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Woman reading after Henri Matisse by Claire Ragueneau
Located in Soquel, CA
Woman reading after Henri Matisse by Claire Ragueneau
Impressionist seated woman reading a book
Category
1950s Impressionist Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
H 20 in W 15 in D 0.07 in
Keith Haring illustration art 1990
By Keith Haring
Located in Brooklyn, NY
celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.” Born on May 4, 1958 in Reading, PA, he grew up in
Category
1990s Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
Reading - Mixed Media by Sergio Barletta - 1995
By Sergio Barletta
Located in Roma, IT
Reading is an original painting artwork in mixed media, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1995.
Hand
Category
1990s Surrealist Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Mixed Media, Ink, Tempera, Watercolor
African Mama - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor
By Irene Pattinson
Located in Soquel, CA
African Mama - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor
A charming illustration, by Irene
Category
1950s American Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Pen
H 13 in W 10 in D 0.25 in
"Adventures in Literature" Figurative 1930's Illustration art
Located in Soquel, CA
A wonderful original figure painting for a 1930's illustration by Charles Kinghan (American, 1895
Category
1930s American Impressionist Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Cardboard, Acrylic
H 20.25 in W 28.5 in D 0.25 in
Art Deco Armoire with Decorative Illustrations by Artisan Maker
Located in Waalwijk, NL
artistically decorated with a carved man reading a book, an owl and a torch. The whole construction in walnut
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Christofle's 'The Hand of Destiny': Silver Palm Reading Paperweight and Booklet
By Christofle
Located in North Miami, FL
Christofle's 'The Hand of Destiny' package: silver palm reading paperweight and accompanying
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Sheet Metal, Metal, Silver, Silver Plate
H 2.56 in W 3.55 in D 0.2 in
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Gouache
Original Graphic Hungarian Illustration Art Emma Heinzelmann Children's Book Art
Located in Surfside, FL
illustrations, reading the fairy tales of Wilhelm Hauff or Hans Christian Andersen. Her story books and drawings
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Gouache
Original Vintage Book Publisher Advertising Poster Success Books Owl Reading Art
Located in London, GB
novels of your success Success Books publishing house - featuring a fun illustration of an owl sitting on
Category
1930s Dutch Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 19.69 in W 11.82 in D 0.04 in
Farber Brothers Krome Kraft, A Guide for Collectors Book by Julie Sferrazza 1988
By Farber Bros.
Located in Atlanta, GA
-and-white illustrations. It is a must-have for the serious collector.
It is an excellent resource for
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 9 in W 6 in D 0.5 in
Original Vintage Travel Poster Beyrouth Liban Beirut Lebanon Middle East Design
Located in London, GB
illustrations of planes and boats in the background, the text running on the central arrows pointing out to East
Category
1950s Lebanese Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 39.38 in W 27.96 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage London County Council Poster Election Give Best Chance In Life
Located in London, GB
chance in life Vote Conservative - featuring an illustration of a school boy making a model plane and a
Category
1940s British Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 29.53 in W 19.69 in D 0.04 in
Gallé Drawings, French Book by Philippe Thiebaut, 1993
By Gallé
Located in Atlanta, GA
: French.
260 illustrations with 160 full-color.
198 pages.
Dimensions: 9.07 in x 11.44 in (23 x 29 cm
Category
1990s French Art Nouveau Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Sport Poster Skiing Family USSR Winter Sport
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet sport poster featuring a fun and colourful illustration of a family on skis
Category
1970s Russian Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Drink Poster Amaretto Di Saronno Liquor Gift Advertising Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Italian drink advertising poster for Amaretto di Saronno featuring an illustration
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 55.12 in W 39.38 in D 0.04 in
Enamel and Synthetic Spinel Brooch, 'Place Vendôme', Mauboussin, circa 1951
By Mauboussin
Located in New York, NY
-mounted lantern set with calibré-cut sections of synthetic blue spinel, with a street sign reading 'Place
Category
20th Century Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Spinel, Enamel, 14k Gold
No Reserve
W 2 in L 1.5 in
Original Vintage Illustrated Map Poster Afrique Equatoriale Francaise Cameroon
Located in London, GB
Guinea bordered by Nigeria, Chad, Guinea and Gabon with illustrations of people, trees, mountains
Category
1950s French Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 47.25 in W 30.71 in D 0.04 in
George Price Legendary New Yorker Cartoonist "Quack" Original Drawing
Located in Sharon, CT
Depicting a duck hunter in a boat dressed as a decoy, the caption reading "Quack". Drawn with
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
Keith Haring Love Ball art 1989 (book)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Keith Haring illustration art 1989 (Love Ball centerfold illustration by Haring):
Rare published
Category
1980s Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster American Freedom Prison People USSR
Located in London, GB
political cartoon style illustrations showing people holding red banners reading Peace on them with police
Category
1950s Russian Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 22.45 in W 30.32 in D 0.04 in
Jazz Mania and Collection, French Book by Frédéric Marchand, 1997
By Various Makers
Located in Atlanta, GA
and black-and-white illustrations.
