Birthday , 1914, which she herself wrote and illustrated.

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1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Indians of North America 1936 by Jo Mora
Indians of North America 1936 by Jo Mora

Indians of North America 1936 by Jo Mora

By Joseph Jacinto Mora

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Devoting his life to exploration of subjects as diverse as vaqueros, Hopi Kachina figures, the Arizona landscape, and California missions, Joseph Mora also excelled as a writer, phot...

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1930s Other Art Style More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

'The Garden' — Celebrated Contemporary African American Artist

'The Garden' — Celebrated Contemporary African American Artist

By Margo Humphrey

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Humphrey wrote and illustrated the children's book The River that Gave Gifts, which was inspired by African American and African sources and published by Great Times Books in 1987.

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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Oil Painting by Well Known Cartoonist and Illustrator Upper East Side, Manhattan
Oil Painting by Well Known Cartoonist and Illustrator Upper East Side, Manhattan

Oil Painting by Well Known Cartoonist and Illustrator Upper East Side, Manhattan

By Sandy Huffaker

Located in Surfside, FL

He sent his portfolio to children's book illustrator Maurice Sendak, the legendary “Where The Wild Things Are” illustrator to gauge his prospects, and when Sendak replied, “C’mon up,...

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20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Illustration from "A Tale of Two Glimps" Ludwig Bemelmans, Creator of Madeline
"Illustration from "A Tale of Two Glimps" Ludwig Bemelmans, Creator of Madeline

"Illustration from "A Tale of Two Glimps" Ludwig Bemelmans, Creator of Madeline

By Ludwig Bemelmans, 1898-1962

Located in New York, NY

His resume was a checkerboard: hotelier, restaurateur, cartoonist, ad man, theatrical designer, novelist, screenwriter, interior decorator, journalist, and children’s book author. Wh...

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1940s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Ann Miller in Follies Broadway Musical Contemporary Drawing Illustration Eloise
Ann Miller in Follies Broadway Musical Contemporary Drawing Illustration Eloise

Ann Miller in Follies Broadway Musical Contemporary Drawing Illustration Eloise

Located in New York, NY

Other publications with Knight illustrations include Good Housekeeping and the children's magazine, Cricket. In addition to creating children's picture books—among them, in collabora...

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1990s Performance Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Naive Lithograph Paris Train Station Wedding Party, Honeymoon Scene Folk Art
Naive Lithograph Paris Train Station Wedding Party, Honeymoon Scene Folk Art

Naive Lithograph Paris Train Station Wedding Party, Honeymoon Scene Folk Art

Located in Surfside, FL

Balet commuted between his studio in New York and an old, boat house in the dunes of Montauk, Long Island, which he had converted to a studio where he painted and drew. His first chi...

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20th Century Folk Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the children book you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each children book for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, paper and iron. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect children book — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each children book bearing Mid-Century Modern, Neoclassical or Art Deco hallmarks is very popular. A well-made children book has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Lynn Curlee, Maitland Smith and A.A. Milne are consistently popular.

How Much is a Children Book?

Prices for a children book can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $81 and can go as high as $11,965, while the average can fetch as much as $514.