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Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Artist Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
Malcah Zeldis. Zeldis later worked in children's book illustration in collaboration with her daughter
Category
1980s Folk Art Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Sports Basketball Arena Coca Cola Sign
Located in Surfside, FL
worked in children's book illustration in collaboration with her daughter, Yona Zeldis. Her naive
Category
1980s Folk Art Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Artist Circus Fire Eater, Tiger
Located in Surfside, FL
children's book illustration in collaboration with her daughter, Yona Zeldis. Her naive, whimsical images
Category
1980s Folk Art Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting King David Self Taught Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
children's book illustration in collaboration with her daughter, Yona Zeldis. Her naive, whimsical images
Category
1980s Folk Art Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Moses Bible Painting Self Taught Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Malcah Zeldis. Zeldis later worked in children's book illustration in collaboration with her daughter
Category
1980s Folk Art Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Paper, Gouache
The blind man, oil on canvas by Maurice Langaskens
By Maurice Langaskens
Located in Gent, VOV
genre scenes and floral subjects, and also produced a number of designs for tapestries, book
Category
20th Century Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Canvas, Oil
He Repeated the Letters of the Alphabet
By Corita Kent
Located in Missouri, MO
and teacher, Kent also designed greeting cards and book covers. She achieved fame in the early 1960s
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Color, Screen
Michael Roberts Original Photograph "Michel Greek Toga" Hamilton
s London, 1989
By Michael Roberts
Located in Palm Springs, CA
mosaics, for magazine covers or book illustrations. His art, bit by bit putting it together, reflected his
Category
1980s English Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Paper
Michael Roberts Original Photograph "Michel Nude" Hamilton
s London, 1989
By Michael Roberts
Located in Palm Springs, CA
reassemble into mosaics, for magazine covers or book illustrations. His art, bit by bit putting it together
Category
1980s English Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Paper
Elephant, Lions Bold Color Lithograph Alexander Calder Unfinished Revolution
By Alexander Calder
Located in Surfside, FL
, miniatures (such as his famous Cirque Calder), children’s book illustrations, theater set design, jewelry
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Lithograph
Bold Abstract Circles Color Lithograph Alexander Calder Unfinished Revolution
By Alexander Calder
Located in Surfside, FL
, miniatures (such as his famous Cirque Calder), children’s book illustrations, theater set design, jewelry
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Thoreau "If a Man Does Not Keep Peace"
By Corita Kent
Located in Missouri, MO
covers and book illustrations, logos, greeting cards, etc. In addition, she published nine books of her
Category
20th Century American Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Price Upon Request
Leo Baeck "and a Spirit is Characterized"
By Corita Kent
Located in Missouri, MO
, billboards, book covers and book illustrations, logos, greeting cards, etc. In addition, she published nine
Category
20th Century American Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Price Upon Request
Ceremonial Dancers oil and tempera painting by Julio De Diego
By Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
book The Modern Renaissance in American Art, author Ralph Pearson summarizes the series as “a fantastic
Category
1940s Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Tempera
The Magician oil and tempera painting by Julio de Diego
By Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
talents continued to expand as he moved into book illustration, and his work in jewelry making was
Category
1940s American Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Tempera
St. Atomic oil and tempera painting by Julio de Diego
By Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
to expand as he moved into book illustration, and his work in jewelry making was incorporated into
Category
1940s American Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Tempera
Inevitable Day – Birth of the Atom oil and tempera painting by Julio De Diego
By Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
talents continued to expand as he moved into book illustration, and his work in jewelry making was
Category
1940s American Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Tempera
Jules Cavailles, Interior by the Window, from The Painters My Friends, 1965
By Jules Cavailles
Located in Southampton, NY
mural design, tapestry, and book illustration. Appointed professor at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris
Category
1960s Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Lithograph
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Raoul Dufy, The Bouquet, from The Painters My Friends, 1965 (after)
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Southampton, NY
also designed ceramics, book illustrations, stage sets, and large-scale murals, including his
Category
1960s Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Lithograph
$1,916 Sale Price
20% Off
Hungry Wolves Hunt a Women Up a Tree at Night - Gay Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Blanchard as writer. Waugh also published books on her own
Other than a children's book illustrator, Waugh
Category
1980s American Realist Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Composition in Blue
By Mihail Chemiakin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Museum, Leningrad
1969
Elaine Benson Gallery, Long Island, NY
1971
Classical Spanish Epigrams. Book
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Lithograph
Head in the Evening
By Mihail Chemiakin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Museum, Leningrad
1969
Elaine Benson Gallery, Long Island, NY
1971
Classical Spanish Epigrams. Book
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Lithograph
Portrait of Valery Panov
By Mihail Chemiakin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gallery, Long Island, NY
1971
Classical Spanish Epigrams. Book Illustration, Gold Medal, Venice
St
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Lithograph
"Homage to Nureyev" large lithograph
By Mihail Chemiakin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gallery, Long Island, NY
1971
Classical Spanish Epigrams. Book Illustration, Gold Medal, Venice
St
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Lithograph
"Le Cirque Russe" Large serigraph
By Mihail Chemiakin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Museum, Leningrad
1969
Elaine Benson Gallery, Long Island, NY
1971
Classical Spanish Epigrams. Book
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Screen
"Le Cirque Russe" Large serigraph
By Mihail Chemiakin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Museum, Leningrad
1969
Elaine Benson Gallery, Long Island, NY
1971
Classical Spanish Epigrams. Book
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Screen
Home, African Village Scene Orange Sky, African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
]
Smith, Vincent D. (1994). Eight Etchings, 1965–1966 (40 ed.). G.W. Einstein Co., Inc.
