Swann Auction Illustration Art
JUNE 4
Preview: May 30 & 31, 10-6;
June 1, 12-5; June 3, 10-6;
June 4, 10-12
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Specialist: Christine von der Linn • cv@swanngalleries.com
Aubrey Beardsley, Initial letter W, pen & ink, ornamental device for Book XVI, chapter I of Le Morte d’Arthur, 1894. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.
Mead Schaeffer, oil on canvas cover illustration for Moby Dick, 1922. Estimate $25,000 to $35,000.
Charles Addams, “…always read the labels” ink & wash cartoon for The New Yorker. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.
Al Hirschfeld, Paul Robeson as Othello, ink & masking fluid, for the  1943 Broadway play, published in The New York Times, 1942. Estimate $25,000 to $35,000.
Edward Gorey, Cat Fancy, watercolor, graphite & ink cover for The New Yorker, 1993, published 2018. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
Helen Dryden, Children’s Fashion Number, watercolor and gouache cover illustration for Vogue, August 1918. Estimate $2,000 to $3,000.
Ludwig Bemelmans, So hounds won’t know which way he went, ink, gouache & watercolor for Welcome Home, 1960. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.
Maurice Sendak, Alligators, concept sketch for Bell Atlantic, 1997. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.