N.p. N.p., 1936. Original four-panel artwork by Al Capp, dated June 25, 1936, of his seminal comic strip Li'l Abner. INSCRIBED to fellow cartoonist Ed Dodd in holograph ink on bottom margin: "To Ed Dodd / with good wishes / Al Capp." Holograph notation in pencil along top margin: "4. It'll Do - Plenty!" and "6-25" in blue holograph pencil.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1940s. Original one-panel comic showing actor Charlie Chaplin in costume as "Adenoid Hynkel" (satirizing Hitler) in the 1940 satire "The Great Dictator." Distinctive signature/badge of artist Al Kilgore to the center left edge of the cartoon. Chaplin's most famous role, "The Tramp," was also known as "Charlot" in France, Italy, Spain, and other countries. Noted comic artist.....
N.p. N.p., 1969. Original three-panel artwork by Al Vermeer for the September 9, 1969 daily strip of "Priscilla's Pop," featuring Priscilla, her friend Hollyhock and Priscilla's dog Oliver. Albert (Al) Herman Vermeer began his newspaper career as a sports writer while growing up in Oakland, California. He began doing sports illustration for the San Francisco News, and in 1945 he was.....
N.p. N.p., 1963. Original spirit duplication instructions for Allan Kaprow's "Tree, A Happening," a performance art piece which took place as part of The Yam Festival, at painter and sculptor George Segal's farm in South Brunswick, New Jersey, on May 19, 1963, with Kaprow's contemporary signature, "Kaprow May '63" in holograph ink on top of first page. The instructions are.....
N.p. N.p., 1959. Hand tinted woodcut by Kurt Seligmann in 1959 as a Christmas card, titled "Moor," SIGNED and dated in pencil by Seligmann just below the image, and further INSCRIBED to Amos Vogel: "We loved your card - with Jean Durand! / Season's greetings / Arlette and Kurt." Kurt Leopold Seligmann (1900-1962) was a Swiss-American surrealist painter and engraver. He.....
N.p. N.p., 1968. Two-color ink drawing of Charlie Chaplin in silhouette, titled "Chaplin a' la Vigo's 'Zero de conduit'" by noted radical caricaturist Robert Osborn. The title makes reference to French filmmaker Jean Vigo's 1933 film, "Zero de conduite," and the drawing, unpublished, was a gift to Osborn's friend Amos Vogel, inscribed at the bottom left corner, "For Amos /.....
N.p., Various dates, mostly circa 1961 - 1963. Three composition books. Small quartos. Modest wear, mostly Near Fine. Illustrated entirely by Ben Talbert, one of the most important artists in the Los Angeles circle that revolved around Wallace Berman and his publication Semina. Berman and his circle were at the forefront of avant-garde cultural and artistic experimentation on the West.....
N.p. N.p., 1979. Original arwork depicting exotic birds in a glorious psychedelic landscape, also known as Don Van Vliet's mind. Signed "Van Vliet / 79." From the collection of Beefheart guitarist Gary Lucas, for whom the painting was made. It was around this time that Van Vliet famously began to contribute artwork to the covers of two of his finest.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1940s. Three original drawings of comedian Charlie Chaplin, circa 1940s. Executed in black pen on onionskin stock, with white-out additions, drawing adhered to illustration board by the artist. All three drawings with the insignia of Al Kilgore to the bottom left corner, and holograph ink annotations to the verso noting the drawings as property of New York.....
Detroit: Time Stereo, 2005. Limited Edition. One of 40 copies (this being No. 16) of this small photocopied perfect-bound zine in yellow photocopied wrappers. SIGNED by the artist on the first blank. Created by Detroit artist and noise musician Davin Brainard, the zine contains a collections of alternative, slightly-more misanthropic Charlie Brown comics. A tiny red stain to the bottom.....
Beverly Hills, CA: The Lou Smith Organization, Circa 1961. Vintage xerographically duplicated design illustration of the Disneyland Monorail System—then known as the Disneyland-Alweg Monorail System—and the Disneyland Hotel, circa 1961. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. The design illustrates Disneyland's 1961 six million dollar expansion project. The project led to the creation of the Disneyland Hotel (the.....
