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Sunday, July 18, 2021

S K E L E T O N S . . . by different artists

skeleton art pre-1800, carved ivory   

 S K E L E T O N S

      
a Richard Sica bookplate, ex libris, children playing on a giant human skull
a Richard Sica bookplate,  1953?
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
a John Leech cartoon,  1800s England, a skeleton is discovered in a wine parrel
a John Leech cartoon,  1800s England       click image to enlarge
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
2000s H.P. Lovecraft Expo poster, an exhibition of unspeakable things
the H.P. Lovecraft Exhibition poster
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
Thomas Theodor Heine, skeletons on a rainy shore looking out to sea
Thomas Theodor Heine       click twice
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
a Charles Addams cartoon about a museum employee
"Perhaps Comstock needs a vacation"     a Charles Addams cartoon
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
Sidney Sime illustration of a giant skull
Sidney Sime
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
a Linley Sambourne illustration of a crow on a ram skull
a Linley Sambourne illustration       click twice
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
a Ron Cobb cartoon, Man demonstrating his superiority over animals
"Man demonstrating his superiority over animals" 
a Ron Cobb cartoon       click twice
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
Picasso skull head on a table
Picasso
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
an Ivan Bilibin illustration
an Ivan Bilibin illustration       click twice
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
Otto Rieth 1896 fantasy architecture
Otto Rieth,  1891
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
National Lampoon Charles Rodrigues cartoon about insensitive police
Missing Persons Bureau   "I think we have some definite word for you, 
  Mrs. Kelsey ..."    a Charles Rodrigues cartoon for
 National Lampoon Magazine
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
a Virgil Finlay illustration 1938, a skeleton with demons
a Virgil Finlay illustration,  1938       click twice
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
Virgil Finlay, a skull
Virgil Finlay
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
a Charles Addams cartoon about bad news
"Oh,  dear,  I'm afraid Foster has some sort of bad news"      a Charles Addams cartoon
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
a Karl Arnold 1934 illustration of a skeleton musician
a Karl Arnold 1934 illustration       click twice
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
the Alfred Schweizer skull mirror art
Alfred Schweizer
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
an Armand Rassenfosse 1919 bookplate, a skeleton attacks an artist
an Armand Rassenfosse 1919 bookplate
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
Ken Reid 1970s World Wide Weirdies
Ken Reid,  1970s       click twice
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
Hans Tegner 1900 illustration
"The king led Johannes out into the Princess's garden.  In every tree hung three or four skeletons of princes who had wooed the princess"    a Hans Tegner 1900 illustration
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
a Frans Masereel print of a public skull monument to death and war
war memorial,  a Frans Masereel print       click twice
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
Caitlin T. McCormack fibre art
Caitlin T. McCormack fibre art
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
1893 Chicago WF Darkness & Dawn theater
"Entrance to
Darkness & Dawn"    at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair 
click twice
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
a John W. Elischer 1921 statuette, woman on a skull
a John W. Elischer 1921 statuette
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
Heinrich Kley, a giant skull shelters people from the rain
Heinrich Kley       click twice
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
a Gahan Wilson cartoon
"Now I think you'll find this one is something rather special,  sir"
 a Gahan Wilson cartoon
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair, large animal skeleton and hanging whale
at the 1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair       click twice
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
Salvador Dali, a stretched skull
Salvador Dali
       
S K E L E T O N S
      
Don't Mix Them, whiskey gas, a drinking & driving poster
"Don't Mix Them ... whiskey,  gas"     a drinking & driving poster