Auction Preview: Heritage Illustration March 2012

Arthur Saron Sarnoff (1912-2000)
Couple Flirting
26.5 X 22 in.
oil on board

Heritage Auctions has recently added to their website the online catalog for the upcoming Signature Illustration Art Auction #5090.   Though there are still some pieces remaining from the estate of Charles Martignette, the overall selection of works in this auction is not of as a high caliber as their past few sales.  Still, there are some very nice paintings up for auction (many starting at remarkably low bids), and as always, Heritage offers wonderfully large images of all of the lots in the sale.

All works in the sale are available for preview in Beverly Hills on February 28th and 29th from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.  The final bidding will take place in two sessions, the first on March 1st at 10:00 AM PT, and the second the following day at 12:00 PM CT.  For more information, visit Heritage's website.

J.C. Leyendecker (1874-1951)
The Arrow Man
30 X 20.5 in.
oil on canvas laid on board

McClelland Barclay (1891-1943)
The Tennis Player
32 X 22 in.
oil on canvas

Gil Elvgren (1914-1980)
An Orchid for Miss Sylvania
30 X 24 in.
oil on canvas

Gil Elvgren (1914-1980)
The Three Dollar Bill
21 X 33 in.
oil on canvas

Harold Anderson (1894-1973)
The Happy Greeting
27 X 50 in.
oil on canvas

Dean Cornwell (1892-1960)
Marcellus and Diana before Caligula
29 X 22 in.
oil on board

Andrew Loomis (1892-1959)
And Forbid Them Not
32 X 28 in.
oil on canvas

Tom Lovell (1909-1997)
Love in the Midst
19.5 X 19.5 in.
oil on board

James Bama (b. 1926)
The Ravishers
27 X 17.5 in.
oil on board

Stanley Borack (b. 1927)
Proposition 31
14 X 12.5 in.
gouache on board

"Proposition 31...  Is it Legalized Adultery or the Preservation of the Family?"
~ from the back book cover

Willy Pogany (1882-1955)
King Arthur
13.5 X 10.5 in.
mixed media on paper

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
The Roadblock (preliminary drawing)
24 X 19 in.
pencil and charcoal on paper

Frank J. Reilly
Study for Kinsey Whiskey advertisement
10.5 X 13.5 in.
charcoal on paper

Worth Brehm (1883-1928)
Checkers in the Park
12 X 16 in.
oil on panel

Haddon Sundblom (1899-1976)
Coca-Cola advertisement
15 X 14 in.
oil on board