Scrambled Yeggs in Party Dresses

Original art from the Museum of Illustration

The Scrambled Yeggs by Robert McGinnis
Cover illustration for the story by Richard Prather
Fawcett Gold Medal Books, 1960, 1968
Designers Colours and Casein White on hot press illustration board


Cafe Sinister by Martha Sawyers
Illustration for the story of the same name by Ben Hecht
Caption: ”I noticed a few evenings later that the baron had a different girl with him. ‘Well, we’ve got a new clue,’ I said. ‘We’ve found out the baron has a redhead fetish.”’
Collier’s magazine, August 21, 1943
Pastel


Hail and Farewell by A. Carter
Illustration for the story by Williston Rich
The American Magazine, December 1938
Oil on canvas


The Party Dress by Henry Patrick Raleigh
Interior illustration for the serialized novel by Joseph Hergesheimer
Caption: ”Lea cut in on Francis. ‘Against my better judgement,’ he said to Nina, ‘I am obliged to tell you are a sweet affair.’ Nina was in a glow of triumph. What especially engaged her was the fact that men rather than women spoke of her dress and praised it.”’
Hearst’s International combined with Cosmopolitan, November 1929
Ink and watercolour on illustration board


Portrait of Billie Burke by Frederic L. ”Eric” Pape
Published in the theatre section of the Sunday New York Herald Tribune, advertisement for ”The Truth Game”, December 28, 1930
Litho crayon on paper


Society of Illustrators

July 28th, 2018

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