117 pages.
Dimensions: 11.44 in x 11.25 in (29 x 28.5 cm
Category
1990s French Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
Untitled (Double sided watercolor) Recto: Figures seated at a table
By Ben Shahn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
illustrations in Shahn’s Haggadah were made around 1930. However, it was not until 1965 that the artist
Category
1960s American Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Watercolor
H 15 in W 11.5 in D 11 in
Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Five Year Plan Rail Freight Turnover
By Viktor Koretsky
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - For you Five Year Plan! - featuring an illustration of
Category
1970s Russian Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 22.84 in W 34.26 in D 0.04 in
New York Photographs, Book by Andreas Feininger, 1964
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
dust jacket.
Language: English.
Numerous full-color and black-and-white illustrations.
159 pages
Category
1960s American Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
From Marseille to New York 1940-1945, French/English Book, by Bernard Noel, 1985
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
.
Excellent documentation of that story, with text both in French and English and superb illustrations.
This
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 12.19 in W 11.82 in D 1 in
Original Vintage Poster Copper Metal Tax Collection Food Drink Wine Agriculture
Located in London, GB
illustration of a drink glass and bottle of red wine on a table with fruit on a dish, a loaf of bread and
Category
1940s French Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 23.63 in W 15.75 in D 0.04 in
Frank Lemon, Signed WWII Offset Lithograph - Dauntless Aircraft Flying to Midway
By Frank Lemon
Located in Morristown, NJ
Midway during the second World War." Below the illustration is an inscription reading "A few against many
Category
1940s North American American Classical Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Glass, Paper
H 19.75 in W 16.75 in D 0.5 in
Louis Icart The Complete Etchings, English Book by William Holland, 1990
By Louis Icart
Located in Atlanta, GA
contains large, full-color illustrations, which give the reader a perfect representation of the full-size
Category
1990s American Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 11.5 in W 9.5 in D 1.25 in
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey, Grosset & Dunlap Edition, Circa 1940
By Zane Grey
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
jacket illustration inlaid on the front.
Presented is a Grosset & Dunlap edition of Riders of the
Category
1940s American Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 8.13 in W 5.75 in D 1.94 in
Resting Man (Man relaxes draped only in a small towel)
Located in New Orleans, LA
illustrated military manuals, books, and charts. Lear taught illustration at Rosemont College and was an
Category
1930s Academic Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Pencil, Graphite
Original Vintage Poster Hercules Cycles Queen Elizabeth II Coronation 1953 Art
Located in London, GB
featuring a colourful illustration of the Royal procession with the horse drawn Gold State Coach being led
Category
1950s British Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 16.93 in W 23.23 in D 0.04 in
Christmas Greeting Card - Original Ink by Erhard Klepper - 20th Century
By Erhard Klepper
Located in Roma, IT
represents two women while reading a Christmas Greeting Card, skillfully depicted with details, it is
Category
1940s Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Ink
H 11.23 in W 6.5 in D 0.08 in
Barnyard Chat
By John B. Lear
Located in New York, NY
portrayal of the male figure. Born in Philadelphia, Lear studied illustration at the Pennsylvania Museum and
Category
1990s American Realist Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Graphite, Paper
New York, I Love, French Book by Robert F. Wagner and Joyce Peterson, 1964
Located in Atlanta, GA
.
Language: French.
Numerous black-and-white and full-color photographs and illustrations.
132 pages
Category
1960s American Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 10.63 in W 9.44 in D 1 in
The Letter - China Ink and Watercolor Drawing by E. Klepper - 1950s
By Erhard Klepper
Located in Roma, IT
: 28.5 x 20cm.
The artwork represents two women while reading a letter, skillfully depicted with details
Category
1950s Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
H 11.23 in W 7.88 in D 0.08 in
Original Vintage Poster In Coke We Trust Lothar Gunther Buchheim Warrior Sailing
Located in London, GB
Buchheim (1918-2007) featuring illustrations with captions, the central one showing a lady holding flowers
Category
1960s German Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 24.02 in W 16.93 in D 0.04 in
Normandie, The Epic of the Giant of the Seas, French Book by Bruno Foucart, 1985
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
has graced Le Normandie since 1935.
More than 400 illustrations, including many unpublished, make
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 14.19 in W 11 in D 1 in
Original Vintage Travel Poster Hungary Industry Tourism Midcentury Modern Flag
Located in London, GB
country's products and illustrations below including workers in factories with the smoke rising next to red
Category
1950s Hungarian Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 32.68 in W 22.84 in D 0.04 in
Miniature Rooms Book, The Thorne Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1983
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
jacket.
Language: English.
142 full-color illustrations.
168 pages.
