Sale 2495 - Illustration Art, December 6, 2018

68 c VIOLET OAKLEY. The Opera Fan. Charcoal on paper laid to board. 381x533 mm; 15x21 inches, on 18x24-inch board. Signed in lower left image. Early repair along left edge. [1,500/2,500] 69 c JOSEPH PENNELL. “Toledo.” Illustration published in “The Alhambra” by Washington Irving (London and New York: Macmillan, 1896), and printed again above the introduction and table of contents in Pennell’s autobiography “The Adventures of an Illustrator” (Boston: Little, Brown, 1925). Gouache, watercolor, and wash on paper mounted to board. 368x712 mm; 14 1 / 2 x28 inches. Signed in lower image, notations and the description “City with Wall and Tower” along bottom margin. Clean paper tears from mounting along right side of image. Tipped to window matte; framed. Accompanied by copies of both books. [500/750] 68 69