Louis John Rhead Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Louis John Rhead Art Value Price Guide

Feb. 20, 2025
LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926). BECHSTEIN. Circa 1896. 19½x29½ inches, 49½x75 cm. Hare & Co., London.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926) BECHSTEIN. Circa 1896. 19½x29½ inches, 49½x75 cm. Hare & Co., London. Condition B / B+: replaced and overpainted losses in top and left margins, into border; repaired tears, creases and abrasions in margins and image and along vertical and horizontal folds; colors attenuated. Bechstein Pianos was founded in Berlin in 1853, and opened a branch in London in 1885.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 20, 2025
LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926). SALON DES CENT. 1897. 26x19¾ inches, 66x50¼ cm. Chaix, Paris.
Est: $700 - $1,000
LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926) SALON DES CENT. 1897. 26x19¾ inches, 66x50¼ cm. Chaix, Paris. Condition B+: repaired tears, creases and restoration at edges and along vertical and horizontal folds; small replaced losses in corners; pencil inscription by the artist in bottom right margin. Rhead's international prominence led him to become the only American artist ever honored by a one-man show at Paris' famed Salon des Cent. For this show featuring 60 of his works, Rhead designed the poster in his trademark Arts and Crafts style, depicting a muse with palette and brushes in hand. Note that the colors on her palette are the same three that Rhead employs to execute this image. Kiehl 269 & pl. 51, DFP-I 468, Salon des Cent p. 61, Gold 198.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jan. 18, 2025
Louis John Rhead (1857-1926)
Est: $75 - $100
Louis John Rhead (1857-1926), framed poster. Sight 15" x 9", overall 25" x 19".
Copake Auction Inc.
Sep. 21, 2024
2 Original 1890s Louis Rhead Art Nouveau Prints Jane +
Est: $1,000 - $1,200
Rhead, Louis John 1857 - 1926 Estampe Moderne (2 Plates) Lithograph 1898 16.1 x 12.2 in. (41 x 31 cm) Printer: Champenois, Paris Condition Details: (A-) incl. -Jane- and -La Femme au Paon- from L´Estampe Moderne, with blindstamp in the bottom right corner, each with minimal staining in the margins, -Jane- with diagonal crease in right margin, -La Dame- with tiny loss in the top right corner#France #Art Nouveau #Decorative Panel
PosterConnection Inc.
Jul. 25, 2024
Rhead (Louis) The Psalms of David, Chicago, 1900; and 18 others illustrated by Rhead (19)
Est: £300 - £400
Rhead (Louis) The Psalms of David, first Rhead edition, 16 full-page illustrations, partially unopened, a few marginal tears, the odd spot, ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, original red publisher's cloth, decorated in gilt, corners bumped, rebacked preserving most of original backstrip, spine faded, Chicago, 1900; Collection of Book Plate Designs (A), out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 150, tipped-in portrait frontispiece, 26 plates, 3 tipped-in, illustrations, publisher's advertisement loosely inserted, light staining to inner margins, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, t.e.g., a few small stains, extremities slightly rubbed, Boston, 1907; Speckled Brook Trout (The), first edition, frontispiece and plates, tissue-guards, illustrations, light staining to margins of first few leaves, some light spotting, ink inscription to front free endpaper, hinges a little weak, original pictorial boards, lacking backstrip, rubbed, a few stains, New York, 1902; and The Basses Fresh-Water and Marine by Rhead, as well as a collection of uniformly bound classics illustrated by Rhead, v.s. (19)
Forum Auctions - UK
Jul. 11, 2024
Prang & Co.’s Holiday Publications. 1896.
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
ARTIST: LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926) SIZE: 16 1/4 x 22 in./41.2 x 56 cm PRINTER: DESCRIPTION: L. Prang & Company was arguably the most influential and prolific publisher of American chromolithographs in the 19th century. What began as a firm specializing in album prints for collectors soon turned into one which produced not only full-color copies of famous paintings and popular war maps, but also an in-house magazine, Prang's Chromo: A Journal of Popular Art. For the holidays, the company always issued greeting cards, which were certainly among the offerings promoted in this poster. This is possibly the last advertisement made for L. Prang & Co., as it was bought out the following year. (Art Nouveau; Literary; American)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Jul. 06, 2024
Poster: Louis J. Rhead (1858-1926)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Poster: Louis J. Rhead (1858-1926), "Le Journal de la BEAUTE". Sight 34" x 62", overall 36" x 63 1/2".
Copake Auction Inc.
