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Parsifal and the Knights of the Holy Grail. Undated, by 1909 American, Pinckney Marcius-Simons, artist (1867-19i09), Oil on canvas. Signed MARCIUS-SIMONS on the lower right, artist identified on a label from the Pennsylvania Museum of Art affixed to the back of the frame. Image © Skinner Auction Galleries. Fair use license. via https://live.skinnerinc.com/lots/view/4-5ZWH5B/pinckney-marcius-simons-american-1867-1909
The Spiritual Light . Undated, by 1909 American, Pinckney Marcius-Simons, artist (1867-19i09), Oil on canvas. Imaged by Heritage Auctions HA.com. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age, via https://www.artsy.net/artwork/attributed-to-pinckney-marcius-simons-the-spiritual-light
Towering Cathedral . Undated, by 1909 American, Pinckney Marcius-Simons, artist (1867-19i09), Oil on canvas. Imaged by Heritage Auctions HA.com. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age, via http://gratzgallery.com/inventory/index.php?page=out&id=307
The Southern Arm of the Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Territory . 1874. American. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Thomas Moran, watercolorist (1837-1926). Signed with initials in monogram and dated TM/1874 ln the lower left. Inscribed with the title and description on a label affixed to the backing board. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2022. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6367302?ldp_breadcrumb=back&intObjectID=6367302&from=salessummary&lid=1
A Passing Shower on the Yellowstone Cañon. 1903. American. Oil on canvas. Thomas Moran, painter (1837-1926). Signed with initials in monogram and dated TMoran 1903 on the lower right. Signed and dated again and inscribed with title on the reverse. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2022. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6367303?ldp_breadcrumb=back&intObjectID=6367303&from=salessummary&lid=1
Painted in 1913. The Castle Rock, Green River, Wyoming (Indian Summer. Green River. Wyoming) . 1913. American. Oil on canvas. Thomas Moran, painter (1837-1926). Signed with initials in monogram and dated TMoran 1913 with the artist’s thumbprint device on the lower left. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2022. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6367305?ldp_breadcrumb=back&intObjectID=6367305&from=salessummary&lid=1
Southwestern Landscape. Undated, by 1949. American. Oil on panel. Victor Higgins, artist (1884-1949). Signed Victor Higgins on the lower right. Image Copyright © Bonhams 2001-2022. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. . via https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27415/lot/7/victor-higgins-1884-1949-southwestern-landscape-13-34-x-16-in-framed-15-12-x-17-12-in/
New Mexico Sky. ca. 1922-1923. American. Oil on canvas. Victor Higgins, artist (1884-1949). Image ©2014-2022 JACKSON HOLE ART AUCTION. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via http://jacksonholeartauction.com/art/new_mexico_sky.html
Taos Valley. 1935. American. Victor Higgins, artist (1884-1949). Image https://www.encore-editions.com/taos-valley-1935-by-victor-higgins/ . Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.encore-editions.com/taos-valley-1935-by-victor-higgins/
Salmon fishing flies. Page 51 of Salmon Fishing in the Great Cascapedia . Collections of and digitalized by the University of California Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/salmonfishingong00davirich/page/n50/mode/1up .
Salmon fishing flies. Page 57 of Salmon Fishing in the Great Cascapedia . Collections of and digitalized by the University of California Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/salmonfishingong00davirich/page/n57/mode/1up .
Salmon fishing flies. Page 63 of Salmon Fishing in the Great Cascapedia . Collections of and digitalized by the University of California Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/salmonfishingong00davirich/page/n63/mode/1up .
Fingal’s Cave, Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. British. 1792. Nicholas Pocock, watercolorist. Pencil, pen and ink, and watercolor on paper. Signed and dated “N Pocock 1792” on the lower left. Image © Christie’s 2022. Fair use license. via https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/dramas-light-land-martyn-gregory-collection-british-art/nicholas-pocock-o-w-s-bristol-1740-1821-maidenhead-1/144022?ldp_breadcrumb=back
Vue de la Grotte de Fingal a l’Ile de Staffa une des Hebrides [View of Fingal’s Cave at the Isle of Staffa, One of the Hebride s] . 1804. French, done in Paris. Hand colored engraving. Michel Picquenot (born 1747), engraver after Josephus Augustus Knip (1777-1847). Image © George D. Glazer 2022. Fair use license. via https://www.georgeglazer.com/wpmain/product/view-of-fingals-cave-at-the-isle-of-staffa-josephus-augustus-knip-paris-1804/
Fingal’s Cave, Isle of Staffa . ca. 1847. British. Pencil, watercolor and bodycolor. William Leighton Leitch, artist (1804-1883). Image © Royal Collection Trust. Fair use license. via https://www.rct.uk/collection/919679/fingals-cave-isle-of-staffa
Fingal’s Cave, Island of Staffa, Scotland. 1884. American. Oil on canvas. Thomas Moran, artist (1837-1926). Collections of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/fingal%E2%80%99s-cave-island-of-staffa-scotland-thomas-moran/mQHHFqVi5xwxog?hl=en
