Sale 2526 - Illustration Art, December 10, 2019

107 c HARRISON FISHER. “I sat with Francezka in the Italian garden at the foot of Petrarch’s statue. I had a volume of Petrarch, and read to her that sonnet from the poet’s heart beginning: ‘Sweet bird, that singest on thy airy way.’” Illustration for Francezka , by Molly Elliot Seawall (Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Co., 1902, facing page 190). Graphite on paper. 560x382 mm; 23x15 inches, on 27x19 1 / 4 -inch board. Signed “Harrison Fisher” and dated 1902 in lower right image. Inscribed with publication title and page number at lower left. Some discoloration and small clean tear. Adhered to window matte; framed. Welch, page 301. [2,500/3,500] 108 c HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY. Young Lovers at the U.S. Naval Academy. Published illustration for U.S. Naval Academy print, 1914. Watercolor and gouache on paper mounted to stretched canvas. 507x407 mm; 20x16 inches. Signed “Howard Chandler Christy” and dated 1914 in lower left image. Canvas separated from stretcher on 3 sides; drip marks and some foxing at left. Framed. [3,000/4,000] accompanied by a study for another u.s. naval academy print, which was also published in the 1914 U.S. Naval Academy yearbook, “The Lucky Bag,” Vol. XXI (Philadelphia: Wm. H. Hoskins Company, 1914, page 13). While it contains some hand work by Christy, it was reworked by printer at the time of publication. 107 108