Jun. 30, 2024
LOUIS JOHN RHEAD (NY, 1857-1926)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
LOUIS JOHN RHEAD (NY, 1857-1926) (2) Illustrations for "Swiss Family Robinson", pen and india ink on board, signed, matted under glass, in black cove frame, under glass, OS: 19 1/2" x 14 1/2", SS: 18" x 15", toned, Man Friday touched for publication.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Jun. 30, 2024
LOUIS JOHN RHEAD (NY, 1857-1926)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
LOUIS JOHN RHEAD (NY, 1857-1926) (4) Illustrations for "Robin Hood, The King of Thieves", pen and india ink on board, signed, matted and framed under glass, including: (pg 24) "Espied a Group of Foresters and Two Captives"; PLUS (pg 45) " "God-a-Mercy, Good Fellow", Quoth Robin, I Fain I Would Know They Name"; PLUS (pg 65) "The Friar Took Robin on His Back"; PLUS (pg 241) "The King Began to Roll Up His Sleeve". In black stick frame, matted under glass, OS: 17 1/2" x 23" & 17 1/2" x 25"; SS: 13" x 19" & 13" x 21". Toned. PLUS a first edition copy of the book signed by Rhead in 1912, year of publication by Harper & Bros, NY, with his clipped obit inside the front board, in clamshell case, water damage to lower edge.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Jun. 20, 2024
LOUIS RHEAD (1858-1926) "She Made The Arches Of The Forest Ring With Her Screams."
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
LOUIS RHEAD (1858-1926) "She Made The Arches Of The Forest Ring With Her Screams." Line drawing for a color plate in The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper (New York: Harper & Bros., 1926). Ink on paper. 13 ½ x 8 ¾ inches. Signed in lower right image. Matted and framed. English-born Louis Rhead made his reputation in America during the poster craze at the turn of the 20th century. These brightly colored designs in the Art Nouveau manner of Walter Crane and Eugène Grasset advertised Scribner's, The Century, Harper's Bazar, St. Nicholas, the New York Sun, The New York Herald and other magazines, newspapers and books. In the 1920s, Rhead illustrated a long line of Harper's children's classics including The Deerslayer.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 13, 2024
Louis Rhead Engraving Hans Christian Anderson
Est: $200 - $300
Louis John Rhead, English 1857 - 1926, Engraving From Hans Christian Anderson, She Tied On His Hankerchief, Framed without Glass. Framed measures 28 inches x 22 inches, art measures 20 inches x 14 inches.
Greenwich Auction
Mar. 31, 2024
Louis John RHEAD (1857-1926)., Paire de chromolithographies art nouveau collées sur toiles, à décor de paons dans la praire et de cygnes sur l'étang., Une monogrammée., Dimensions : 80 x 149 cm., Petites déchirures, p...
Est: €200 - €300
Louis John RHEAD (1857-1926). Paire de chromolithographies art nouveau collées sur toiles, à décor de paons dans la praire et de cygnes sur l'étang. Une monogrammée. Dimensions : 80 x 149 cm. Petites déchirures, petits manques.
MJV Soudant
Mar. 28, 2024
Louis Rhead Engraving Hans Christian Anderson
Est: $200 - $300
Louis John Rhead, English 1857 - 1926, Engraving From Hans Christian Anderson, She Tied On His Hankerchief, Framed without Glass. Framed measures 28 inches x 22 inches, art measures 20 inches x 14 inches.
Greenwich Auction
Mar. 14, 2024
Louis Rhead Engraving Hans Christian Anderson
Est: $200 - $300
Louis John Rhead, English 1857 - 1926, Engraving From Hans Christian Anderson, She Tied On His Hankerchief, Framed without Glass. Framed measures 28 inches x 22 inches, art measures 20 inches x 14 inches.
Greenwich Auction
Mar. 03, 2024
The Century / Midsummer Holiday Number. 1895.
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
ARTIST: LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926) SIZE: 14 x 20 in./35.5 x 50.8 cm PRINTER: DESCRIPTION: Rhead gives us a delectable image of sunshine, sunflowers, and sailboats. The summer living is easy indeed. (Art Nouveau; Literary; American)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Mar. 03, 2024
The Sun / Merry X-Mas.
Est: $3,500 - $4,000
ARTIST: LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926) SIZE: 31 1/2 x 48 3/4 in./80 x 123.8 cm PRINTER: Liebler & Maas, New York DESCRIPTION: Christmas: a time of peace on Earth and goodwill to Men—and let’s not forget, it’s also an extremely important season in the mind of merchants. And though dolls would appear to be the gift of choice in Rhead’s Yuletide scenario, complete with a candlelit tree, The Sun wants to remind every purveyor of commercial goods that their publication reached the most desirable demographic for their advertising dollars. Rhead was one of the first poster artists to gain an international reputation. Born in England, he was quite active in London, New York, and Paris with equal success; his exhibition of posters in New York in 1895 was America’s first, and was well received. He was heavily influenced by Grasset, whom he admired and met while in Paris. Rare! (Art Nouveau; Literary; American)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Feb. 29, 2024
Louis Rhead Engraving Hans Christian Anderson
Est: $200 - $300
Louis John Rhead, English 1857 - 1926, Engraving From Hans Christian Anderson, She Tied On His Hankerchief, Framed without Glass. Framed measures 28 inches x 22 inches, art measures 20 inches x 14 inches.