N.p. N.p., 1988. Original three-panel artwork by Jack Elrod, dated December 12, 1988, of Ed Dodd's preeminent comic strip Mark Trail. "13244 MON 12 - 12 - 88" written in holograph non-photo blue pencil in upper left margin. Edward Benton "Ed" Dodd, hailed from Lafayette, Georgia, and spent most of his life in Georgia. As a teen he went to work.....
Paris: Editions de la Sirene, 1921. First Edition. Includes three original illustrations: two are primarily typographic layouts, one centered around Charlie Chaplin (each is lacking the applied paste-up elements, in the case of the Chaplin image, it lacks the photographic image that was pasted on and that appears in the finished illustration), and the third and most interesting is the.....
N.p. N.p., 1977. Original three-panel artwork by Ernie Bushmiller for the October 11, 1977 daily strip of his seminal comic strip Nancy. This particular strip features Nancy and Sluggo enveloped in a fog created with Ben Day dots in a very stylish Pop Art manner. As with American cinema, it was the French who first championed the studied simplicity of.....
N.p. N.p., 1971. Original eight-panel artwork by Ernie Bushmiller for the January 31, 1971 deluxe Sunday installment of his seminal comic strip Nancy. This strip features Nancy and her dog Poochie. As with American cinema, it was the French who first championed the studied simplicity of Bushmiller's un-deconstructible combination of rigid artistic style and even more rigidly governed humor. In.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1955. Original title sequence artwork by Charles K. Hagedon for the 1955 film, the credit for director George Sidney, carved into a wall with two Romans standing by to the right, leading to a stormy sky. Archivally framed, mounted, and matted, with a description of the film in a die cut window in the matte.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1955. Original scenario artwork by Alex Dukelski for the 1966 film comedy. A maid comes into view, walking down a business hallway that includes a hanging sign for "Private Investigation" at the left. Archivally double matted. Gouache and pencil. Artwork 9 x 4 inches. Matte 14 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine.
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, Circa 1944. Collection of five original concept art sketches for advertisements or posters for the 1944 film. Pencil and marker on tracing paper. Based on the 1909 play by Edward Locke, about a doctor who becomes obsessed with a young singer whose voice reminds with of his deceased financee, whom he murdered out of jealousy.....
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1962. Original Pacific Title hand painted artwork for the original trailer advertising the classic 1962 film. In the final trailer, Gregory Peck's name as the lead actor preceded this card, making this a slightly alternate draft of the design. 14 x 20 inches. White gouache on stiff black illustration board. Very Good plus overall, with.....
Ridgefield, CT: N.p., Circa 1968. Original gouache artwork by Harry R. Bennett for the 1968 Avon paperback edition of Davis Grubb's "The Night of the Hunter," showing a sinister Reverend Harry Powell in the foreground, with children John and Pearl escaping into the woods to his right. SIGNED by Bennett on the verso, with a copyright stamp for The Hearst.....
Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS], 1968. Original scenario artwork for the 1968 comedy television show. Set design sketch for the living room of Lucy's apartment, including the oft-pictured brick fireplace, and Lucy herself coming down the stairs. The third of Lucille Ball's television comedy sitcoms, following her famed "I Love Lucy" (1951-1957) and "The Lucy Show" (1962-1968). While "The.....
London: Robert Hale, 1963. Original artwork study for the dust jacket front panel and spine panel of the UK edition of James M. Cain's "Mignon," published by Robert Hale in 1963. The artwork consists of ink and watercolor on textured stock, with a transparent negative overlay lending browns and blues to the image. Some notes in holograph pencil on the.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1961. Original scenario artwork for the 1962 film, depicting the main drag of the town of Osage, with various townspeople going about their business. Archivally mounted and double matted, with a description in a die cut window in the matte just below the artwork. Unexamined out of frame. Winner of the Academy Award for Best.....
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1960. Original conceptual artwork the 1960 film. Featuring a drawing of Burt Lancaster with Audrey Hepburn clasped against him. Based on the 1957 novel by Alan Le May. In many ways a reflection on John Ford's 1956 film "The Searchers," which was also based on an Alan Le May novel, "The Unforgiven" tells the story.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1955. Original scenario artwork for the 1955 film, depicting two men and a woman, each well dressed and on horseback, meeting in front of a large mansion. Historical costume drama set during the Revolutionary War. American Major John Boulton feigns desertion in order to uncover a British plot to seize the stronghold of West Point.....
