Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. concerning: Paintings,Pen & Ink Drawings,Watercolors, Aquatints, Etchings, Engravings, Woodcuts, Posters, Cartoons, Silhouettes, Stencils, Lithography, Chromolithography, Illustration Art, Portraiture, Exhibition Catalogs, Catalogues Raisonnés, Visual Americana, Miniatures, Folk Art, Outsider Art, Etc.
Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. concerning: Paintings,Pen & Ink Drawings,Watercolors, Aquatints, Etchings, Engravings, Woodcuts, Posters, Cartoons, Silhouettes, Stencils, Lithography, Chromolithography, Illustration Art, Portraiture, Exhibition Catalogs, Catalogues Raisonnés, Visual Americana, Miniatures, Folk Art, Outsider Art, Etc.
![Harry S. Truman:] Come On, Movie-Goers Let’s Finish the Job! [Two Post-Second World War...](/pictures/thumb/3729955_1.jpg?v=1610392077)
Two immediate post-WW II American movie theater posters advertising and promoting the sale of U.S. Treasury bonds during the early presidency of Harry S. Truman..... Read More about Harry S. Truman:] Come On, Movie-Goers Let’s Finish the Job! [Two Post-Second World War...
An interesting letter from 1825 written by James Stark (1794–1859), a Norwich-born British painter, the son of a Scottish dyer; here beginning his career ascent..... Read More about 1825 Autograph Letter Signed from James Stark, English Landscape Painter to George Cooke, Engraver
![Wyeth People. [Signed by Andrew Wyeth to His Sister Ann Wyeth]. Gene Logsdon, Andrew Wyeth](/pictures/thumb/3729589_1.jpg?v=1604430320)
Inscribed and signed on the half-title page by the book’s subject, renowned Pennsylvania artist Andrew Wyeth: “Ann dear, I think this book is the best..... Read More about Wyeth People. [Signed by Andrew Wyeth to His Sister Ann Wyeth
Original Fritz Eichenberg (1901–1990) wood engraving—here separately issued as a print—originally prepared for publication as an illustration for The Lyrical Poems of Francois Villon, published..... Read More about Original Fritz Eichenberg Wood Engraving for The Lyrical Poems of Francois Villon; separately...
Original watercolor and ink advertising artwork created for the Container Corporation of America, manufacturers of corrugated paper boxes. The asymmetrical design shows a detail view..... Read More about Original Watercolor and Ink Advertising Artwork depicting a Northwest Coast Native American Totem...
![Original Illustration Artwork for The Lone Woodsman by Warren Hastings Miller]. Kreigh Collins,...](/images/noimage-req.png)
Collection of original artwork by Kreigh Collins and printer’s illustration proofs for the boy’s adventure story, The Lone Woodsman, by Warren Hastings Miller. The book..... Read More about Original Illustration Artwork for The Lone Woodsman by Warren Hastings Miller
Original ink, wash, and pencil drawing of Yale College and the old Connecticut Capitol. The scene was drawn from the perspective of Chapel and College..... Read More about Colleges, and State House, New Haven. [caption of original drawing of Yale College and the...
![Illuminated, German-Language Manuscript Taufschein Fraktur:] A Christian Baptismal Wish: I’ve...](/pictures/thumb/145237_1.jpg?v=1597437264)
Curious crudely-executed folk art, dated 1818, a German-language taufschein or baptismal certificate illuminated with ink and pencil decorations. Fitting for a baptismal wish, the manuscript..... Read More about Illuminated, German-Language Manuscript Taufschein Fraktur:] A Christian Baptismal Wish: I’ve...
![Folk Art Painting of Bottle Kilns and Pottery Factory]. Unkwn](/pictures/thumb/3726676_1.jpg?v=1590965332)
Nineteenth century landscape painting documenting a “Pot Bank” or pottery manufactory, an industrial complex of buildings for the commercial manufacture of ceramics. Additionally, ten workers—men..... Read More about Folk Art Painting of Bottle Kilns and Pottery Factory
Archive of completed and working copy manuscripts of 13 novels and 7 short stories by American architect and artist, Donald Morris Kirkpatrick (1887–1966). Whereas Kirkpatrick..... Read More about C.1930–1945 Archive of 35 Typed Manuscripts for Novels and Short Stories by Donald M....
Italian-American Achille Onofri, was an acrobat and contortionist who had met trapeze artist Millie Cook in Havana, married her, and then moved to Philadelphia with..... Read More about 1886 American Prison Art by an Italian-American Circus Performer Incarcerated for Murder,...
Extraordinary, complex American millenarian spiritual folk art drawing embodying the Adventist religious beliefs of William Miller (1782–1849) and his followers and illustrating the claim of..... Read More about I wish you would tell me Sir what you do mean By drawing this figure that looks like a chain...
![War I Say [caption title of Spanish-American War-Era Uncle Sam Painting]. Anon](/pictures/thumb/3728902_1.jpg?v=1572374122)
Gouache painting ca. 1898 showing Uncle Sam declaring War against Spain, i.e. The Spanish-American War. American war vessels with large gun emplacements, and tall smokestacks..... Read More about War I Say [caption title of Spanish-American War-Era Uncle Sam Painting
Captivating collection of four handmade booklets made by William H. Leggett augmented with 20 of his original watercolor illustrations with gouache highlights. Leggett’s booklets are..... Read More about Four Handmade Poetical Booklets with 20 Original Watercolor and Gouache Illustrations by W.H....
First edition of this first biographical study of Henry Ossawa Tanner, the first African American artist to attain international distinction. Born in Pennsylvania, Tanner is..... Read More about Henry Ossawa Tanner, American Artist. (Signed by John Hope Franklin
Original editorial cartoon drawing depicting the Tammany Tiger of New York City’s Democratic Party political machine. The political cartoon is signed at the lower left..... Read More about Original 1897 Tammany Tiger Political Cartoon by F.K. Houston
Autograph letter signed from artist Sir William Charles Ross (1794–1860) in Scotland writing to his friend in Paris, the painter and printmaker Henri Berthoud (c.1800–1864)..... Read More about 1851 Autograph Letter Signed by William Charles Ross, Miniature Painter to Queen Victoria
Charles Bridges (1794–1869), theologian and prolific religious author. Here writing to George Richard Corner (1801–1863), antiquary; notifying Corner that Bridges is sending an etching, a...... Read More about 1855 Autograph Letter Signed by Rev. Charles Bridges (1794–1869), transmitting etching by Mary...
Autograph letter signed from British landscape painter Hugh William Williams (1773–1829) concerning an unspecified proposed publication to be sold by subscription. Williams here writes to..... Read More about 1810 Autograph Letter Signed by Hugh William Williams (1773–1829), Landscape Painter
Autograph note signed in the third person by Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777–1842) to a Dr. Smith, summoning him to attend upon an ill servant..... Read More about Brief Autograph Note Signed from Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777–1842), Painter, Writer, Diplomat
Friendly letter, over two full pages from Francis Job Short, about etchings thanking the recipient (a “Mr. White”) for the gift of a book and..... Read More about 1888 Autograph Letter Signed by Francis Job Short, English Engraver
Transmitting proof engraving (not present) of Scottish artist Sir Joseph Noel Paton’s painting Mors Janua Vitae (1866) and thanking the recipient, Jabez Hogg Esq., for..... Read More about Autograph Letter Signed by William Henry Simmons, English Mezzotint Engraver
Attractive copy of a scarce art pamphlet, a late 19th century German-American imprint from Cincinnati Ohio. This particular example is inscribed by the author; it..... Read More about Albrecht Dürer, Der deutsche Grossmeister der Kunst
On a large sheet of paper, a small drawing focuses the eye and draws in the viewer. Sketched in charcoal, and with added highlights in..... Read More about Transformers
World War I poems by English poet Alfred Noyes, finely printed and bound, published by the Book Committee of the Art War Relief in New..... Read More about The Avenue of the Allies and Victory [Zelia Hoffman; her copy