Greenwich Auction
Feb. 15, 2024
Louis Rhead Engraving Hans Christian Anderson
Est: $200 - $300
Louis John Rhead, English 1857 - 1926, Engraving From Hans Christian Anderson, She Tied On His Hankerchief, Framed without Glass. Framed measures 28 inches x 22 inches, art measures 20 inches x 14 inches.
Greenwich Auction
Feb. 01, 2024
Louis Rhead Engraving Hans Christian Anderson
Est: $200 - $300
Louis John Rhead, English 1857 - 1926, Engraving From Hans Christian Anderson, She Tied On His Hankerchief, Framed without Glass. Framed measures 28 inches x 22 inches, art measures 20 inches x 14 inches.
Greenwich Auction
Dec. 09, 2023
Louis John Rhead (1857-1926) Original Poster "Advertising in the Sun Gives Best Results" 1895
Est: $200 - $300
Louis John Rhead (1857-1926) Original Poster "Advertising in the Sun Gives Best Results" 1895. Lithograph from Les Maitres de l'Affiche. Excellent condition. 11.75"h x 7.5"w. Spend $7500 or more at this auction and all of your SHIPPING IS FREE within the lower 48 states. SHIPPING We box and ship ourselves, to keep shipping costs low. We do not use a packaging service, unless the customer prefers us to use them. We can ship either USPS or Fed Ex Ground. We deliver most larger pieces ourselves on the west coast and we make a loop around the US within approximately 60 days after the auction. No matter where you live in the lower 48 states, we look forward to personally meeting you and delivering larger pieces directly to your house. Most larger pieces can be hand delivered for $500-$600 almost anywhere in the lower 48 states. For estimated shipping times of larger pieces, please call or email us before you bid.
California Historical Design, Inc
Nov. 12, 2023
Lundborg’s Perfumes. 1895.
Est: $1,700 - $2,000
ARTIST: LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926) SIZE: 10 5/8 x 17 1/8 in./27 x 43.5 cm PRINTER: Gray Lithograph, New York DESCRIPTION: An illustrator and decorator, Rhead came to the United States from England in 1883 and forged an active career designing posters for publications and other clients. He was heavily influenced by Grasset, whom he admired and met while in Paris. He was just as popular in Europe as in the United States, and his posters formed a major body of work in all the leading poster exhibitions in England, France, and Germany during this period. He designed at least three posters for Lundborg’s Perfumes, always relating the product to its floral origins. Rare! (Art Nouveau; Beauty/Health; American)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Nov. 12, 2023
The Century / Christmas Number. 1894.
Est: $1,400 - $1,700
ARTIST: LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926) SIZE: 13 1/2 x 19 5/8 in./34.3 x 49.8 cm PRINTER: DESCRIPTION: Throughout Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries, it would not be uncommon for the ultra-wealthy to feast upon peacock at Christmas and other special events. That archaic tradition is referenced in this elegant poster by Rhead promoting The Century's Christmas number, featuring "poems and pictures, 25 full-page illustrations, Rudyard Kipling's first American story [and] the new life of Napoleon." This is the smaller format version of the design. (Art Nouveau; Literary; American; Animals)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Nov. 12, 2023
The Century Magazine / For June. 1896.
Est: $1,700 - $2,000
ARTIST: LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926) SIZE: 10 1/2 x 21 in./26.8 x 53.2 cm PRINTER: DESCRIPTION: Rhead places one of his preferred redheads amongst bright yellow roses, giving the impression that she may be serving as a trellis for them as they wrap themselves around her and even adorn her hair. The peaceful pastoral settings of his designs make it perfectly clear that The Century is appropriate reading material in every surrounding. Rhead was one of the first poster artists to gain an international reputation. Born in England, he was quite active in London, New York, and Paris with equal success; his exhibition of posters in New York in 1895 was America’s first, and was well received. (Art Nouveau; Literary; American)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Oct. 07, 2023
Louis RHEAD: "Cycle Cigarettes".
Est: $600 - $800
Louis RHEAD (English American, 1857-1926): "Cycle Cigarettes". Color lithograph, poster, on wove paper, mounted on another sheet of paper, 1891. This quintessential Art Nouveau poster, by one of the masters of the genre, is quite scarce. Signed in the stone. Sheet size: 24 7/8 x 17 1/2 inches.