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Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1968. An extraordinary archive of ephemera from the 1968 neo-noir film, the centerpiece of which is a large piece of original artwork by production designer Alexander Trauner. Also included are a US one sheet poster, US half sheet poster, US insert poster, US pressbook, Australian daybill poster (with the alternate title "Up Tight"), and a German A1.....
Alhambra, CA: Delta Associates, 1949-1976. Large archive of original art, sketchbooks, illustrations, and advertising production materials, and a collection of catalogs, brochures, booklets, flyers, and magazines, all relating to the Southern California off-road motorcycle scene (and motorcycles in general) from Lynn Wineland and his "Delta Associates" design and advertising firm. A voluminous collection featuring dozens of pieces of production materials.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Circa 1950s. Original scenario artwork for an unproduced MGM film project, circa 1950s. Shown is a young woman practicing a piano in a parlor, with the curtains parted to show it is morning outside. Archivally matted (no frame), with a description of the film in a die cut window in the matte just below the.....
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Budapest: Mafilm / Mosfilm, 1967. Original poster design maquette for the classic 1967 Hungarian film. Original artwork executed in tempera paint, with applied lettering. Designed by Antal Révész. One of the masterpieces of Hungarian cinema. Although the film was originally commissioned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia, director Miklos Jancso chose to set the action two.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1960s. Vintage satin banner with hand-sewn lettering, by an unknown artist, made after Paul Krassner and John Francis Putnam's 1963 poster. Krassner created the "Fuck Communism" poster for sale through his satirical underground magazine The Realist, with typography by longtime Mad magazine art director Putnam. In addition to publishing The Realist from 1958 to 2001, Krassner was.....
Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977. Original scenario artwork for the 1978 horror film. Depicting the interior of Peggy Ann Snow's Catskills home. Based on the 1976 novel by William Goldman, who also wrote the screenplay for the film. A young Anthony Hopkins plays a mentally disturbed magician who rises to fame when he begins utilizing a ventriloquist dummy. He rekindles.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1955. Original scenario artwork by Charles K. Hagedon for the 1955 film musical, a somber and colorful scene depicting two men in a boat floating near the ice, with various others in cold weather suits floating in the water, heads just above the surface, around them. Signed by Hagedon at the bottom left corner. Archivally.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1955. Original scenario artwork by Charles K. Hagedon for the 1955 film musical. A bizarre image, showing a sailor with his gall, entering a cave that has bats, skeletons, a raven in the shadows, and in the distance a window outside of which appears a Dali-esque landscape. Signed by Hagedon at the bottom right corner.....
N.p. N.p., circa 1980s. Original illustration artwork, circa 1980s, commissioned by sexploitation maestro Russ Meyer, from his collection. Noted “good girl” artist Bill Ward was a favorite of Meyer’s, and Ward’s art decorates all three volumes of the director’s 2000 autobiography, "A Clean Breast! The Life and Loves of Russ Meyer." This particular illustration appears on page 158 of the.....
Paris: Sotheby's, 2014. Hardcover. Lightly bumped at the extremities, else about Fine in illustrated paper covered boards, with invitation laid in as issued. Illustrated profusely in color throughout. Includes prints, letters, and a number of Fine Bindings.
Paris: Sotheby's, 2014. Hardcover. Lightly bumped at the extremities, else about Fine in illustrated paper covered boards. Illustrated profusely in color throughout. Includes prints, letters, and a number of Fine Bindings.
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1972. Original maquette demonstrating an early poster design for the 1973 film, featuring a vintage silver gelatin photograph of the legendary streetlit scene of Father Merrin’s first arrival to Georgetown in the film mounted to the poster. A minimal design, without the credits information seen in the completed original “purple style” poster variant, and with a proposed.....
N.p. N.p., Circa 1956-1959. Original illustrated humorous essay by Terry Southern and William Pene Dubois, satirizing (or perhaps elucidating) the dress habits of their distinguished friend, American screenwriter William Rose. Southern and Dubois met in the late 1950s, both under the tutelage of William Styron, while both of them were associated with The Paris Review. During this time William Rose.....
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Circa 1945. Collection of nice vintage concept art sketches for advertisements or posters for the 1945 film. Pencil and marker on tracing paper. The sixteenth and penultimate "Dr. Kildare" film, the and the last of four films featuring Van Johnson as Dr. Randall "Red" Adams, and the fifth of six films focusing on Lionel Barrymore's.....