Original Works of Art

This east coast watercolorist and children's book artist illustrated and often also wrote a wide array of children's books from the 1930s into the 1960s -- including "Wilderness Pet," "Wiggly and Giggly the Little Twin Bears," "Whitetail: King of the Forest," "The Three Puppies," "The Small One," "The Nutcracker of Nuremberg," "The Bluebird," "The Night Before Christmas," "The Enchantment of Santa Claus," "The Christ Child," "Pussy Cat Talks to Her Kittens," "Polly Parrot," "Piccolino," "Is There a Santa Claus" as well as some "Dick and Jane Basic Readers." Offered here is the near-complete original illustration art for Smock's 1937 children's book "Jocko," written by Dorothy Winchell and published by Albert Whitman & Co. of Chicago. Represented here is almost the entire book, from front cover art through closing "The End" image -- lacking only 3-4 pages (front board graphic, frontispiece, pages 21 and 31). Most are in the form of ca. 10" X 15" heavy stock art boards, most with typeset text blocks,… Read More

Flower vendor and pedestrians on a street corner in Paris. Oil on cardboard. 8-1/2" x 17-1/2". Framed. No date. No Binding.

Watercolor of Mount Chocorua on a partly sunny day. 17-7/8" x 12". Uncharacteristically, this painting is signed by Cummings (on the verso, which was common on the rare occasions that he did sign his work). No date. No Binding.

Watercolor of a sunset sky over Mount Chocorua. 18" x 12". This painting is signed by Cummings on the verso. Undated. No Binding.

Mt. Chocorua. 1961. The summer sun hitting the Sandwich Range. Oil on canvas. 12" x 16". On the verso: "june 30, 1961." No Binding.

1957. The porch at Joy Farm, near Silver Lake, NH. Oil on canvas. 16" x 12". On the verso: "joy farm terrace." "m.m.c.," and "july 27, 57." No Binding.

1950-09-09. Watercolor. 20" x 14". Signed on back. No Binding.

Oil on cardboard. 10-1/2" x 16-1/4". No date. No Binding.

1959-09-21. Oil on canvas. 15" x 20". Signed by Cummings on the back. No Binding.

1945-05-27. Oil on cardboard. 8-1/2" x 14". No Binding.

1947-04-23. Oil on cardboard. 16" x 20-1/2". No Binding.

Oil on canvasboard. 26" x 20". No date. No Binding.

1950-05-11. Oil on cardboard. 16" x 20-1/4". No Binding.

Paris: Jacques Damase, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Complete portfolio of 15 full page pochoirs in colors on Arches paper + 2 'title' page pochoirs illustrating poems by Arthur Rimbaud. Loose folded sheets as issued in publisher's linen wrappers lettered in colors. A bit of yellowing to spine of wrappers. Original red canvas portfolio box with black felt lining and title printed in blue on the front. Poems in French by Arthur Rimbaud, introduction by Jacques Damase. Scattered foxing, mostly to first (blanc) and last (colophon, blanc) leaves. Occasional light foxing to margins of pochoirs and text leaves, minor surface soiling to case. Copy 54 of a limited edition of 90. Hand signed and numbered by Sonia Delaunay. Folio, 56,5 x 39,5 cm. (box).

Chinese Export Painting – 8 natural history paintings on paper, watercolour and grey wash showing birds and blooming plants. China, c. 1840s. Size: c. 340 x 262 mm. Very fine examples in brilliant colours on greyish Chinese paper, a few unobtrusive marks of surface dust-soiling, else excellently preserved.