Book
Category
1970s Post-War Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Gouache
Large Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Oil Painting Jazz Great "Satchmo" Louis Armstrong
Located in Surfside, FL
Art and Moments in Jewish Life: The Folk Art of Malcah Zeldis. Zeldis later worked in children's book
Category
1970s Folk Art Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Oil, Board
Flying Head
By Mihail Chemiakin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gallery, Long Island, NY
1971
Classical Spanish Epigrams. Book Illustration, Gold Medal, Venice
St
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Lithograph
Acrobats
By Mihail Chemiakin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gallery, Long Island, NY
1971
Classical Spanish Epigrams. Book Illustration, Gold Medal, Venice
St
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Lithograph
Black And White Photograph Of Marc Chagall 1978
Located in Surfside, FL
, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramic tapestries and fine art prints.
Art
Category
Late 20th Century Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Photographic Paper
Black And White Photograph Of Marc Chagall 1978
Located in Surfside, FL
, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramic tapestries and fine art prints.
Art
Category
Late 20th Century Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Photographic Paper
Surrealist Antiquity Theme (Nude Women and Horses)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
, work on book illustrations.” …“Those were
never published, but the doing of them served to keep intact
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Paper, Ink
Horses Leaving the Barn
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
had established a lithography studio at the school, as well as his most important book illustrations
Category
1940s American Realist Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Watercolor
The Golden Gate
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
as his most important book illustrations, for an edition of the stories of Guy de Maupassant. He
Category
1940s American Realist Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Lithograph
Adolf Dehn, Haitian Scene A, signed painting, Associated American Artists, 1950s
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in New York, NY
school, as well as his most important book illustrations, for an edition of the stories of Guy de
Category
1950s Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949) - Early 20th Century Lithograph, August
By William Nicholson
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking lithograph after a woodblock print from An Almanac of Twelve Sports, an 1897 book of
Category
20th Century Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Lithograph
Moses and Monotheism
By Salvador Dalí
Located in San Francisco, CA
" refers to a series of works, primarily a deluxe book (1974-1975) featuring Dalí's illustrations for
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Copper
The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis, Signed and Illustrated by Pauline Baynes, 1956
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
illustrations by Pauline Bayes. The book is presented with an additional publisher’s card, signed by Bayes in
Category
1950s American Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Pablo Picasso, Dancer, from The Ballet, 1954
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Southampton, NY
Mourlot. Picasso Lithographs, Translated by Jean Didry, Boston Book and Art Publisher, 1970, illustration
Category
1950s Cubist Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Original American WWII 1944 Poster by Stoop - Careless Talk Got There First
By Herbert Morton Stoops
Located in Boca Raton, FL
and released a book of his illustrations shortly after end of the war. In New York, Stoops studied
Category
1940s Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Lithograph
Expressionist Seascape
, San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Woman Artist, Oil
By Barbara Polach
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Marin County, she collaborated with naturalist Elizabeth Terwilliger and produced the illustrations for
Category
1960s Abstract Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pablo Picasso, The Little Bullfight, from XXe siecle, 1970
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Southampton, NY
Mourlot. Picasso Lithographs, Translated by Jean Didry, Boston Book and Art Publisher, 1970, illustration
Category
1970s Cubist Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Lithograph
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Dos Contes [Two Tales]
By Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
Editorial Albor, 1947
'Dos Contes' was the first book of illustrations by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) to be
Category
Mid-20th Century Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Etching
![Vintage Dos Contes [Two Tales]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/pablo-picasso-prints-works-on-paper-dos-contes-two-tales-for-sale/a_88/1757758357526/Cover_master.jpg?width=240 "Pablo Picasso - Dos Contes [Two Tales]")
Exterminator II
, Large Beat Generation Diptych, Naked Lunch, Ginsberg
By William S. Burroughs
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'exterminator!' by William S. Burroughs, for which a detail of this painting was used as the book cover
Category
1990s Abstract Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$63,750 Sale Price
25% Off
French Surrealist Lithograph Legendary Mime Marcel Marceau Third Eye Surrealism
By Marcel Marceau
Located in Surfside, FL
Marcel Marceau Counting Book, and poetry and illustrations, including La ballade de Paris et du Monde
Category
1980s Surrealist Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Lithograph
French Surrealist Lithograph Legendary Mime Marcel Marceau Third Eye Surrealism
By Marcel Marceau
Located in Surfside, FL
Marcel Marceau Counting Book, and poetry and illustrations, including La ballade de Paris et du Monde
Category
1980s Surrealist Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Lithograph
Elaine Lustig Cohen "Sea Machine" - Surrealist Mixed Media Seascape SIGNED
By Elaine Lustig Cohen
Located in Surfside, FL
from the prevailing tradition of pictorial illustration in book-jacket design. Her ability to summarize
Category
20th Century Surrealist Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Mixed Media
Rufino Tamayo Lithograph "The Red Horse of The Apocalypse" Mexico 1959
By Rufino Tamayo
Located in Dallas, TX
the Apocalypse Series.
