Heritage Auction is holding a huge auction of 20th century illustration by noted artists such as Gil Elvgren, Patrick Nagel, Charles Addams, and Alberto Vargas on May 14th. Above, Al Hirschfeld, The Beatles: Pen and ink wash on paper. Estimate: $5,000+.
Gallery below is mildly NSFW
ARCHIE DICKENS (American, 20th Century). A Girl and Her Poodle.
FRANK R. PAUL (American, 1884-1963). The Ideal, Wonder Stories pulp cover, September 1935. Oil on canvas.
EARL MORAN (American, 1893-1984). Reclining Nude Pin-Up. Oil on panel. 18 x 36 in.
CHARLIE DYE (American, 1906-1972). Tax Forms Blues. Oil on board. 17 x 18 in.
CHARLES SAMUEL ADDAMS (American, 1912-1988). Addams Family, cartoon illustration, April 22, 1950.
CHESLEY BONESTELL (American, 1888-1986). Destruction of an American city by a Hydrogen Bomb, Look magazine interior story
ED VALIGURSKY (American, 1926-2009). Refueling the Space Station, Orbit Science Fiction magazine cover
AMERICAN ARTIST (20th Century). The Bloody Gold of Fury Island, Man’s Action cover, June 1967.
GIL ELVGREN (American, 1914-1980). Golden Beauty, Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration, 1957.
ENOCH BOLLES (American, 1883-1976). “Knots to You!,” Spicy Stories pulp cover, December 1937.
HENRIQUE ALVIM CORRÊA (Brazilian, 1876-1910). Livre Premier: L’arrivée des Martiens, from The War of the Worlds
