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"Dapper Gent Strolling At Racetrack" Pen & Ink c1930s Watercolor

Elegant & fabulously rare, original Philippe Jullian (1919-1977) (ink signed LR) watercolour depicting a lavish Moorish opium salon interior with a reclining nude portrait on the wall and two monkeys with their turban clad handler. Sagittarius Gallery, NY label inscribed Jullian No. 18 on verso Art Sz: 8 3/4"H x 11 1/8"W Frame Sz: 16"H x 18"W w/ Hermes orange mat & antique bamboo frame Provenance: The estate of D. D. Ryan (1928-2007), noted fashion editor at Harper's Bazaar, an associate of Halston and a regular on best-dressed lists! Another widely appreciated achievement is her association with the creation of Eloise, the fictional little girl who lives at the Plaza Hotel. Eloise began as a character that Kay Thompson, a cabaret singer, portrayed to amuse her friends, of whom Ms. Ryan was one. Ms. Ryan urged her to write a book, put her together with Hilary Knight, the illustrator, and never stopped pushing her to finish the job. The result was “Eloise,” published in 1955 and a best seller the next year, and its popular sequels. “The book would never have existed without D. D. Never,” Mr. Knight said in an interview Thursday. “She would have just dropped it and gone on to something else.” Beyond her historic Eloise moment, Ms. Ryan thrived at the crossroads of New York’s fashion and artistic worlds, seeming to make a statement every time she dressed, almost always in clothes she made herself, always recognizable with her famous precisely stylized eyebrows. Her first job in Manhattan was as an assistant to the photographer Richard Avedon; she was photo editor at Harper’s Bazaar under the legendary editor Diana Vreeland, and she designed the costumes for Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 Broadway musical “Company.” Her social circle included Cole Porter, Andy Warhol, Mr. Sondheim and Truman Capote. When she recommended a new pair of sandals or a piece of costume jewelry — only “really good costume jewelry...

Abstract 'playing cards' watercolor attributed to Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988) DAMA Ex- estate of D.D. Ryan (1928-2007) Manhattan socialite, fashion editor...

Charming sailboat gouache signed 'Felix' (LR) Art Sz: 8"H x 5 1/2"W Frame Sz: 13 1/2"H x 10 3/4"W

Abstract scuba diver w/ colorful sea urchins about 1960s Art Sz: 11 3/4"H x 8"W Frame Sz: 17 1/4"H x 13 1/2"W

Classic watercolour depicting The Gent 1844-5. by George Bridgman signed (LL) & dated 1920 Art Sz: 9 1/2"H x 6 1/2"W Frame Sz: 13"H x 10"W

Charming gouache depicting a boy flying a sailboat kite on pea green paper in a gilt bamboo frame Art Sz: 11 1/4"H x 10 3/4"W Frame Sz: 16"H x 15"W

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Waves. Watercolor, paper, 55 x 93 cm Zigmunds Šņore was born in 1942 in Latvia. His works has been exhibited since 1969 and are held in private collections in Latvia, USA, Sweden, ...

Mid 19th Century watercolour drawing of Frederiksborg Castle by noted Danish artist Thorald Læssøe. The work is monogram signed to the back of the paper where there is another drawin...

Women is an original watercolor drawing realized by Guelfo Bianchini in 1961. The artwork is hand signed and daed by the artist. Includes frame: 68....

Philippe Hiquily's original drawings from the early 1960s, housed in a private collection, are a distinctive showcase of the provocative Hiquilian style that defined this era. These ...