Michael Dolas

The Homecoming, Liberty Magazine Cover

1936

Original cover for Liberty magazine, published February 2, 1929. Lil and Sandy stop by New York city on their way to Florida. Elegantly dressed and driving a fancy car, the couple a...

Original cover for Liberty magazine for the Christmas holiday issue, published December 23, 1933 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 19 x 19 in. Framed: 24.5 x 24.5 in. Signed Lower Left

Original cover for Liberty magazine, published August 17, 1929. Lil calls Sandy down to a nice breakfast to be served in her new fruit dishes, as she asks Sandy to bring her purse and materials to fix the carpet runner, which he forgets. Lil is horrified to find her sideboard key in baby Ulysses’ mouth and she proceeds to feed the baby while asking Sandy to give her updates on a recent triple suicide outlined in the newspaper. Ulysses pounds his cereal spoon, sending sprays of milk across the table onto Sandy’s elbow and Lil’s new fifty-dollar negligee. (Liberty magazine, August 17, 1929, p. 38) “For the Love o’ Lil: The Picture Story of an American Family” In 1926, under his long-term contract to produce a cover per week for Liberty magazine, Leslie Thrasher introduced a signature cast of characters that appeared each week, telling a serialized story through his illustrations. Liberty touted its new cover serial as “something no magazine has ever done before…Heretofore, all magazine cover...

Original cover for Liberty magazine, published March 16, 1929. Lil and Sandy return home from their vacation, finding the late winter weather dreary after experiencing the warm suns...

An illustrator for Time, Life, Look, True, True West, Saturday Evening Post, Good Housekeeping, Readers Digest, and others, he also painted for adverti...

H 30.75 x W 46 x D 1.5 in. (framed) Signed lower right: “GERALD LEAKE” Provenance Private collection This item is in our New York City warehouse and can be viewed by appointment.

Benjamin Stahl: 1910-1987. Well listed illustrator with auction records over $10,000. I bought this fabulous illustration 15 years ago and it has been hanging on my wall ever since....

Jacques Halbert, born in 1955 in Bourgueil, is a contemporary French artist. He attended the Brassart school then the École des Beaux-Arts in Bourges. In the 80s, he moved to the Un...