William T. Smedley Art

Lucius Rossi (1846-1913) was an Italian portrait and figurative painter who worked and lived in Paris. He was a friend and painter of many of the High Society people in Paris. A pain...

Elegant & fabulously rare, original Philippe Jullian (1919-1977) (ink signed LR) watercolour depicting a lavish Moorish opium salon interior with a reclining nude portrait on the wall and two monkeys with their turban clad handler. Sagittarius Gallery, NY label inscribed Jullian No. 18 on verso Art Sz: 8 3/4"H x 11 1/8"W Frame Sz: 16"H x 18"W w/ Hermes orange mat & antique bamboo frame Provenance: The estate of D. D. Ryan (1928-2007), noted fashion editor at Harper's Bazaar, an associate of Halston and a regular on best-dressed lists! Another widely appreciated achievement is her association with the creation of Eloise, the fictional little girl who lives at the Plaza Hotel. Eloise began as a character that Kay Thompson, a cabaret singer, portrayed to amuse her friends, of whom Ms. Ryan was one. Ms. Ryan urged her to write a book, put her together with Hilary Knight, the illustrator, and never stopped pushing her to finish the job. The result was “Eloise,” published in 1955 and a best seller the next year, and its popular sequels. “The book would never have existed without D. D. Never,” Mr. Knight said in an interview Thursday. “She would have just dropped it and gone on to something else.” Beyond her historic Eloise moment, Ms. Ryan thrived at the crossroads of New York’s fashion and artistic worlds, seeming to make a statement every time she dressed, almost always in clothes she made herself, always recognizable with her famous precisely stylized eyebrows. Her first job in Manhattan was as an assistant to the photographer Richard Avedon; she was photo editor at Harper’s Bazaar under the legendary editor Diana Vreeland, and she designed the costumes for Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 Broadway musical “Company.” Her social circle included Cole Porter, Andy Warhol, Mr. Sondheim and Truman Capote. When she recommended a new pair of sandals or a piece of costume jewelry — only “really good costume jewelry...

French painter (19th-20th century) - Erotic scene. 10 x 12 cm (without frame) - 36 x 38 cm (with frame). Watercolour on paper, within a passe-partout, in a carved and gilded wooden...

French painter (19th-20th century) - Erotic scene. 10 x 12 cm (without frame) - 36 x 38 cm (with frame). Watercolour on paper, within a passe-partout, in a carved and gilded wooden...

Portrait From The Dutch School, Circa 1670, Young Lady In A Garden Before A Balustrade. Dutch school, ca. 1670. Gouache on parchment laid down on a wooden support (oak). Dimensions...

This exquisite watercolor on paper, titled "Little Garden Flowers (Still Life)", by renowned American artist Elisabeth Spalding (1868–1954) beautifully captures a delicate arrangemen...

A Compelling, 1940s Mid-Century Modern Interior Scene of Morocco with Shrouded Figures by Andre Delfau (Fr./Am. 1914-2000). Depicting an intimate Moroccan interior scene of two shro...

French painter (19th-20th century) - Erotic scene. 10 x 14 cm (without frame) - 36 x 38 cm (with frame). Watercolour on paper, within a passe-partout, in a carved and gilded wooden...

French painter (19th-20th century) - Erotic scene. 14 x 17 cm (without frame) - 36 x 38 cm (with frame). Watercolour on paper, within a passe-partout, in a carved and gilded wooden...

A very interesting signed and dated 1952 watercolor painting depicting the interior of a printing factory. The work is inscribed 'Daily Graphic Process' lower right. Artist: Harry T...

Graphite and grayish ink wash on bluish wove paper, 7 x 10 1/2 inches (177 x 265 mm) (matrix). Scattered surface soiling, adhesive residue, dog-eared corners, and scattered edge tears along left margin, outside of image area. Paper is braced on the verso with two pages from a mid 19th century book with illustrations by C.Perrin. One image depicts a scene of a group of soldiers representing the Holy Roman Empire...

A modern illustration by American artist Ray Quigley depicting two men inside of a church.