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Fiorella
Antonio Rubino's illustrations for his book Fiorella (Milan: Editrice Boschi, late 1950s) These images come from the large Italian database indire.it. I have some more posts in the works from this...
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The Thing from Denmark
20 Movie Posters from Denmark, circa 1926–64 Swing Time (1936) signed: Erik F. I've done three features on vintage Swedish movie posters, but this is my first (and probably last) feature on Danish...
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Richard Teschner and His Puppets
Though I've featured many illustrations and prints by Richard Teschner, until now I hadn't found nice-sized images of his legendary puppets. Enjoy.Richard Teschner with his puppets, 1914 Most of the...
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Came to Call Mine
Selections from Graham Lambkin's new book Came to Call Mine (Penultimate Press, 2014)"Seed Structure" The duck has no luck on the pumpkin seed lawn The squash isn't washed so it can't be absorbed The...
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Space Teriyaki 7
Visions of space and the future in Japan in the 70s and 80s See the full series. Gan Hosoya, 1973, “Silence” poster The standard spiel:What you are seeing here is a selection of scans from my...
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Tom Thumb 1880
The Story of Tom Thumb, 1880 edition, illustrator unknown. A random find from the Children's Library. The same publisher and illustrator also did a version of Cock Robin (previously): This post first...
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Happy Record Store Day
Happy Record Store Day (April 19, 2014) from 50 Watts Image by Koichi Hara, 1987. (Scanned when putting together a Space Teriyaki post.) This post first appeared on April 16, 2014 on 50 Watts
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Buen Humor
Illustrations from the 1920s Spanish satirical magazine Buen Humor1922, illus. Tono These scans come from the sprawling Hemeroteca Digital database of the National Library of Spain. Graphic artist and...
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The Ideas of Mr. April
Illustrations by Vladimír Fuka for "Nápady pana Apríla" by Jiří Kolář (Prague, 1961) After scanning this book the other night, I Googled Vladimír Fuka (1926–1977) and found that he's "in the news"...
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Kjel, The Black Swan
Illustrations by Dražen Jerabek for 'Kjel, The Black Swan' by Želimir Hercigonja (Croatia, 2003) via the International Children's Digital Library The illustrator Dražen Jerabek has a facebook page....
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La Grande Illusion: Vintage French Movie Posters
La Grande Illusion, c.1946 artist: Bernard Lancy These reproductions are from expired auction listings at ha.com. The dates range from 1927 to 1981 with many posters from the 1940s.Fantômas, 1932...
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Image Dive 1
illus. from an 1850s "Materia Medica" book via Dassaishooku I've decided to reboot the "Image Dive" series I did on A Journey Round My Skull in 2009 and 2010. I've posted a handful of these images on...
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Roku Redux
"Rays of the Sun in the Afternoon" Rokuro Taniuchi (or Roku, as he often signs) is one of my favorite illustrators and I've featured him many times over the years. These images from the 1950s are again...
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The Evil Empress
Illustrations by Jana Sigmundová for 'O zlé carevně' (The Evil Empress) (Prague, 1969) This little book is a translation of Andrey Platonov's version of a Russian folk tale. His version is called...
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The Man
"The Man" by G. Akechi, scanned from "Black Magazine" (Japan, 1971) Three years ago I bought 19 issues of "Black Magazine," a bizarre and rather disturbing—but also funny—Japanese magazine from the...
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Carnival in Mexico
From "Carnival in Mexico," a portfolio of lithographs by Carlos Mérida (1940) Previous posts on this artist: Dances of Mexico, The Hungry Moon, and The Bird. Bio from wikipedia:Carlos Mérida (1891 –...
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25 Book Covers by Janusz Stanny
Janusz Stanny's book designs for the publishing house Wydawnictwo Iskry (Poland, 1954–1963) 1961 Janusz Stanny (born 1932) died in February of this year. He was one of the titans of Polish illustration...
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Hatsuyama Shigeru
Illustrations by Hatsuyama Shigeru for the legendary illustrated magazine Kodomo no kuni ("Children's Land"), 1928–36 1931 Bio of Hatsuyama Shigeru (sometimes "Hatuyama," 初山滋) (1897–1973) from Kodomo...
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The Little Song that Ran Away
Illustrations by Birutė Žilytė (Lithuania, 1966) These images come Pabėgusi dainelė (The Little Song that Ran Away) by the Lithuanian writer Aldona Liobytė. About the illustrator, Birutė Žilytė (from...
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Květa Pacovská 1968
Illustrations by Květa Pacovská for 'Karlička a bílý koník' by Branka Jurcová (Brno, 1968) I haven't featured Květa Pacovská in four years though I've been steadily amassing her books. Here's a fun one...
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