Auction - Historic Fine Art Auction 03/24/2015 10:14 PM CDT Lot Title/Description Lot Title/Description 1 Maurice Sendak ORIGINAL PENCIL STUDY ART 1998 "Hungry Birds" 10 Lalique, France Champs Elysees Crystal Centerpiece, Inspired by Advertisement Design Storyboard With WILD THINGS *See Description Fallen Leaves on the Champs Elysees, Designed 1951 by Marc Lalique, For More!* Etched On Base This lot includes the group offour original pencil studies by Maurice Etched in Script Lalique R France on Base, 7.5''H x 18''W. Sendak shown in the corresponding image(s). These drawings are done 11 Columbia Bicycle Art Poster by A. Romes / 3rd Place Exhibition on his typical frosted acetate drawing paper, the full sheet measuring Competition Poster From 1895 18.5" x 30.5" Backed on Linen/ Maxfield approx8 1/2" x 8 1/2", representing a numbered sequence showing (9) a Parrish Won 1st / nest of baby eaglets with their mouths open, waiting for a parent to drop 400 Designs Submitted by 600 Artists in 1895. This Poster Won 3rd some food in their direction; (11) the falling barefoot boy is caught in the Place. air by the paw of a Wild Thing; (16) Moishe Wild Thing is teaching the 12 Elizabeth "Grandma" Layton (1909-1993) Cinderella Color Lithograph boy how to fly through the clouds; (36) but after all that fun, the boy falls 68/100 SIGNED and Dated asleep in the open paw of a Parrot Wild Thing. The artist has signed his Fairy tales end. Cinderella and her prince get married and live happily name in full "Maurice Sendak" in the lower margin below the final ever after. Not necessarily so. He sits there, glued to the television set. drawing. This is an excellent storyboard that includes original drawings She pouts, feeling neglected. She consoles herself with chocolates, by Mr. Sendak of two different Wild Thing characters.Federal romance novels, and the thought that she is a pretty little thing whose deregulation of the telecommunications market in 1996, along with tiny pink foot slips easily into the treasured glass slipper. Elizabeth emerging technologies, resulted in a series of seven short television 'Grandma' Layton (1909-1993), color lithograph, pencil signed 'Grandma commercials for Bell Atlantic -- here promoting their new Internet Layton 1986' to lower right, edition number 68/100 lower right center. services -- designed by Mr. Sendak and using for the first time his "Wild Depicts an elderly couple, woman wearing a 'Cinderella' tiara, with a Thing" characters for advertising purposes. It was called "Wild Things pedestal and jeweled shoe, plus a Harlequin romance paperback; man Are Happening," and each episode had a particular name and focus. wearing princely coat over a Kansas City Royals uniform - with a This program ran from early 1997 to the end of 1998 and won the highly KC-crowned head, and watching a baseball game through a stone coveted Effie Award given for excellence and marketing effectiveness in window. Created the year following the Royals' World Series victory. advertising as well as a Clio Award for Mr. Sendak. The animated 22.25x 30.25inch full-sheet print in frame. Elizabeth Layton, a native of cartoons were manufactured by a well-known London-based studio Wellsville, Kansas began drawing in 1977 at the age of sixty-eight when following Mr. Sendak's storyboard drawings that were faxed across the she took a drawing class at a local university. In class she learned to Atlantic and discussed over the telephone. As such, it is a charming use the technique of "blind" countour drawing in which the artist looks at pictorial manuscript registered as #2272 in the artist's digital image the paper only for points of reference, concentrating on the subject database register to forever authenticate it reflected in the mirror rather than the line being drawn on the paper. 1A Maurice Sendak BILL CLINTON 1993 INAUGURAL PRINT Signed By Every day Layton worked at creating self-portraits that reflect her Artist *See Description For More Info On This Piece* response to contemporary social issues. That fall, a local newspaper Autographed Clinton 1993 Inaugural Print shown in the corresponding reporter, Don Lambert, was searching for an interesting subject for an image(s). Entitled "A Jubilant Welcome for Our New President and His article, and stumbled upon the class display at the college. Upon Family! From the Children of America, Maurice Sendak and Harper discovering the drawings of this old woman from small-town America, Collins Publishers, January 20, 1993," this original two-color image print Don became her biggest fan and promoter - and to this day continues was commissioned as an official greeting to welcome in the Clinton era. to tirelessly promote her drawings and her story. Layton comes from a The picture was also published in major national newspapers and sent family of writers and journalist and was herself managing editor of her selectively