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Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Bird on Horseshoe by André Vincent Becquerel 1930
By André Vincent Becquerel
Located in Antwerp, BE
a Belgian black marble base. France 1930. Similar models are illustrated in the book Animals
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

Animal Bronze Press Book Fish Scalar Art Deco Period 1930
Located in Marseille, FR
Animal bronze press book fish scalar the pair art deco period 1930 of dimension height 18 cm, for a
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20th Century Art Deco Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Bronze

Horses, Chicken, Ducks, Rooster and Pigs - Children's Book -Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Cover illustration for mid-century children's book publisher Merril Publishers. Signed lower
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1950s Feminist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Gouache

Golden Labrador Resting, original oil on canvas, 20thC British animal artist
By John Trickett
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
painter, yet he is now considered one of the prominent dog portraitists in Britain. In his book
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Late 20th Century Naturalistic Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Multibulls" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Magic Realism, Cows and Animals Still Life
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book
Category

1990s Realist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Board, Oil

Hipopotam book end
By Armand Petersen
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Book end or hupopotam sculpture in biscuit ceramic
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Hipopotam book end
Hipopotam book end
H 5.91 in W 9.06 in D 4.34 in
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 Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Board, Gouache

Study of a Gordon Setter, original oil on canvas, 20thC British animal artist
By John Trickett
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
painter, yet he is now considered one of the prominent dog portraitists in Britain. In his book
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Late 20th Century Naturalistic Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blenko Glass Owl Book Ends
By Blenko Glass
Located in Denton, TX
1960s Blenko glass bookends, designed by Joel Myers rare clear solid cast glass with textured design in the front and smooth on the back.
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Glass

Vintage Blenko Glass Owl Book Ends
Blenko Glass Owl Book Ends
H 7 in W 5.5 in D 1.38 in
"Blue Dog Man" Book Advertising Poster
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
regarding the book, i.e. name, authors and publisher is displayed at the top and bottom of the poster
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1990s Pop Art Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Screen

Geography Book (Félicité's only view from abroad)
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
This original etching and aquatint is hand signed in pencil by the artist "David Hockney" at the lower right margin. It is dated in pencil “74” [1974] next to the signature. It is a...
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1970s Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Aquatint, Etching

“Le Picador II” from the book Sabartés
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
“Le Picador II” from the book Sabartés, “A los Toros avec Picasso“ 1961, from the edition of
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1960s Modern Vintage Book Animals

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Lithograph

Dog Portrait II /// Contemporary Portrait Animal Face Screenprint Art
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
cutting up a book of drawings by Henri Matisse and hanging them on the walls of their home. The French
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1990s Contemporary Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Monoprint, Paint, Acrylic

Dog Dreams (Black) /// Contemporary Screenprint Animal Funny Humor Pet
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
, he remembers his father cutting up a book of drawings by Henri Matisse and hanging them on the walls
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Screen

Cat with a Habit /// Contemporary Animal Smoking Humor Screenprint Black
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
remembers his father cutting up a book of drawings by Henri Matisse and hanging them on the walls of their
Category

1990s Contemporary Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Screen

Dog Face (Purple) /// Contemporary Pop Art Screenprint Animal Face Pet Black
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
, and shape. At age 5, he remembers his father cutting up a book of drawings by Henri Matisse and
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Screen

Reading Pig /// Contemporary Pop Art Black and White Screenprint Animal Funny
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
remembers his father cutting up a book of drawings by Henri Matisse and hanging them on the walls of their
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Screen

Dog Dreams /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Screenprint Animal Pet Bones Art
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
book of drawings by Henri Matisse and hanging them on the walls of their home. The French master
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Screen

Dogs and Bones /// Contemporary Pop Art Animal Pet Funny Humor Screenprint
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
remembers his father cutting up a book of drawings by Henri Matisse and hanging them on the walls of their
Category

1980s Contemporary Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Screen

Party Pig /// Contemporary Animal Funny Portrait Screenprint Black and White Art
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
, he remembers his father cutting up a book of drawings by Henri Matisse and hanging them on the walls
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Monoprint, Paint, Acrylic

