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Clutch for Keys - Realistic Illustration by Michael Eggleston
By Michael William Eggleston
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly detailed drawing by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). A wallet with keyring attachments sits on a surface. The wallet is made of folded, stitched leather, su...
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Late 20th Century Realist Vintage Key Illustration

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Paper, Pencil

Steinberg, Illustration, Derrière le miroir (after)
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
, the permanent format for Derrière le Miroir was established. Lithographs in colours were key; text was
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1960s Post-War Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Steinberg, Illustration, Derrière le miroir (after)
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Miroir was established. Lithographs in colours were key; text was limited to comments on the featuring
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1960s Post-War Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Steinberg, Illustration, Derrière le miroir (after)
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Miroir was established. Lithographs in colours were key; text was limited to comments on the featuring
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1960s Post-War Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Steinberg, Illustration, Derrière le miroir (after)
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
, the permanent format for Derrière le Miroir was established. Lithographs in colours were key; text was
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1960s Post-War Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Steinberg, Illustration, Derrière le miroir (after)
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Miroir was established. Lithographs in colours were key; text was limited to comments on the featuring
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1960s Post-War Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Steinberg, Illustration, Derrière le miroir (after)
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Miroir was established. Lithographs in colours were key; text was limited to comments on the featuring
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1960s Post-War Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Steinberg, Illustration, Derrière le miroir (after)
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Miroir was established. Lithographs in colours were key; text was limited to comments on the featuring
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1960s Post-War Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Steinberg, Illustration, Derrière le miroir (after)
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Miroir was established. Lithographs in colours were key; text was limited to comments on the featuring
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1960s Post-War Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Steinberg, Illustration, Derrière le miroir (after)
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Miroir was established. Lithographs in colours were key; text was limited to comments on the featuring
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1960s Post-War Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Steinberg, Illustration, Derrière le miroir (after)
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Miroir was established. Lithographs in colours were key; text was limited to comments on the featuring
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1960s Post-War Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Steinberg, Illustration, Derrière le miroir (after)
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Miroir was established. Lithographs in colours were key; text was limited to comments on the featuring
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1960s Post-War Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

Steinberg, Illustration, Derrière le miroir (after)
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Miroir was established. Lithographs in colours were key; text was limited to comments on the featuring
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1960s Post-War Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Lithograph

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
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1930s Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Eagle Fortune Magazine Cover Illustration ( alternate )
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in Miami, FL
viewed with a top key light
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1940s Art Deco Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Gouache

1950’s Swedish Cabinet With Nordens Flora Illustrations
By Josef Frank
Located in Turners Falls, MA
1950’s Swedish Cabinet papered with illustrations by C.A. Lindman, book Nordens Flora. Cabinet
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Beech, Paper

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
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Oil, Board

Original Vintage Poster Helsinki 400 Years Finland City Key Industry Fair Travel
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster promoting Helsinki Finland featuring a great illustration showing a
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1950s Finnish Vintage Key Illustration

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Paper

Caricature Promo for 1968, "Elizabeth the Queen"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Ink on Illustration Board
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1960s Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Advertising Graphic project for FIAT by Marco Silombria. Circa 1980
Located in Firenze, IT
the male nude in a pop-Dada key to Italy.
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1970s Pop Art Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Plastic, Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil

'Abstract in Coral and Jade', Chouinard Institute, LACMA, MGM studios, Osaka
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, from 1959, was employed by UPA and MGM Studios as a key background painter. A bold and expressive
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1980s Abstract Vintage Key Illustration

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Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Gouache, Illustration Board

Swedish Modern 1950s Mahogny Cabinet with Nordens Flora (Nordic Flowers) Decor
By Josef Frank
Located in Örebro, SE
works and a key is included. A truly elegant cabinet! The illustrations are painted 1901-1905 by Carl
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Birch, Mahogany, Plywood, Paper

Quiet Sentinel: Original Vintage Bird Print of The Female Steller's Eider, 1929
Located in Langweer, NL
appearance, and this illustration captures the essence of the female's more subdued feathering compared to
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20th Century Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Paper

Framed Hand Painted Life History of Buddha Thangka on Canvas 24K Gold
Located in TRUMBULL, CT
the “Life of Buddha” depicts key episodes in the life of Siddhartha Gautama, known as Gautama Buddha
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1980s Other Art Style Vintage Key Illustration

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Mixed Media

Framed Hand Painted Life History of Buddha Thangka on Canvas 24k Gold
Located in TRUMBULL, CT
thangka will be included with the purchase The thangka painting of the “Life of Buddha” depicts key
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1990s Other Art Style Vintage Key Illustration

