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Patrick Nagel (American, 1945-1984)
Untitled, 1982
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Signed and dated lower right

This work is published on page 76 of The Art of Patrick Nagel (Mark Editions, 1985).

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71140 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $112,500.00
Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)
Neat Trick, 1953
Oil on canvas
30-1/2 x 24 inches (77.5 x 61.0 cm)
Signed lower right

The IRI Collection

This painting was reproduced as figure 320 in Gil Elvgren All His Glamorous American Pin-Ups by Charles G. Martignette and Louis K. Meisel (Taschen, 1999). An original 1969 calendar accompanies this lot.

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71123 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $52,500.00

Make Offer to Owner
$78,750 or more
Henry Richard Van Dongen (American, 1920)
Earthman Beware! Super Science Stories magazine cover, June 1951
Oil on canvas
19 x 14 inches (48.3 x 35.6 cm)
Not signed

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71015 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $42,500.00
Enoch Bolles (American, 1883-1976)
Dancer, Breezy Stories magazine cover, August 1935
Oil on canvas
27 x 22 inches (68.6 x 55.9 cm)
Initialed lower left

PROPERTY FROM THE SORDONI COLLECTION

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71109 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $42,500.00
Hugh Joseph Ward (American, 1909-1945)
Desert Madness, Spicy Adventure Stories magazine cover, May 1935
Oil on canvas
20 x 14 inches (50.8 x 35.6 cm)
Signed lower right

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71006 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $33,750.00

Make Offer to Owner
$60,000 or more
Patrick Nagel (American, 1945-1984)
Glove, Commemorative #6
Acrylic on board
13-1/4 x 9-1/4 inches (33.7 x 23.5 cm) (image)
Signed lower right

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71143 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $30,000.00
Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)
A Put-Up Job, Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration, 1955
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61.0 cm)
Signed center left

This painting was reproduced as figure no. 279 in Gil Elvgren All His Glamorous American Pin-Ups by Charles G. Martignette and Louis K. Meisel (Taschen, 1999).

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71126 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $27,500.00

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$41,250 or more
Margaret Brundage (American, 1900-1976)
The Slithering Shadow, Weird Tales pulp magazine cover, September 1933
Pastel on paper
24 x 18 inches (61.0 x 45.7 cm)
Signed lower right

Previously from the estate of John McLaughlin

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71001 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $27,500.00
Alberto Vargas (Peruvian/American, 1896-1982)
Merry Widow, 1951
Watercolor on board
28-1/2 x 19-1/2 inches (72.4 x 49.5 cm) (sight)
Signed lower right

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71120 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $27,500.00
Virgil Finlay (American, 1914-1971)
The Thief of Forthe, Weird Tales magazine cover, July 1937
Oil on board
17-1/2 x 13-3/8 inches (44.5 x 34.0 cm) (sight)
Signed and dated lower left

Board measures 21 x 27 inches and painted black. All lettering is on a three color mat and not adhered to the art.

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71007 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $25,000.00
Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)
The Ace of Hearts
Oil on canvas
33 x 25 inches (83.8 x 63.5 cm)
Signed lower left

The IRI Collection

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71116 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $25,000.00

Make Offer to Owner
$37,500 or more
Rolf Armstrong (American, 1889-1960)
Hi, Neighbor!, Brown & Bigelow calendar, circa 1944
Pastel on board
42 x 30 inches (106.7 x 76.2 cm) (sight)
Signed center left

Included with this painting is and advertising print 3 ¾ x 6 and another print 11 x 14, both featuring this painting.

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71112 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $20,000.00
Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)
Blue Eyes advertisement
Oil on board
11-1/2 x 15-1/2 inches (29.2 x 39.4 cm)
Signed lower center

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71124 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $20,000.00

Make Offer to Owner
$30,000 or more
Patrick Nagel (American, 1945-1984)
Standing Nude, Playboy illustration
Mixed media on board
21-1/2 x 13 inches (54.6 x 33.0 cm) (sight)
Signed lower right

Previously from the Estate of Charles Martignette

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71142 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $20,000.00
Olivia De Berardinis (American, b. 1948)
Rapunzel (Rhonda Ridley)
Watercolor and gouache on board
27 x 39 inches (68.6 x 99.1 cm) (sight)
Signed lower left

The model for this stunning painting is Rhonda Ridley, and the image was reproduced on page III (full page) in Second Slice: The Art of Olivia, Ozone Productions, Ltd., 1997. A copy of the book "The art of Olivia, Second Slice" is included with this lot. Also includes a COA from Robert Bane Editions, Fine Art Print, offset lithograph circa 1990's.

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71147 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $20,000.00
Paul Lehr (American, 1930-1998)
A for Anything paperback cover
Acrylic on Masonite
24 x 16-1/2 inches (61.0 x 41.9 cm)
Signed lower left

This illustration published as the paperback cover of A for Anything by Damon Knight (Berkley, 1965).