"L'oiseau de sables (Bird of the Sands)" contemporary animal bright signed
By Georges Braque
Located in Milwaukee, WI
illustrated book Braque Lithographe. The work depicts a bird in flight surrounded by a gold circle. The artist
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1960s Fauvist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Lithograph, Printer's Ink

Crazy Dog /// Contemporary Pop Art Funny Screenprint Animal Pet Black and Purple
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
his father cutting up a book of drawings by Henri Matisse and hanging them on the walls of their home
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1990s Contemporary Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Screen

Tossing the Bone /// Contemporary Pop Art Nude Screenprint Dog Pet Animal Black
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
shape. At age 5, he remembers his father cutting up a book of drawings by Henri Matisse and hanging them
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1990s Contemporary Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Screen

Pair of Italian Desk Top Brass Bronze Dog Sculptures Paperweight Book Holders
Located in Carimate, Como
as book holders.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Brass, Bronze

"Buy an elephant a drink" / "Water for wild animals" / "STARYO" natl. park, Keny
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Peter Beard. “Buy an elephant a drink" / "Water for wild animals" / "STARYO" natl
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Black and White

Pair of Austrian Midcentury Brown Glazed Ceramic Bear Book Ends by Anzengruber
By Leopold Anzengruber
Located in Vienna, AT
This charming Bear ceramic bookends have been designed and manufactured by the Viennese midcentury artist Leopold Anzengruber. Born in 1912 he founded his own company Anzengruber Ker...
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Ceramic

Two Hunting Gryfon Hounds
Located in St. Albans, GB
Havre (Seine-Maritime), France Painter of animals, especially hunting dogs- his breed of choice being
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1930s Impressionist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Oil

Two Hunting Gryfon Hounds
Two Hunting Gryfon Hounds
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H 25 in W 29 in D 3 in
Leopard, Panther, Lion, Elephant, Zebra, Rhino, Peaceable Kingdom
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Miami, FL
African animals looking at the viewer in sync. In my opinion, Novoa's early work in the 1970s is the
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1970s Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Clifford Ellis Deer pencil sketch Modern British Art Wildlife animal
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
teachers at Bath Academy of Art. They also designed a series of nearly one hundred book jackets for Collins
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1950s Realist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Carbon Pencil

Black Labrador. Original Dog Oil Painting Portrait . John Trickett. Framed.
By John Trickett
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
generation. He has won the Silver Medal in the International Animal Painters competition in France and the
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Late 20th Century Naturalistic Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Oil, Board

John Gould & Henry Constantine Richter Birds of England Pheasant Print
By John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter
Located in Plainview, NY
A large print of John Gould & Henry Constantine Richter Pheasants II from his published book
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20th Century Naturalistic Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Paper

"Knight Horrors" Aaron Bohrod, Realism, Surrealism, Dream, Nightmare Monsters
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book
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1980s Realist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Oil, Board

"Gallimaufry" Aaron Bohrod, Realism, Surrealism, Charlie Brown, Buddha, Gnome
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book
Category

1980s Realist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Board, Oil

Bulldog Barks at Bull, Chicken, Goat, Horse and Donkey, Naive art
Located in Miami, FL
by U.S. professional librarians recognizes the year's "most distinguished American picture book for
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1960s Outsider Art Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Gouache

"Nodders" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Magic Realism, Surrealism, Dreaming
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book on
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1980s Realist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Oil, Board

"Objets d'Arctic" Aaron Bohrod, Inuit, Polar Bear, Penguin, Winter Still Life
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book
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1980s Realist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Board, Oil

"Autobiography" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Cars, Realism, Motoring
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book
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1990s Realist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Board, Oil

"Baa-Relief" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Magic Realism, Sheep, Lamb
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book
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1980s Realist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Oil, Board

"Complementary Angels" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Magic Realism, Putti
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
and wrote a book on pottery. Born in 1907, Bohrod began his studies at Chicago's Crane Junior College
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1970s Realist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Oil, Board

"Golden Girls" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Magic Realism, Television Show
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book
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1980s Realist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Oil, Board

"The Magnificent Seven" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Magic Realism, Numbers, Text
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
and wrote a book on pottery. Born in 1907, Bohrod began his studies at Chicago's Crane Junior College
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1990s Realist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Oil, Board

