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Lot of 5 Signatures of Artists & Caraicaturists

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:19.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 125.00 USD
Lot of 5 Signatures of Artists & Caraicaturists
<B>Lot of Five Signatures of Artists and Caraicaturists,</B></I> including: <B>Ernest Hamlin Baker</B></I> (1889-1975), a self-taught illustrator responsible for eleven <I>Fortune Magazine</B></I> covers between 1929-1941. The majority of his work, however, could be found on the cover of <I>Time Magazine.</B></I> Baker enjoyed a seventeen-year career with the publication, during which he produced more than 300 covers; <B>William Auerbach-Levy</B></I> (1899-1964) best known for his Rembrandtesque portraits of patriarchal Jews of New York's lower East Side; <B>William Robinson Leigh</B></I> (1866-1855) is best known for his portrayal of the Southwestern United States and its inhabitants, especially the native people of the Zuni, Hopi and Navajo tribes. He captured the beauty and simplicity of their everyday lives against the breathtaking backdrop of the desert landscape. His combination of bold color and the subdued shades of the Southwest earned him the title "Sagebrush Rembrandt"; <B>Boris Chaliapin</B></I> (1904-1979), a noted portraitist and illustrator for <I>Time Magazine,</B></I> Boris Chaliapin did about 400 of these cover illustrations between 1939 and 1970. He was the son of Feodor Chaliapin, an important Russian opera singer. Boris received his art education in Russia and Paris and first exhibited his work in the foyer of the London Covent Garden Theatre in 1927. He painted a series of pictures of his father both on and off the stage and in the 1920 and 1930s had considerable reputation for portrait painting in Russia. He then moved to New York City where he supported himself as an illustrator; and, <B>Boris Artzybasheff</B></I> (1899-1965) an illustrator of nearly 50 books, some of which he authored, and over 200 “<I>Time Magazine</B></I> covers. His themes during the 1940s primarily focused on the war with his powerful images being very satirical and insightful. Various sizes, mounted on stiff card stock with brief typed biographical information. Fine. <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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