Sotheby's golden age children's illustration art auction on April 11 2011

[wca140]

My friends are having an auction at Sotheby's of golden age children's illustration art on April 11

After reading several discussions here in the past I thought there might be a few board members who might find some items of interest in the lots represented.

 

Just a few of the artists whose work is represented are:

 

Boutet De Monvel

Brunhoff

Disney Studios

Edmund Dulac

Heath Robinson

Willy Pogany

Beatrix Potter

Arthur Rackham

 

Here is a link to the overview page:

http://www.sothebys.com/app/paddleReg/paddlereg.do?dispatch=eventDetails&event_id=30664

 

and here is a link to the online catalog, it takes a moment to load:

http://www.sothebys.com/app/ecatalogue/fhtml/index.jsp?event_id=30664#/r=index-fhtml.jsp?event_id=30664|r.main=event.jsp?event_id=30664/

 

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Lee

 

[spider9698]

My catalogue came in the mail last week and there are lots of goodies inside. Best of luck.

S

[wca140]

Thanks Spider!

 

I just received my catalogue too, I thought they really did a beautiful job with it.

[tth2]

Some very nice stuff!

[Bronty]

Kendra and Allan Daniel, as both collectors and dealers, stand in the forefront of the relatively recent recognition of children's illustration as fine art

 

pretentious drivel meter just went through the roof

[wca140]

pretentious drivel meter just went through the roof

 

Author's license and perspective.

 

 

what about the art

[artdealer]

A lot of 2nd tier paintings/drawings with a few nice paintings thrown in for good measure.

 

MI

[Bronty]

pretentious drivel meter just went through the roof

 

Author's license and perspective.

 

 

what about the art

 

meant no offense to your friends... but the "HEY GUYS ITS REAL ART NOW, SO DONT WORRY BUYING IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU DUMB ANYMORE" marketing from the auction house rubs me the wrong way. I didn't check out the entire catalogue but I did see that Jessie Wilcox Smith, which is very nice indeed.

[Bronty]

A lot of 2nd tier paintings/drawings with a few nice paintings thrown in for good measure.

 

MI

 

That's kind of harsh, isn't it? I mean you could say the same about the vast majority of auctions out there.

 

[artdealer]

True, but the question wasn't posed about other auctions, just this one.

However, the statement is still true.

 

[wca140]

pretentious drivel meter just went through the roof

 

Author's license and perspective.

 

 

what about the art

 

meant no offense to your friends... but the "HEY GUYS ITS REAL ART NOW, SO DONT WORRY BUYING IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU DUMB ANYMORE" marketing from the auction house rubs me the wrong way. I didn't check out the entire catalogue but I did see that Jessie Wilcox Smith, which is very nice indeed.

 

None taken

 

That's their job to romance the objects.

 

I'm not one for labels either I like what I like because it speaks to me, not whether it is considered important or not.

[wca140]

True, but the question wasn't posed about other auctions, just this one.

However, the statement is still true.

 

Thank you for your response.

 

They are wonderful people and I wish them the very best for their auction.

 

Hopefully by posting here I've assisted in helping make somebody aware of this collection who finds something they have been

looking for that might otherwise have gone by unnoticed. That's why I love these boards for all the information and varied perspectives.

 

Cheers!

 

Lee