"Old McDonald's Farm" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Magic Realism, Midwestern Rural
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book
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1980s Realist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Board, Oil

"Double Bill" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Magic Realism, Shakespeare, Theater
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book
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1990s Realist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Board, Oil

"Roses are Red" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Magic Realism, Colorful Flowers
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book
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1990s Realist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Board, Oil

"The Egg and I" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Yiddish Joke, Realism
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book
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1990s Realist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Board, Oil

"Hippopotami" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, African Safari, Realism Still Life
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book
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1990s Realist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Board, Oil

"The Beginning" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Magic Realism, Alphabet Letters, Text
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book
Category

1990s Realist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Board, Oil

"Knight After Knight" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Medieval Magic Realism Still Life
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
and wrote a book on pottery. Born in 1907, Bohrod began his studies at Chicago's Crane Junior College
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1980s Realist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Board, Oil

"Footnotes" Aaron Bohrod, Pun Humor, Shoes, Realist Trompe L'oeil Still Life
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book
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1990s Realist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Board, Oil

"Faun and Fawn" Aaron Bohrod, Realist Still Life, Deer and Putti
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book
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1980s Realist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Board, Oil

Feathers, Mystical and Spiritual Commentary by Female Modernist
Located in Doylestown, PA
. "Feathers" is included in the monograph and a copy of the book will be included in the purchase of this
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1970s American Modern Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Harvest, Abstract and Contemporary Wildlife Painting by Female Modernist
Located in Doylestown, PA
included in the monograph and a copy of the book will be included in the purchase of this painting. Peter
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1950s American Modern Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dartmoor Ponies. Early Morning Mist and Haze. Devon Moor Pony.1930s.Wild Horses
By Charles Walter Simpson
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
the renowned animal artist Lucy Kemp-Welch at Bishley, then with Sir Alfred Munnings, with whom he
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1930s Impressionist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Oil

Cock Fight. Two Fighting Birds. A Riot of Aggression, Masculinity & Feathers
By David Wilde
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
kept from the marketplace for thirty years after his death. The author Chris Kirwan published a book
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Acrylic

Bank street
By Harry Bertschmann
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
, acrylic on paper. This artwork is published in the Bertschmann catalog and his 352-page hardcover book.
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Acrylic

Bank street
Bank street
H 14 in W 17 in D 0.25 in
Dame Elisabeth Frink. Hawk, 1969. Watercolor. A Representation of Destruction.
By Elisabeth Frink
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
spirit of the subject. Her animals and birds may be drawn from nature but verge on the abstract
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Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Lone Horse in Abstract Landscape
By Ethel Magafan
Located in Miami, FL
& Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986
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1960s Contemporary Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Masonite, Tempera

Colorful green contemporary Dog/Foxhound acrylic painting with text on paper
Located in Charleston, US
contemporary dog painting of Foxhounds dogs singing to a fox in a hole with accompanying text from a book is an
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1990s Contemporary Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Graphite

“Wild Horses”
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Southampton, NY
Eastern Department at UNESCO to illustrate a book of poetry, published by Editions Euros. By the 1960s
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1960s Post-Modern Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper

Bright earth colors contemporary dog/Scottie acrylic painting with text on paper
Located in Charleston, US
dog with accompanying text from a book is an inspirational departure from the traditional
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1990s Contemporary Vintage Book Animals

Materials

Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite

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Vintage Book Animals For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of vintage book animals for sale on 1stDibs. Browse a selection of contemporary, modern or Surrealist versions of these works for sale today — there are 30 contemporary, 23 modern, 7 Pop Art, 4 abstract and 4 Surrealist examples available. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add vintage book animals that pop against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of gray, beige, black, purple and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Louise Laplante, Carol Wax, American Colony Jerusalem, Jozsef Jakovits and Shannon Amidon are often thought to be among the most beautiful. Frequently made by artists working in paper, paint and archival paper, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large iterations of these items, so small vintage book animals measuring 4.5 inches across are available.

How Much are Vintage Book Animals?

Prices for art of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — vintage book animals in our inventory begin at $100 and can go as high as $50,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,725.