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Through them, you can discover what this outspoken magazine had to say about the beginnings of long careers (such as Dulac's) as well as artists in the prime of their work (Rackham, Robinson, Detmold). Lots here to enjoy visually and to learn from.\n\nMore than 60 images fill these pages with some of the best art from illustration's Golden Age. Many beautiful full-color images throughout. \"The Ink Spot\" features the work of \u003cstrong\u003eAnnie French\u003c\/strong\u003e. A wonderfully varied collection of rare work. 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Featuring a cover and six pages of paintings by \u003cstrong\u003eGustave Mossa\u003c\/strong\u003e (a superb but obscure French Art Nouveau \u0026amp; Symbolist artist) as well as gorgeous illustrations from \u003cstrong\u003eEdmund Dulac, William Russell Flint, Charles Robinson, Willy Pogany, Coles Phillips, Warwick Goble\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eArthur Rackham\u003c\/strong\u003e. Also features theatre magazine covers by \u003cstrong\u003eHenry Clive\u003c\/strong\u003e and a special look at the pen and ink drawings of \u003cstrong\u003eHeinrich Kley\u003c\/strong\u003e.\n\nAlso here, rare works by \u003cstrong\u003eHarvey Dunn, Hermann Vogel, Orson Lowell, Norah Nielson Gray, Eduard Ikun, Antonie Calbert\u003c\/strong\u003e, and others.\n\nA wonderfully varied collection of rare work by illustrators taken from magazines and books published prior to 1923. The artists will be familiar, but these images are culled from very obscure sources and have never been reprinted. Editor Jim Vadeboncoeur carefully scans each image and corrects it, often taking taking badly printed original appearances and vastly improving them. He also often features art from original artwork, have many sources for such material.\n\nJim spares no time nor expense to make this the finest possible magazine, printed on high quality heavy glossy paper, in the U.S. Each page is beautifully reproduced using the latest and best technology (Stochastic Printing, which yields blacker blacks and richer colors).\n\nVadeboncoeur has collected art and illustration for near 50 years now, so his sources are vast. Even the most veteran collector will find not only images from favorite artists that are new, but artists themselves who have previously escaped attention. I say this from first-hand experience, being a collector as long as Jim has been, but seeing both artists and images new to me.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59639581966622,"sku":"IMA09","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/product_i_m_ima09-images-vadeboncoeur-issue-nine.jpg?v=1784467844"},{"product_id":"images-13-portfolio","title":"IMAGES #13 Portfolio","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe centerpiece of the final issue of \u003cem\u003eImages Magazine \u003c\/em\u003ewas eight gorgeous Art Nouveau plates restored from an 1899 issue of the French art magazine, \u003cem\u003eFigaro Illustré\u003c\/em\u003e. This portfolio reproduces those five-color plates (including gold), on heavy stock, presented in an illustrated and hand-numbered envelope. They appear in \u003cem\u003eImages #13 \u003c\/em\u003ebut are reproduced across double-pages, i.e. across a fold. The subjects here feature beautiful women and highly ornate borders and designs.\n\nLouis Chalon, 1866-1940, was born in Paris and studied with Jules Lefevre and Boulanger. He exhibited vast classically inspired paintings in the Salons of the Societe de Artistes Francais where he was awarded Honorable Mention in 1885 and 1898, a Third Class Medal in 1891 and Honorable Mention at the Expositions Universelles of 1889 and 1900. He supplied many illustrations to the periodicals \u003cem\u003eLa Vie Parisienne, L'Illustration\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFigaro Illustré\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as illustrating several books, including works by Rabelais, Boccaccio, and Balzac.\n\nChalon also worked as a goldsmith and silversmith and executed sumptuous costumes. 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He also encountered such notable figures as James Montgomery Flagg, Dean Cornwell, and James Bama. Over 375 illustrations accompany this biography, enlivened by Kinstler's memories and the recollections of friends and editors. Limited to 700 copies, signed by artist and author, slipcased, with an extra full color signature plate and 16 extra b\u0026amp;w plates exclusive to this and only this limited edition. Most of these bonus images are also taken from the original artwork.\n\nReproduction throughout is outstanding.\n\nUnblemished copies are still available at the this deep discount because we took over Jim V.'s entire inventory when he moved to Paris. 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Over 375 illustrations accompany this biography, enlivened by Kinstler's memories and the recollections of friends and editors.\n\nReproduction throughout is outstanding.\n\nHandsome cloth binding, color dust jacket with a full-page back painting not on the softcover. Also, two special endpaper illustrations, both double-page.\n\nAlso available as a deluxe, limited edition hardcover with bonus section of 16 additional pages for $35 (published at $95). See item code EVED. 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Unusual, often never-before-collected images from scarce magazines and book appearances. Special landscape (oblong) format for this issue, so as to feature panoramic, wide paintings.\n\nAdditional artists featured: \u003cstrong\u003eWillebeek Le Mair, Paul Chabas, Jean-Leon Gerome, Ferris, Jules Guerin, E.J. Detmold, Thomas Mostyn, William Aylward, Ferdinand Bac\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eKeith Henderson\u003c\/strong\u003e. Images from sources as diverse as \u003cem\u003eBibby's Annual, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Idyllen, Century Magazine, The Studio, Puck, Fables of Aesop, The Arabian Nights\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBland Tomtar Och Troll\u003c\/em\u003e (the Swedish fairy magazine where John Bauer made his name).\n\nA wonderfully varied collection of rare work by illustrators taken from magazines and books published prior to 1923. The artists will be familiar, but these images are culled from very obscure sources and have never been reprinted. 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I say this from first-hand experience, being a collector as long as Jim has been, but seeing both artists and images new to me.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59639583670558,"sku":"IMA10","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/product_i_m_ima10.jpg?v=1784467867"},{"product_id":"images-11","title":"IMAGES #11","description":"\u003cp\u003eCover by \u003cstrong\u003eLawson Wood\u003c\/strong\u003e with interior art by \u003cstrong\u003eHeinrich Lefler, Joseph Urban, Kay Nielsen, René Bull, Warwick Goble, George Studdy, Edmund Dulac, J.C. Leyendecker, Harry Rountree\u003c\/strong\u003e and more. A wonderfully varied collection of rare work by illustrators, this time almost entirely from the ORIGINAL ARTWORK in the collection of guest-editors and Disney animation artists, Eric and Susan Goldberg. The reproduction and quality here is astonishing. 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