Dimensions: 11 in x 8.5 in (28 x 22
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
Baccarat, The Perfume Bottles, French Book by Cristallerie de Baccarat, 1986
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in Atlanta, GA
and English.
Numerous full-color and black-and-white illustrations.
222 pages.
Dimensions: 8.69 in x
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 1 in W 11.44 in D 8.69 in
Paris in the Thirties, French Book by Jacques Lanzmann, 1987
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
.
Hardcover book with dust jacket.
Language: French.
Numerous black-and-white photographs and illustrations
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
"Buy War Bonds" Vintage WWII Poster by Newell Convers Wyeth, 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
bold lettering at bottom reading "Buy War Bonds," with a dynamic depiction of Uncle Sam leading a troop
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
Aperture Photography Magazine Collection of 6 Early Issues 1950s
Located in Chicago, IL
., 42 pp, illustrations from photographs. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Fine. Includes an editorial and an
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
The Gallé Ceramics, French Book by Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy, France 1984
By Emile Gallé
Located in Atlanta, GA
book.
Language: French.
Numerous full-color and black-and-white illustrations.
159 pages.
Dimensions
Category
1980s French Art Nouveau Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 11.63 in W 9.44 in D 1 in
Beckmann, Composition (Hofmaier 323-329), Der Mensch ist kein Haustier (after)
By Max Beckmann
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
the inspiration for the play's main characters. Beckmann, upon reading the finished draft, marveled at
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Lithograph
No Reserve
H 11.688 in W 5.313 in
Derain, Composition, Salomé, The Limited Editions Club (after)
By André Derain
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Peignot and set by hand. The illustrations are gouache drawings on black paper by André Derain
reproduced
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Derain, Composition, Salomé, The Limited Editions Club (after)
By André Derain
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Peignot and set by hand. The illustrations are gouache drawings on black paper by André Derain
reproduced
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Derain, Composition, Salomé, The Limited Editions Club (after)
By André Derain
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Peignot and set by hand. The illustrations are gouache drawings on black paper by André Derain
reproduced
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Derain, Composition, Salomé, The Limited Editions Club (after)
By André Derain
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Peignot and set by hand. The illustrations are gouache drawings on black paper by André Derain
reproduced
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Derain, Composition, Salomé, The Limited Editions Club (after)
By André Derain
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Peignot and set by hand. The illustrations are gouache drawings on black paper by André Derain
reproduced
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Derain, Composition, Salomé, The Limited Editions Club (after)
By André Derain
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Peignot and set by hand. The illustrations are gouache drawings on black paper by André Derain
reproduced
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Derain, Composition, Salomé, The Limited Editions Club (after)
By André Derain
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Peignot and set by hand. The illustrations are gouache drawings on black paper by André Derain
reproduced
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Derain, Composition, Salomé, The Limited Editions Club (after)
By André Derain
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Peignot and set by hand. The illustrations are gouache drawings on black paper by André Derain
reproduced
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Derain, Composition, Salomé, The Limited Editions Club (after)
By André Derain
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Peignot and set by hand. The illustrations are gouache drawings on black paper by André Derain
reproduced
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Derain, Composition, Salomé, The Limited Editions Club (after)
By André Derain
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Peignot and set by hand. The illustrations are gouache drawings on black paper by André Derain
reproduced
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Saul Steinberg-Reference Book
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rosenberg; 274 illustrations, 64 in full color; with a list of plates, a chronology of Steinberg's career
Category
20th Century Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Archival Paper
Original Vintage Communist Revolution Propaganda Poster All Power To The Soviets
By Alexei Kokorekin
Located in London, GB
! Great illustration depicting a man holding a bayonet rifle and wearing a worker's hat with a red bow on
Category
1940s Russian Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 36.62 in W 24.41 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage Military Recruitment Poster Join The Tenth Hussars British Army
Located in London, GB
Original vintage military recruitment poster featuring an illustration of a tank with the text on
Category
1950s British Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 29.93 in W 20.08 in D 0.04 in
New York, Humanity by Cubic Foot, French Book by David Lachterman, 1966
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
photographs and illustrations.
193 pages.
Dimensions: 7.32 in x 7.32 in (18.5 x 18.5 cm).
Published in 1966 by
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage Reading Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 0.63 in W 7.32 in D 7.32 in
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You are likely to find exactly the vintage reading illustration you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. In our selection of items, you can find modern examples as well as a Impressionist version. Making the right choice when shopping for a vintage reading 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. Adding a vintage reading illustration to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gray, beige, black, white and more. A vintage reading illustration from (after) Henri Matisse, Henri Matisse, John Boyce, Francis Luis Mora and Lynd Ward — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Frequently made by artists working in paper, lithograph and paint, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.
How Much is a Vintage Reading Illustration?
The price for a vintage reading illustration in our collection starts at $23 and tops out at $87,000 with the average selling for $1,682.