Pair of Watercolors of African Tribesmen by J P Ludo

From the 1950s to the 80s, Joe Eula cut quite a figure on the New York scene as a graphic, costume, fashion, stage-set, and film-set designer, as well as a stylist, party giver, and, briefly, a model agency macher. In addition, he was an artist. You could say that Eula was the art director extempore of Manhattan. And if you’ve never heard of Eula (or hadn’t before David Pittu played him in the recent Netflix Halston series), it’s because he was famous as an eminence grise, to employ a contradiction in terms. That’s why Andy Warhol called him, in typical Warholian hyperbole, “the most important man in New York.” Eula came from a hardscrabble background in South Norwalk, Connecticut. After serving in World War II, he took classes on the GI Bill at the Art Students League, and formed a partnership with photographer Milton Greene to produce features for Life and Look magazines, and a couple of films, with Greene behind the camera, and Eula painting backdrops and styling. On his own, Eula illustrated Eugenia Sheppard’s famous newspaper fashion column, did illustration work for Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, designed ballet costumes and sets for Jerome Robbins, an album cover for Miles Davis, and a benefit invitation for Cesar...

A signed limited edition lithograph on paper of an original painting by Charles Fracé (1926-2005) titled "Lone Hunter". This piece depicts an African leopard walking across the fallen grass and trees of his natural habit. The print is signed by hand, signed in plate and numbered in an edition of 2500 all to the lower right corner. Copyrighted 1982 by the American Masters Foundation, Inc. in Houston, Texas, the print is accompanied by a biography of the artist, an affidavit of limited edition and the original folder will be furnished with this purchase. Fracé is best known for his paintings of animals. Professionally framed and ready to hang. A wonderful choice for any interior. Dimensions: 41 1/4" W x 31.50" H x 1" D About the Artist: Charles Fracé was an American wildlife artist whose work was featured in more than 500 exhibitions, including a solo exhibition at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Fracé painted over a hundred paintings from which limited edition prints were produced, which were consistently popular with collectors. Early life, education, and career Born in 1926 in the small town of Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe...