1940's. 5.375" x 3.375" vintage snapshot photo of the hands of 4 schoolchildren working on a craft project - making tiny dolls, with heads made from what appear to be nuts of some kind, scraps of fabric, and threads. Written on the back reads "5th Grade". In good condition.
Over 175 unique drawings and doodles from this anonymous amateur artist, mostly on restaurant order slips, exploring and experimenting in a range of themes and drawing styles. Mediums used are ballpoint pen, pencil, markers and collage. Drawings are signed DR and dated between 1988 – 1993. The waiter/artist explores primarily.....
An extensive archive of more than 100 original drawings and paintings by American author Nelia Gardner White (1894–1957) of New Hartford, Connecticut. The collection includes pencil and ink drawings, chalk pastels, watercolors, gouaches, and oil paintings, together with several bound sketchbooks and drawing pads. The works are housed in a......
There are 28 sheets in this funny little collection of ~ 4” x 6” illustrations by prolific and celebrated American author Paul Horgan. Dedicated to a friend (“to amuse Bud Crampton intermittently, Autumn, 1969”) Horgan combines hand drawn and inked caricatures with typewritten captions to poke fun at some of.....
A collection of doodles, notes and photos that belonged to Albert Dorne (1904-1965). Included in this personal collection are 65 flower delivery cards sent to his wife, with 47 of those having doodles or drawings on them. Most of these appear to be self-portraits of Dorne, and in many of.....
A delightful collection of drawings in a sketchbook and loose, done by Charles J. Anderson of Providence, Rhode Island. The 7" x 9.75" sketchbook has 23 drawings, on one side of the page only and there are 16 loose sketches measuring in size from 3" x 3.75" to 11" x......
Two 7.5" x 9.75" photos of a young girl on 11" x 14" mounts. Each photo is signed by Ilse Bing and dated 1946 on the top of each photo. In very good condition.
10.75" x 14.75" scrapbook with twenty drawings by 10 1/2 year old June Brunjes. She has written her name and date of 1937 on many of the drawings, and she notes her address of 302 Ridgewood Avenue in Brooklyn, NY. Written on several of the drawings is the mystery line.....
8.5" x 11" four-page art exhibition brochure and invitation to preview the show and meet the artists on November 4, 1977. The show was at the Wynn Bullock Gallery in Carmel California and featured the photographers JoAnn Frank, Sally Mann, and Jorgen Skogh. There is old damp staining the bottom.....
12.25 x 14.75” dark brown photo album with gold decoration and border framing on the front cover. Loose within the album are homework items, artwork and clippings from Robert Slepicka's time as a student at Spry School in Chicago. There are several handwritten pages from around 1951 to 1962 of.....
6.75 x 8.5” notebook with a brownish paper covers on which is written “John Reiner, Class 4-2-2, Miss Pflurger.” The cover is worn and slightly stained, with bent corners and some tearing at the spine. The notebook contains John’s writing and drawing assignments from 1944. John lived in New York.....
8.25 x 11.5” brown string-bound album which says “Scrap Book” on the cover inside of a framing motif. Contains what appear to be school assignments for a specific class from 1940, which includes written assignments on punctuation, Columbus Day, and multiplication tables. There are also several charming crayon drawings depicting.....
Two loose leaf notebooks measuring 10" x 11.5," with over 200 drawings and notes that appear to have belonged to a man named Arko, who was a Polaroid employee in the 1970s. There are a handful of photos as well, including one where two people give the finger to the.....
11 large (14” x 21 7/8”) costume designs and one smaller page with fabric swatches from c. 1950. Three drawings are for the Shakespearian comedy, the Taming of the Shrew, two renderings are of characters from Charles Dickens novel, “Great Expectations, three are for Sheridan’s “School for Scandal, and three.....
5.5" x 8" sketchbook with worn cardboard covers. Drawn on the cover is a masted sailing ship and "A California Souvenir." Inside, there are six pen & ink drawings from Northern California, each dated '90 and signed L.H. Colby. they include places in Alameda, Berkeley College Grounds, Berkeley Hills, San.....
Clothbound sketchbook, 4 1/16” x 7 1/4”, with cloth flap for a pencil stapled to the top inner rear cover. 24 leaves/48 pages, 10-11 pages blank. Very faded name of artist on cover - C N Copp- (rest of name indecipherable) Could this have been the work of.....
50 leaves/ 97 pages 14 3/4” x 11 1/8” scrapbook kept by Harold Ware Hull, Who was the staff artist at The Denver Times. This album holds nearly 200 newspaper clippings of his work at The Denver Times, a few from The Rocky Mountain News and some advertisements. Sections.....
c. 1870 beautiful burl-wood sewing box with two Carte-de-Visite photos of what appears to be a father with his daughter and mother with her son. There are little boxes for pins and sewing items, pin cushions, a removable shelf and even a key. It measures about 10.5" x 7.5" x......
There are more than 140 items of schoolwork from the 1950s, of a young boy named Glenn Wenzel of Imler, Pennsylvania. The collections includes many drawings, collages, leaf rubbings, humorous reports, workbooks, spelling and math tests, etc. One photo of the young fella shows that he is in Elementary.....
A collection of ten 19th century silhouettes. Three appear to be hand-drawn, while the other seven are cut-out and attached to the page. They run in size from about 2" x 2.5" to 4.25" x 5.25." Most have marks on the verso where they were removed from a scrapbook and.....
1940. 9" x 9" x .75" thick wood carving of a ship in the waves, with incredible detail. Written in pencil on the verso is "Made by Eleanor Hanson, 1940."
8.5" x 11.25" handmade sign for a probable book signing event for Ed McBain's books, Cinderella and Another Part of the City. Both books came out in 1986. Double sided, one side featuring a photo of McBain. The side with the photo has corner marks where it looks like it.....
c.1960s pencil drawing of a woman with blue eyes and bouffant. It is signed "NP Viola," and it is drawn on a 14" x 17" sketchpad page. This artwork uses vibrant colors, and it has been said, that Nelson Patrick Viola, used newspaper photos as inspiration for his art. In.....
c.1960s pencil drawing of a woman with blue eyes and bouffant. This one is not signed, but was done by Nelson Patrick Viola. It is drawn on a 14" x 17" sketchpad page and uses vibrant colors. It was told to me that that Viola used newspaper photos as inspiration.....
c.1960s pencil drawing of a woman with blue eyes and blonde bouffant. This one is not signed, but was done by Nelson Patrick Viola. It is drawn on a 14" x 17" sketchpad page and uses vibrant colors. It was told to me that that Viola used newspaper photos as.....