Ephemera Galleries

LOT 92 : FRAMED PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTING, 18th-19th C. Depicting verse above scholar or holy man with book in garden. 9 x 4 sight. Excellent. $390.

LOT 92

FRAMED PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTING, 18th-19th C. Depicting verse above ...

Updated: Mar 09, 2012 12:28pm PST

Lot 295 : CARLOS MERIDA, GUATEMALAN, 1891-1984, FOLIO of COLOR LITHOGRAPHS, 1920's. "Images de Guatemala" with preface by Andre Salmon dated 1927. Series of ten color lithographs of landscapes and figures within landscapes, depicting everyday life and dress in Guatemala in the early 20th C. Each signed and dated between 1925 and 1927. Preface cover and each matted cover stamped "Costume Institute Library The Metropolitan Museum of Art". Slight variations in size but averaging about 9 x 12. Eight horizontal landscaped format prints and 2 vertical or portrait format. Excellent. $2,640.

Lot 295

CARLOS MERIDA, GUATEMALAN, 1891-1984, FOLIO of COLOR LITHOGRAPHS, 1920 ...

Updated: Jan 18, 2012 7:09am PST

LOT 296 : SIX FRAMED LITHOGRAPHS of SCOTTISH CLANSMEN, 19th C. Printed by Ackerman and Co. each depicting clansmen in tartan, clans identified and detailed information on verso of each. Images approximately 14 x 10. Excellent. MMA. $132.

LOT 296

SIX FRAMED LITHOGRAPHS of SCOTTISH CLANSMEN, 19th C. Printed by Ackerm ...

Updated: Mar 29, 2012 12:50pm PST

LOT 297 : DESIGN ILLUSTRATIONS, "VERLAG CHRISTIAN STOLL", LEIPZIG, EARLY 20th C. Mounted book plates on hard stock, various Art Nouveau designs, thirty- four plates. Ex. collection MMA Costume Institute. Excellent. $72.

LOT 297

DESIGN ILLUSTRATIONS, "VERLAG CHRISTIAN STOLL", LEIPZIG, EARLY 20th C. ...

Updated: Mar 01, 2012 10:55am PST

LOT 298 : PHOTOGRAPH of QUEEN ALEXANDRIA of ENGLAND, c. 1910. Black and white standing 3/4 view in ermine robes, jewelry and crown beneath the Royal Coat of Arms. Photographed and mounted by W. & D. Downey, photographers to H.M. the King, 57 and 61 Ebury Street, London, S.W. Excellent. MMA. $60.

LOT 298

PHOTOGRAPH of QUEEN ALEXANDRIA of ENGLAND, c. 1910. Black and white st ...

Updated: Mar 29, 2012 12:49pm PST

LOT 299 : MASTERWERKE DER BUCHMALEREI, 1920. By George Leidinger and Hugo Schmidt, published in German by Hugo Schmidt. Fifty full color plates 15 x 20 1/2 of the masterpieces of book illustration. Leather binding very good, plates excellent. MMA. $192.

LOT 299

MASTERWERKE DER BUCHMALEREI, 1920. By George Leidinger and Hugo Schmid ...

Updated: Mar 29, 2012 12:45pm PST

LOT 300 : THEATRICAL COSTUME and STAGE DESIGNS by IRVING and NATHAN EASTMAN, 1920's. Large lot of original artwork for theater productions including Zigfield's "Rio Rita" and "Taboo (Tabu)" which starred Paul Robeson, including a few designs that are not theater related. 40+ original art works. 5 x 8 to 14 x 23. Poor-excellent. $900.

LOT 300

THEATRICAL COSTUME and STAGE DESIGNS by IRVING and NATHAN EASTMAN, 192 ...

Updated: Mar 01, 2012 11:07am PST

LOT 293 : THREE CHINESE PITH PAPER PAINTINGS, 19th C. Depicting Chinese Mandarin life, including group of businessmen and a reclining Mandarin courtesan smoking opium with attendant at hand. 7 x 11. Together with three Indian gouache paintings, 19th C. Ex. collection MMA Costume Institute. (Pith paintings some losses, very fragile) fair, Indian paintings good. $480.

LOT 293

THREE CHINESE PITH PAPER PAINTINGS, 19th C. Depicting Chinese Mandarin ...

Updated: Mar 01, 2012 10:45am PST

LOT 301 : TWENTY FOUR FASHION PLATES, "THE TREND", 1920's. Folio of plates with color fashion illustrations having fabric swatches on verso. This group appears to be a complete folio by Vreeland Press, Inc., New York, N.Y. 18 X 12. (Some edge damage, one plate 3-inch tear) overall very good. $120.

LOT 301

TWENTY FOUR FASHION PLATES, "THE TREND", 1920's. Folio of plates with ...

Updated: Mar 01, 2012 10:49am PST

LOT 302 : FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS, 1950's. Folio of original gouaches depicting ladies' fashions c. 1950, mostly colorful daywear. 45 plates. Ex. Collection MMA Costume Institute. 15 1/2 x 11. Excellent. $156.

LOT 302

FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS, 1950's. Folio of original gouaches depicting la ...

Updated: Mar 01, 2012 10:52am PST

LOT 303 : TWO COPIES of UNIFORMS of the UNITED STATES ARMY, 1959. Hardcover editions by Henry Loomis Nelson, published by Sagamore Press, Inc. Forty-six 17 x 12 inch full color plates of uniformed soldiers from 1774-1888. Excellent. MMA. $24.

LOT 303

TWO COPIES of UNIFORMS of the UNITED STATES ARMY, 1959. Hardcover edit ...

Updated: Mar 29, 2012 12:42pm PST