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71320 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $19,375.00
Mabel Rollins Harris (American, 20th Century)
Reflection
Pastel on board
32 x 25 inches (81.3 x 63.5 cm) (sight)
Signed lower left

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71100 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $19,375.00
Lee Brown Coye (American, 1907-1981)
The Vampire, Weird Tales magazine cover, July 1947
Oil on canvasboard
24 x 15-3/4 inches (61.0 x 40.0 cm)
Signed lower center

PROVENANCE:
The artist;
Private collection, acquired from the above;
By descent to the present owner.

This illustration was listed on page 163 of Arts Unknown: The Life & Art of Lee Brown Coye by Luis Ortiz (NonStop, 2005). The July 1947 edition of Weird Tales magazine featured numerous famed science-fiction authors including Ray Bradbury.

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71013 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $18,750.00
Tom Lovell (American, 1909-1997)
The Corpse was Beautiful
Oil on canvas
34 x 2 inches (86.4 x 5.1 cm)
Signed twice lower left and lower right

Previously from the Estate of Charles Martignette

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71069 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $15,625.00

Make Offer to Owner
$23,438 or more
Norman Saunders (American, 1907-1989)
Murder's Little Helper, Black Mask cover, September 1950
Oil on board
21-1/4 x 14-3/8 inches (54.0 x 36.5 cm) (sight)
Not signed

PROPERTY FROM THE SORDONI COLLECTION

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71014 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $15,000.00
Alberto Vargas (American, 1896-1982)
Legacy Nude
Watercolor on paper
17-1/2 x 23-1/2 inches (44.5 x 59.7 cm) (sight)
Signed lower right

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71121 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $15,000.00

Make Offer to Owner
$22,500 or more
Patrick Nagel (American, 1945-1984)
Untitled
Acrylic on board
14-3/4 x 10-1/4 inches (37.5 x 26.0 cm) (image)
Signed lower right

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71141 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $13,750.00
Robert McGinnis (American, 1926)
You Can't Live Forever paperback cover, 1959
Gouache on board
12-1/2 x 7-3/4 inches (31.8 x 19.7 cm) (sight)
Signed lower left

This illustration was the paperback cover for You Can't Live Forever by Hal Masur (Dell, 1959). A copy of the paperback accompanies this lot.

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71020 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $13,125.00
Maurice Sendak (American, 1928-2012)
A Fierce Dragon, What Do You Say Dear interior book illustration preliminary
Ink on paper
7-1/4 x 8-1/4 inches (18.4 x 21.0 cm) (image)
Signed lower right

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71369 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $12,500.00
Alberto Vargas (American, 1896-1982)
Redhead in Hawaiian costume
Watercolor and pencil on vellum
30 x 20 inches (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
Signed lower right

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71388 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $12,500.00
Robert McGinnis (American, 1926)
Semi Tough movie poster, 1977
Gouache on board
16-1/2 x 21-1/2 inches (41.9 x 54.6 cm) (image)
Signed lower left

This illustration was published as multiple movie posters advertisements for Semi Tough (United Artist, 1977) starring Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Jill Clayburgh, Robert Preston, Bert Convy, Roger E. Mosley, Carl Weathers, Brian Dennehy, Joe Kapp, Ron Silver, and Ed 'Too Tall' Jones. Directed by Michael Ritchie.

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71033 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $12,500.00
Patrick Nagel (American, 1945-1984)
Her Casual Poste, 1983
Pencil on board
30-1/8 x 19-3/4 inches (76.5 x 50.2 cm)
Signed lower right

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71146 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $12,500.00
Robert Bonfils (American, 1922-2018)
Nautipuss, paperback cover, 1965
Gouache on board
14 x 11 inches (35.6 x 27.9 cm) (sight)
Signed lower left

This illustration was published as the paperback cover of Nautipuss by Clyde Allison (Ember Library, 1965). A copy of the book accompanies this lot.

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71028 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $11,875.00
Alberto Vargas (Peruvian/American, 1896-1982)
Black Stockings preliminary
Watercolor on paper
11-1/4 x 13-1/4 inches (28.6 x 33.7 cm) (sight)
Not signed

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71090 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $11,875.00
Haddon Hubbard Sundblom (American, 1899-1976)
Sprite Boy, Coca-Cola advertisement, 1949
Oil on canvas
23 x 19 inches (58.4 x 48.3 cm)
Not signed

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71072 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $11,250.00
Rolf Armstrong (American, 1889-1960)
Portrait of Pearl White, Photoplay magazine cover, April 1920
Pastel on black paper
10-1/2 x 9 inches (26.7 x 22.9 cm) (image)
Signed lower right

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71091 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $11,250.00
Peter Driben (American, 1902-1968)
Pin-Up on Scale, Wink magazine cover, April 1955
Oil on board
36 x 28 inches (91.4 x 71.1 cm)
Signed lower left

Previously from the Estate of Charles Martignette

This painting was reproduced as figure 288 in The Great American Pin-Up by Charles G. Martignette and Louis K. Meisel, Taschen, 1996.