to leading bookshop clients who promote HarperCollins titles, hometown newspaper, The Wellsville Globe. The editorial content of her and possibly given out as a keepsake souvenir at one of the Washington drawings reveals the influence of her journalism background. Following DC inaugural parties. The exact limitation is unknown. The actual a divorce she raised five children, which perhaps explains her empathy image appears to be a duotone from graphite, with red and blue single for those who find themselves in situations beyond their control. She rules surrounding the image area. Caption containing title appears also suffered from bouts of depression for much of her life, which below. This work measures approximately 12 1/2" x 13". This is Mr. caused her to identify with those tormented by the pressures of modern Sendaks only political poster, with portraits of the First Family along with society. Her work dispels the myths and misconceptions of old age. She characters from his yet to be published "We Are All in the Dumps with examines personally and unexpectedly painful subject matter that Jack and Guy" issued later that year. No copies were ever available for rejects the stereotypical image of a grandmother. These drawing reveal commercial sale, nor were prints ever issued autographed, except for the expectations of the wide-eyed child, the young girl filled with vitality, the copy sent to the White House. Maurice Sendak has SIGNED his full the wife and lover, the nurturing parent, and a strong-willed and name in full ink just below the blue printed boarder. The work is in opinionated social activist. Elizabeth Layton was struggling with bi-polar excellent condition. To inspect and acquire more detailed information illness and profound depression when she began contour drawing, and about this lot, please attend our live preview before the auction. art became more than therapy for this Wellsville, Kansas, Native - it 2 Roger Medearis (1920-2001) "Vines and Stone", 1947 Egg Temptura Oil saved her life. Her drawings and writings have enriched the lives of Panel, ORIGINAL SIGNED PAINTING BY MEDEARIS, Framed 15.25 x countless others and have been exhibited at the Smithsonian's National 13.25" Museum of American Art, and in more than 200 art museums and Roger Medearis was a student of Thomas Hart Benton at the Kansas centers throughout the U.S. City Art Institute. The frame was designed by Medearis and has been completely restored by a professional conservator. 3 Hunt Diederich (1884-1953) Matador & Bull or Bullfight, c. 1930's, Cut Paper, 3.25" x 5.5", Signed Lower Right, Framed N/A 4 Frankart Silhouette Lamp L245 Dancing Nude Holds 10'' Disc of Heavy Frosted Glass Which Shields a Light, Green Finish, Marked, Some Nicks to Finish N/A 5 Frankart Art Deco Figural Lamp, L233- Two Nymphs Guard Skyscraper In Amber Glass, Black Finish, Marked, Some Nicks To Finish 13'H N/A 6 Frankart Art Deco Lamp, L229- Nude Holds Round Cylinder of Frosted Crackled Glass With Light Within, Nicks and Some Loss on Metal Finish, Marked N/A 7 Frankart Art Deco Lamp, L211- Two Figureal Nudes Hold 8'' Amber Glass Shade, Marked, Some Nicks to Finish. 20"H N/A 8 Frankart Art Deco Lamp, L271- Nude Gazes Into 5'' Rose Glass Bubble Globe, Marked, Some Marks to Finish. 8 1/2''H N/A 9 Waylande Gregory (1905-1971) Polar Bear Terra Cotta Sculpture, Original Prototype For Gregory Porcelain Bear, Repair To One Ear , 9"H Provenance: Private collection -Ruby Trouw Norman.Trouw purchased directly from the artist. Page 1 Auction - Historic Fine Art Auction 03/24/2015 10:14 PM CDT Lot Title/Description Lot Title/Description 13 Elizabeth "Grandma" Layton (1909-1993) "Censored" Lithograph 25/85 14 Elizabeth "Grandma" Layton (1909-1993) "Now I Can Read" Color SIGNED and Dated 1989 Lithograph 14/38 SIGNED and Dated 1992 "This old woman is bound and gagged and can no longer draw. Her This is one of Elizabeth's social-commentary images, this time on the principles have been X-ed out. I guarantee you she feels like a zilch. In subject of illiteracy. It depicts a woman before and after learning to read. the background, from top left, counter-clockwise; Interstate 70 billboard She is surrounded by pertinent quotes and statistics about literacy. art by Tillie Woodward, of a Nazi soldier hanging two Russian resistance Elizabeth 'Grandma' Layton (1909-1993), pencil signed 'Grandma fighters, which was censored and plastered over June 5, 1985; the Layton '92' to lower right corner, edition number 14/38. 33.25 x 24inch Goddess of Liberty falling broken in China's Tianemen Square; a pile of image field, then framed. Elizabeth Layton, a native of Wellsville, the old woman's drawings torn up and censored; quotation, "The first Kansas began drawing in 1977 at the age of sixty-eight when she took a exception (to the First Amendment) will not be the last"--Ira Glasser; drawing class at a local university.