Averil Burleigh

British, Early 20th Century Art Deco figurative drawing by Averil Burleigh

A fine, early 1940s woman's fashion study featuring a stylish young woman seated with a coat, hat and gloves. Provenance: Cornelia Steckl-Jurin, Founder of the Fashion Department at...

A striking early 1940s fashion study featuring a stylish young woman in a hat and coat, most likely an advertisement illustration study for Chicago's famed department store, Marshall...

A rare and captivating original portrait drawing by Mariette Lydis, executed during her important 1936 journey to America. This work showcases Lydis’s mastery of line, colour, and p...

Mid-West Female Illustrator Robin Artine Smith depicts a female swimmer running from the beach into the water. The poster-like graphic image captures a peak moment of pure fun and j...

A rare original signed Art Deco gouache on paper by Erte (Romain de Tirtoff) . This stunning theatrical costume design is signed Erte at the lower right. The piece is 20 by 18 fram...

Fashion Illustration for High Fashion Magazine . Impeccably rendered with quick flat brush strokes in glorious pastel colors , Signed lower right Ant...

Handsome couple in a bucolic setting rendered masterfully with post-impressionistic brushstrokes. Watercolor, and pencil, wash on heavy paper, Signed and dated lower left . Framed ...

Framed Size 28.5 x 21 Jaro Fabry was a brilliant illustrator with a defined style of his own. There is not a brushstroke out of place in his works that appear loosely rendered. He is best known for his depiction of Golden Age of Hollywood...

The paper in some of these photos looks overly textured due to the sharpness of the high-res digital camera. In person, with the human eye, the paper looks reasonably smooth with out blemishes. For this fashion illustration, Georges Lepape paints a stunning abstract pattern for the subject dress that is repeated in her hair. The work represents an early use of metallic paint, with silver metallic in the dress and bronze metallic in the blouse. Lepape's highly detailed drawing becomes more evident the closer you look. It's quite amazing how deftly he rendered facial feature on such a small scale. "Eva" 1918 Gouache, watercolor, and ink on paper Signed and dated, lower right: '1918' Inscribed, verso: "Costume for L'enfantement du mort, (miracle en pourpre, et or.). Devised by Marcel L'Herbier and performed at the Théatre Edouard VII and the Comédie des Champs-Elysées, 1919" Provenance: Ex-collection Lucien...

Original Vintage 1920's Ink and Watercolor Fashion Illustration by listed New England artist Harriette (Nutting) Cooper (1901 - 2002). The illustration depicts a lovely young flappe...