1911. Drawing, ink on paper, signed lower right, 20 x 28 1/2 inches. Large drawing of city life after the invention of the car. Perhaps a critique of the burgeoning auto industry and the end of the horse and buggy era. Attention to detail with fashion and car design. Foster Morse Follett (1878-1838) was published regularly in the early 1900s New York papers. His work appeared in the old New York Herald, The World, Life, Judge, Puck and The Saturday..... More
New York: Puck, 1910. Original drawing, conte and ink on Winsor & Newton water color sketching board, 16 3/4 x 22 inches. Chips to margins and corners but otherwise in good condition. Haunting winter scene of what appears to be a model T stuck in the snow. The driver sees ghosts of the past in the bushes on the side of the road. The Ford Model T was invented in 1908 and the first affordable automobile. Gordon Hope Grant (1879-1962)..... More
Puck, 1902. Drawing, ink on paper signed by the artist lower right. 23 1/4 x 29 inches. Chips to margins with some image loss in upper right corner. Some scuffs and toning to paper. Beautiful large working drawing of the early days of the Automobile. Full title in pencil; She: "So you think the necessities of life are constantly advancing in price? For instance? He: "Well, the average fine for 'auto-speed-ing' has advanced from ten dollars within a year." Date..... More
Ranger, TX: Ranger Studio, 1920. Photograph postcard. 3.25 x 5.75 inches. In very good condition. An image of a horse-drawn carriage broken down on Main St. during mud season in Ranger, Texas. "1920" written in pen at top left. On verso in pencil: "This is just a little mud you should see it when it is real muddy" More
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