Sale 2495 - Illustration Art, December 6, 2018

84 c AURELIUS BATTAGLIA. Museum Guide. Oil on canvas board. 597x457 mm; 23 1 / 2 x18 inches. Signed “Battaglia” in lower right image. [400/600] Battaglia (1910-1984) was an American illustrator and writer. He began his career as a caricaturist before getting his foot in the door at Walt Disney Studios where he contributed substantially to “Dumbo,” “Fantasia,” and “Pinocchio.” He continued to draw celebrity caricatures throughout his career, providing illustrations for The New York Times and Vanity Fair. His most substantial contributions to the illustration field were his children’s book illustrations through which he pioneered a more abstract, mid-century cartooning style. 85 c AURELIUS BATTAGLIA. The Betting Booth. Likely a magazine illustration, circa early-1930s. Ink, wash, and gouache on board. 508x381 mm; 20x15 inches, laid to 21 1 / 2 x15 3 / 4 -inch board. Signed “Battaglia” in lower right image. [250/350] 86 c RUDOLF BAUER. Dance. Study for “Die Krater,” with the artist’s estate stamp on verso. Ink and gouache on paper. 451x292 mm; 17 3 / 4 x11 1 / 2 inches. Signed in lower right image. [700/1,000] Bauer (1889-1953) began his career as an illustrator, contributing images and caricatures to some of the major publications of the day. While enjoying steady employment as a commercial artist, his style began to evolve into what became the non-objective art movement in the late 1910s. His avant-garde style was featured at the Degenerate Art show in Munich, alongside fellow Modernists Max Beckmann, Paul Klee, Max Ernst, and Wassily Kandinsky. 87 c RUDOLF BAUER. New Year’s Eve. Gouache and ink on paper. 349x273 mm; 13 3 / 4 x10 3 / 4 inches, on 15 1 / 2 x11 1 / 4 -inch sheet. Signed in lower right image. Tipped to matte; framed. [700/1,000] 84 85