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Framed Hand Painted on Canvas Life History of Buddha Thangka 24K Gold
Located in TRUMBULL, CT
with the purchase. The thangka painting of the “Life of Buddha” depicts key episodes in the life of
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1990s Other Art Style Vintage Key Illustration

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Mixed Media, Canvas

"Divot Stomping" by Rollin McGrail
Located in Bristol, CT
Barcelona to New York to Key West and in Wellington, FL and the greater Palm Beach County. The bulk of her
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20th Century Vintage Key Illustration

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Lithograph

Modern Design in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1890-1990 Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
has been specially photographed in full color. 250 illustrations. With the opening in 1987 of the Lila
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20th Century American Modern Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Paper

1955 "Quaternary: Ice-Age Landscape" Woolly Mammoth Vintage Wall Hanging
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
, boulder strewn landscape. A herd of caribou is in the background. Small inset illustrations in the lower
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Metal

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Archaeology by Glyn Edmund Daniel, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
, 1977, NY. 1st Ed BCE hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white illustrations. This encyclopedia has
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1970s American Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Paper

"Winter" American Modernism WPA Regionalism Landscape Mid-Century Magic Realism
By Dale Nichols
Located in New York, NY
: "Winter" was originally purchased by Stanley Byer. Mr. Byer owned homes in Key West, New York City, and
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1960s American Modern Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Flower Angel
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
companies. Throughout the decade, Warhol received numerous awards and accolades for his illustrations - yet
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1950s Contemporary Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph, Offset

"Thanksgiving" Doris Lee, Family Genre Scene Interior, Americana, WPA, Woodstock
By Doris Lee
Located in New York, NY
1983, but she also spent much time in Key West Florida Four years later, she won two mural commissions
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1940s American Realist Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Original Vintage Travel Poster Rhodesia Pictorial Map Southern Africa Zimbabwe
Located in London, GB
colourful map of the region with the railway and road routes and illustrations of buildings, cattle, people
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1930s British Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Paper

Keith Haring Ignorance = Fear, 1989 (Keith Haring Act Up poster)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
references the 'three wise monkeys' that, "see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing". Within this illustration
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1980s Pop Art Vintage Key Illustration

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Lithograph, Offset

Japan a History in Art, Book by Bradley Smith 1st Edition 1964
Located in North Hollywood, CA
with magnificent illustrations of the whole history of Japan from Nara on in well-chosen art. Often
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Paper

Airacuda Fighter Planes Art Deco Machine Age 20th Century American Modernism
Located in New York, NY
Illustration Board, 1938 Signed A. Ross lower right Provenance: Estate of the artist. BIO Arthur Rosenman
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1930s American Modern Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Board

Art Deco Movie Set 20th Century American Modernism Hollywood WPA Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
illustration Board Signed Art Ross, ‘37 lower right Provenance: Estate of the artist. BIO Arthur Rosenman
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Board, Gouache

Keith Haring Safe Sex! (vintage Keith Haring poster)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Safe Sex poster 1987: A fun, witty, classic Haring illustration created by the artist
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1980s Pop Art Vintage Key Illustration

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Lithograph, Offset

Memphis Milano Postmodern Silk Necktie by Massimo Giacon
By Massimo Giacon, Memphis Milano
Located in Ferndale, MI
. circa 1985. The Memphis Milano design movement played a key role in the promotion of Italian design
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1980s Post-Modern Vintage Key Illustration

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Silk

“Dime a Dance” American Art Deco 20th Century Modernism Pin-Up Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
(1913 - 1981) “Dime a Dance”, 1933 Watercolor and Ink on Illustration Board 18” x 10 1/2 inches (sight
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Board

Susan Tibbles Life Sized Art Assemblage “Master Lock” Framed Sculpture Distresse
By Susan Tibbles
Located in Topeka, KS
States and Europe. Her illustrations have also graced several publications over the last twenty years
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1980s American Bohemian Vintage Key Illustration

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Metal

Embracing Couple on Sailboat , Art Deco Style Romantic
By John Philip Falter
Located in Miami, FL
major newsstand magazine. Hand-signed by artist, sticker label, Magazine Illustration circa 1940 Oil
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1940s Art Deco Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Oil

Italian Modular Rosewood Bookcase Wall Unit by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno
By Tecno, Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Brooklyn, NY
adjustable/removable shelf -twelve shelves -all original brackets/mounting hardware and two keys. The set can
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Metal, Aluminum, Steel