Study for a mural entitled “The Light of Learning ” which was donated by William Hays to the Winona Free Public Library in Winona Minnesota, in 1910. It depicts the allegories of the arts, from right to left: Art, Poetry, Romance, Learning, Philosophy, History, and Science. Demi-lune. 1909. American. Oil on canvas. Kenyon Cox, artist. Signed and dated Kenyon Cox 1909 on the lower right and inscribed Winona Library on the lower left. Exhibited at the ‘Twenty-Sixth Annual Exhibition’, Architectural League of New York, New York, New York, ca. 1912. Image © Bonhams 2001-2022. Fair use license. via https://m.bonhams.com/auctions/13316/lot/68/
Tradition. 1916. American. Oil on canvas. Kenyon Cox, artist. Collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cc0 License 1.0. https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1917.9 . Image via https://fineartamerica.com/featured/tradition-kenyon-cox.html
The Blessed Damozel ‘One of God’s Choristers’ . 1886. American. Oil, grisaille on canvas. Kenyon Cox, artist. Signed Kenyon Cox on the lower left. Collections of the Brooklyn Museum. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/125603
Science and Art, Decorations for rotunda, Iowa State Capitol – The Progress of Civilization. Scale 1 inch + 1 foot. Mural study. 1905-1906. American. Oil on canvas. Kenyon Cox, artist. Signed on the lower right. Image source: americanart.si.edu. Collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died in 1919. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kenyon_Cox_- The_Progress_of_Civilization,_Science_and_Art (mural_study,State_Capitol,_Des_Moines,_Iowa) –1959.10.5 -_Smithsonian_American_Art_Museum.jpg
The Scenic Route to New York’s World Fair / New York Central System. An assemblage of scenic, captioned snapshots that travelers might see on a trip to New York City to visit the World’s Fair, with the iconic Trylon and Perisphere prominently in the foreground. Many of the little views roughly correspond with pre-existing New York Central Line posters, while the other images were actually used on brochures published by the railroad. 1939. American. Published in Boston by Forbes. Lithographed poster, backed with Chartex. Leslie Ragan, illustrator (1897-1972). Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/LESLIE-RAGAN–1897-1972–The-Scenic-Route-to-New-Yorks-World?saleno=2593&lotNo=158&refNo=789382
Watercolor painting of a poster design for the New York World’s Fair showing a picturesque detailed view of the Trylon and Perisphere , flanked by vignettes of Lower Manhattan in 1789 and 1939 with the Trylon’s sharp point breaking through the top. 1939. Original watercolor painting on Whatman’s Water Color Board. Leslie Ragan, graphic designer (1897-1972). Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/LESLIE-RAGAN–1897-1972–New-York-Worlds-Fair?saleno=2593&lotNo=159&refNo=661825
New York World’s Fair. 1939. Color lithograph poster. John Atherton, graphic designer. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/JOHN-ATHERTON–1900-1952–New-York-Worlds-Fair?saleno=2593&lotNo=161&refNo=791251
Poster for the New York World’s Fair that features “a visual epitomization” of the Trylon and Perisphere rising over a trail, ship, and a silhouette of New York City. Made in 1938, this design was awarded first prize in the poster competition for the fair. Art Deco/Modernist. Color lithograph poster. Joseph Binder, graphic designer (1898-1972). Published by the Grinnell Lithograph Company, New York. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/JOSEPH-BINDER–1898-1972–New-York-Worlds-Fair?saleno=2593&lotNo=162&refNo=791253
New York World’s Fair. 1939. Color lithograph poster. Albert Staehle, graphic designer (1899-1974). Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/ALBERT-STAEHLE–1899-1974–New-York-Worlds-Fair?saleno=2593&lotNo=165&refNo=791252
New York World’s Fair / United Air Lines. Poster calendar with 12 calendar sheets attached to the bottom. The artwork depicts a United Airlines Douglas DC-3 ‘Mainliner” making its way across a truncated map of the United States, flying from the Golden Gate Bridge and the towers of Treasure Island at the San Francisco World’s Fair to the New York World’s Fair Trylon and Perisphere on the opposite side of the country. Also issued as a regular poster. 1939. Art Deco. Arthur C. Radebaugh, graphic designer (1906-1974). Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/ARTHUR-C-RADEBAUGH–1906-1974–New-York-Worlds-Fair–United-?saleno=2593&lotNo=166&refNo=744409
Poster showing the Kodak pavilion at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Graphic designer not shown. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/VARIOUS-ARTISTS-New-York-Worlds-Fair–Company-Advertising?saleno=2593&lotNo=171&refNo=743076
Roman Courtship. ca. 1900. American/British. Collections of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art , Sarasota, Florida. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://jazzerstenhdr.wordpress.com/2017/04/11/roman-courtship-at-the-john-and-mable-ringling-museum-of-art/
In the arms of Morpheus. Undated. American/British. Signed on the lower right. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.greeklegendsandmyths.com/morpheus.html
Summer. 1891. External Link: http://www.italialiberty.it . Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/summer-william-reynolds-stephens/3AHzTLJ0BahnYw
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