Commissioned by Issac-Louis Lemaistre De Sacy as illustration for his book
Category
Mid-20th Century Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Paper
Vintage Kazakh Folk Tales: Delve into the Rich Cultural Heritage, 1J44
Located in Bordeaux, FR
hardcover, adorned with colorful illustrations, this vintage book captures the essence of Kazakh folk tales
Category
1980s Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Paper
The Star of the Three Ways - 20th Century Oil on Wood Abstract by De Goya
By George De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
1956 where he taught history of art and art appreciation.
Started receiving commissions for book and
Category
1970s Abstract Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Wood, Oil
$1,068 Sale Price
35% Off
Abstract Policeman in Village - Mid 20th Century Mixed Media by George De Goya
By George De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
1956 where he taught history of art and art appreciation.
Started receiving commissions for book and
Category
1950s Abstract Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Mixed Media
Dove of Peace Limoges plate
By Ben Benn
Located in Surfside, FL
metaphysical painting techniques and surrealism. Later in his life Benn also was active in book design and
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Mixed Media
French Surrealist Lithograph Legendary Mime Marcel Marceau Third Eye Surrealism
By Marcel Marceau
Located in Surfside, FL
Marcel Marceau Counting Book, and poetry and illustrations, including La ballade de Paris et du Monde
Category
1980s Surrealist Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Lithograph
French Surrealist Lithograph Legendary Mime Marcel Marceau Third Eye Surrealism
By Marcel Marceau
Located in Surfside, FL
Marcel Marceau Counting Book, and poetry and illustrations, including La ballade de Paris et du Monde
Category
1980s Surrealist Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Lithograph
Dalí Max Gerard Hardcover 1st Edition 1968 France by Harry N Abrams
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
to resemble a candy box.
Hard cover.
Luxurious , rare art book including 271 illustration, 80 plates
Category
Mid-20th Century French Expressionist Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Paper
Set of Five Books, ¨Di Arredamento Moderno di Tutto il Mondo¨by Roberto Aloi
By Roberto Aloi
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
consists of two books, series two and two Bis.. From 246 to 313 illustrations per book, each illustration
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Book Illustrations
Materials
Paper
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Vintage Book Illustrations For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a broad range of vintage book illustrations for sale on 1stDibs. There are many Art Deco, Modern and Contemporary versions of these works for sale. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Vintage book illustrations available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes brown, beige, gray, black and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Paul Wonner, "Gaspano ""Gus"" Ricca", Albert Al Hirschfeld, Calvin Anderson and Antoni Clavé are often thought to be among the most beautiful. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in paint, board and watercolor — can elevate any room of your home.
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Vintage book illustrations can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,273, while the lowest priced sells for $24 and the highest can go for as much as $79,000.
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- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The illustrator for the Madeline books was Ludwig Bemelmans. He also authored the series. The first book was published in 1939, and five more followed. Find a range of Ludwig Bemelmans art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 10, 2025The most famous book that Jessie Willcox Smith illustrated is arguably Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. However, the American artist also produced illustrations for numerous other books. Among them were A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley, The Seven Ages of Childhood by Carolyn Wells, The Rhymes of Real Children by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and An Old-Fashioned Girl, also by Louisa May Alcott. Explore a range of Jessie Willcox Smith art on 1stDibs.
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