Pair of Nude Studies, Crayon on Paper, Richard Giglio
Located in Southampton, NY
, London and Milan: contributing his fashion illustrations to Glamour, Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, Harpers
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Late 20th Century American Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Paper, Crayon

Fernando Natalici Area Nightclub: 1983-1987 (collection of 16 works)
By Fernando Natalici
Located in NEW YORK, NY
1986 as part of show curated by Serge Becker (featured in image 4) - a key Area figurehead. A much
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1980s Pop Art Vintage Key Illustration

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Silver Gelatin, Wax Crayon, Oil Crayon

(1914-2004) Large 1970's original Paris Street Scene Modernist oil painting
Located in Cirencester, GB
course embracing illustration, exhibition and graphic design, typography and photography. In 1966 he made
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Mid-20th Century Post-Modern Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Oil

Midcentury Chinese Export Porcelain Fish Bowl with Oriental Decorations
Located in Dallas, TX
large, mid-century porcelain bowl with Greek key border, features Classic oriental scenes with western
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Porcelain

Christie's: The Jewellery Archives Revealed (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
archives, revealing the mysteries within for the first time. He has drawn out the key details of each sale
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20th Century Vintage Key Illustration

Getting Ready for the Revolution - Learning How to Ride in the Subway
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, mass-market magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed into an artistic realm of its own
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1930s American Modern Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Oil Crayon

Original Egypt Fly TWA 3-Pharaohs vintage travel poster
By David Klein
Located in Spokane, WA
business and pleasure increased, too. Posters were a key element to promoting this form of travel and TWA
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1960s American Modern Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Offset

Original Vintage Poster IV Mecanografia Typing Championship Hispano Olivetti - H
Located in London, GB
Nacional de Mecanografia sponsored by Hispano-Olivetti featuring a great graphic design illustration of a
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1940s Spanish Vintage Key Illustration

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Paper

Hemingway and His Universe, French Book by A. E. Hotchner, 1990
By Ernest Hemingway
Located in Atlanta, GA
, Italy, France, and Spain. Then comes the Spanish Civil War, the return to Key West and Cuba, its hunts
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1990s French Modern Vintage Key Illustration

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Paper

Walter Pidgeon
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
" illustration board with the drawing measuring to 7.00" x 9.00." Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of
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1940s Vintage Key Illustration

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Canvas, Ink, Pen

Boxing Ring. Boxed Knocked to Floor with 10 Count, Red and Black, Esquire Mag
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Illustration legend Bob Peak depicts a boxer that has fallen to the matt and is being given the 10
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1960s Expressionist Vintage Key Illustration

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Hunter, Mid-Century Photo Realist Drypoint Etching Portrait, Limited Edition
By Gilbert Schoenbrod
Located in Soquel, CA
within the tide of progression, supplying the key of perspective for reevaluation and orientation in the
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1930s Photorealist Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Drypoint

Asian Wedding
By Rico Tomaso
Located in Fort Washington, PA
gloves as his trademark (but also to be able to hit harder on the keys to compete with the drummer). The
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20th Century Romantic Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Asian Wedding
Asian Wedding
H 34.75 in W 29.25 in
American Election Map and 1960 Presidential Fact Sheet, Published 1960
Located in Langweer, NL
and Nixon), a 1960 election scoreboard, and a key to the 54 illustrations on the map on recto. Self
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1960s Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Paper

Sports Portrait of Athletic Partially Nude Boy with Rapid Brushstrokes
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
. Unframed. Color will vary from monitor to monitor. Best view with top key light. - Mixed media on Masonite
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Acrylic, Masonite, Mixed Media

Vintage 1970s Gold Gilt Brass Neoclassical Vase Table Lamps, a Pair
By Maison Charles, Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
. - 18cm Note that the lampshade are for illustration only and not included! Neoclassicism was a movement
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Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Revival Vintage Key Illustration

Materials

Brass

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Vintage Key Illustration For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact vintage key illustration you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. Find abstract versions now, or shop for abstract creations for a more modern example of these cherished works. You’re likely to find the perfect vintage key illustration among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those made as recently as the 20th Century. If you’re looking to add a vintage key illustration to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of gray, brown, beige, white and more. Creating a vintage key illustration has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Stanley Bate, (after) Henri Matisse, David Klein, Henri Matisse and Bob Peak are consistently popular. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in paint, oil paint and canvas can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a Vintage Key Illustration?

The average selling price for a vintage key illustration we offer is $3,900, while they’re typically $55 on the low end and $150,000 for the highest priced.