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71127 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $11,250.00
Harold W. McCauley (American, 1913-1977)
The Weapon from Eternity, Imagination magazine cover, September 1952
Oil on board
19 x 13 inches (48.3 x 33.0 cm)
Not signed

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71017 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $10,625.00
Norman Saunders (American, 1907-1989)
Solving Cipher Secrets, Fifteen Detective Stories cover, August 1953
Oil on board
22-1/8 x 17-1/4 inches (56.2 x 43.8 cm)
Not signed

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71018 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $10,625.00
Greg Hildebrandt (American, b. 1939)
Grease Monkey, 2008
Acrylic on canvas
27 x 20 inches (68.6 x 50.8 cm)
Signed lower left

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71157 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $10,625.00

Make Offer to Owner
$15,938 or more
Chesley Bonestell (American, 1888-1986)
When Worlds Collide movie illustration, Zira Landscape
Oil on canvas
7-1/2 x 10 inches (19.1 x 25.4 cm)
Inscribed on the reverse

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71030 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $10,000.00
Patrick Nagel (American, 1945-1984)
Untitled, 1978
Acrylic on board
11-5/8 x 7 inches (29.5 x 17.8 cm)
Signed and dated along lower edge

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71144 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $9,687.50
Olivia De Berardinis (American, b. 1948)
Sugarbush, Dita Von Teese, Playboy interior illustration, November 2007
Watercolor and gouache on board
25-1/2 x 19 inches (64.8 x 48.3 cm)
Signed lower right

This painting was also reproduced on page 47 in Malibu Cheesecake: The Pin-Up Art of Olivia, (Ozone Productions, Ltd., 2011). The Book Malibu Cheesecake and an original invitation to Hef's Midsummer Night's Dream Party at the Playboy Mansion West with the image on the cover accompanies this lot.

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71155 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $9,375.00
Robert G. Harris (American, 1911-2007)
Law Guns, Wild West Weekly magazine cover, December 26, 1936
Oil on canvas
25 x 22 inches (63.5 x 55.9 cm)
Signed lower right

A framed copy of the magazine cover accompanies this lot.
(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 8000 | Lot: 71003 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $9,375.00
Al Hirschfeld (American, 1903-2003)
The Vikings movie cartoon, 1958
Ink on board
22-1/2 x 22 inches (57.2 x 55.9 cm)
Signed lower right

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71076 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $9,375.00
Gennadiy Koufay (Russian, b. 1961)
Woman No. 7, 2012
Acrylic on board
18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61.0 cm) (sight)
Signed lower right

A certificate of authenticity signed by the artist accompanies this lot.

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71312 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $8,750.00

Make Offer to Owner
$17,500 or more
Pruett Alexander Carter (American, 1891-1955)
An Evening Conservation
Oil on canvas
36-1/2 x 26-1/2 inches (92.7 x 67.3 cm)
Signed upper left

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71047 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $8,750.00
Alan Lee (British, b. 1947)
The Eye of the Heron paperback cover, 1984
Watercolor on paper
15 x 19-1/4 inches (38.1 x 48.9 cm) (image)
Not signed

This illustration was the paperback cover of The Eye of the Heron by Ursula Le Guin (Banton, 1984).

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71035 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $8,125.00
Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)
Dumb Pluck
Oil on canvas
29 x 24 inches (73.7 x 61.0 cm)
Not signed

This painting was reproduced as figure no. 114 in Gil Elvgren All His Glamorous American Pin-Ups by Charles G. Martignette and Louis K. Meisel (Taschen, 1999).

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71101 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $7,812.50

Make Offer to Owner
$11,719 or more
Robert McGinnis (American, b. 1926)
Natalie, 2015
Oil on board
19-3/8 x 11-1/8 inches (49.2 x 28.3 cm) (image)
Signed and dated lower right

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71158 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $7,812.50
Johnny Gruelle (American, 1880-1938)
Raggedy Ann Stories endpapers, 1918
Watercolor and ink on board
13-1/2 x 17-1/2 inches (34.3 x 44.5 cm) (image)
Signed lower center

This illustration was mentioned on page 91 in Raggedy Ann and Johnny Gruelle, a Bibliography of Published Works by Patricia Hall (Pelican, 2001). This illustration is from the descendants of M. A. Donahue who reprinted and published Johnny Gruelle books after purchasing the plates and original artwork from Volland.

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71283 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $7,500.00
Tim White (British, 1952-2020)
The Courts of Chaos (The Chronicles of Amber series), alternative paperback cover, 1986
Gouache on board
13 x 16 inches (33.0 x 40.6 cm) (image)
Signed lower left

Previously from the Frank Collection

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71037 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $7,500.00
Ludwig Bemelmans (American, 1898-1962)
Elsa Schiaparelli's Fashion Salon, 21 Place Vendome, Paris
Gouache on paper
25 x 17-1/4 inches (63.5 x 43.8 cm)
Signed lower right

PROVENANCE:
Hammer Galleries, New York.

Elsa Schiaparelli was a famed Italian fashion designer and a rival of Coco Chanel. Schiaparelli's fashion designs were inspired by surrealists such as Jean Cocteau and Salvador Dali. This surrealist style is clearly seen in the present work by Ludwig Bemelmans.

Auction 8000 | Lot: 71084 | Apr 24, 2020

Sold For: $7,500.00

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