Armstrong Fine Art
Aug. 27, 2023
LOUIS JOHN RHEAD (NY, 1857-1926)
Est: $600 - $800
(3) First Edition Books illustrated by Louis Rhead and signed by him on front endpapers, published by Harper & Brothers, New York: matching printed red cloth bindings in matching red cloth clamshell cases "Arabian Nights", "Treasure Island" & "Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales and Wonder Stories" signed Dec 1914; PLUS "The Arabian Nights Entertainments", signed Oct 26, 1916; PLUS "Treasure Island", 1915, signed "To my dear Nephew Bogart Blakeley, from his aff Uncle LR", with taped in Louis Rhead bookplate. 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 1 1/2" each. Sunned spines, some soiling, stains. G. Bogart Blakeley, (Newport, RI, 1900-1979), son of steel magnate George Blakeley.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 27, 2023
LOUIS JOHN RHEAD (NY, 1857-1926)
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
(2) Illustrations for "Swiss Family Robinson", pen and india ink on board, signed, matted under glass, in black cove frame, under glass, OS: 19 1/2" x 14 1/2", SS: 18" x 15", toned, Man Friday touched for publication.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 27, 2023
LOUIS JOHN RHEAD (NY, 1857-1926)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
(4) Illustrations for "Robin Hood, The King of Thieves", pen and india ink on board, signed, matted and framed under glass, including: (pg 24) "Espied a Group of Foresters and Two Captives"; PLUS (pg 45) " 'God-a-Mercy, Good Fellow', Quoth Robin, I Fain I Would Know They Name"; PLUS (pg 65) "The Friar Took Robin on His Back"; PLUS (pg 241) "The King Began to Roll Up His Sleeve". In black stick frame, matted under glass, OS: 17 1/2" x 23" & 17 1/2" x 25"; SS: 13" x 19" & 13" x 21". Toned. PLUS a first edition copy of the book signed by Rhead in 1912, year of publication by Harper & Bros, NY, with his clipped obit inside the front board, in clamshell case, water damage to lower edge.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Jun. 15, 2023
RHEAD, LOUIS JOHN (1858-1926) "She Made The Arches Of The Forest Ring With Her Screams."
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
RHEAD, LOUIS JOHN (1858-1926) "She Made The Arches Of The Forest Ring With Her Screams." Ink on paper; 13 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches. Line drawing for a color plate in The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper, New York: Harper & Bros., 1926. Signed lower right. Matted and framed. English-born Louis Rhead made his reputation in America during the poster craze at the turn of the 20th Century. These brightly colored designs in the Art Nouveau manner of Walter Crane and Eugène Grasset advertised Scribner's, The Century, Harper's Bazar, St. Nicholas, the New York Sun, The New York Herald and other magazines, newspapers and books. In the 1920s, Rhead illustrated a long line of Harper's children's classics including The Deerslayer. 1926
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 25, 2023
Rhead, L. (1857-1926). A Collection of Book Plate Designs by Louis Rhead.
Est: €50 - €70
Rhead, L. (1857-1926). A Collection of Book Plate Designs by Louis Rhead. Boston, W. Porter Truesdell, 1907, (7)p., 22 plates (incl. 1 engraving) and book dec. and orig. clothbacked boards by L. RHEAD. - Edges rubbed. = Rare. With a loosely inserted publisher's announcement for this work. Contains art nouveau designs.
Bubb > Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts
Apr. 30, 2023
LOUIS JOHN RHEAD HOOKED TROUT (NO. 17) OIL ON CANVAS
Est: -
Louis John Rhead (1857 - 1926) Hooked Trout (No. 17) Oil on Canvas. Signed and dated on lower right. A noted illustrator of the Golden Age of Illustration, late 19th to mid-20th century, Louis John Rhead was born in England and emigrated to New York where he spent most of his career. There he was a member of the Architectural League, and the New York Watercolor Society. In 1888Rhead went to live in the United States where he was in the forefront of the American Art-Nouveau movement. During the Art Nouveau years of 1894 to 1896, Louis Rhead created lithographic posters for both "Century" and "Scribner's" magazines. The "Century Magazine" is known for its Art Nouveau posters during this period. He also had one-man exhibitions of his work in France, England and the United States. Rhead was an avid fly fisher and by his own account started fishing for trout in the U.S. sometime between 1888 and 1890. In 1901 he became interested in angling art and much of his later published works deal with fishing and fly fishing. His most famous and celebrated work is American Trout-Stream Insects (1916). At the time of its publication this was one of the first and most comprehensive studies of stream entomology ever published in America. Artist: Louis John Rhead Title: Hooked Trout (No. 17) Medium: Oil on Canvas Circa/Year: 1920 Signature Type: Hand Signed Signature Location: Lower Right Site Measurement: 24" x 16" Image Keywords: Sporting, outdoor, Hunting, Fishing; Ref: BD1782
Bradford's
Apr. 30, 2023
LOUIS JOHN RHEAD HOOKED TROUT (NO. 13) OIL ON CANVAS
Est: -
Louis John Rhead (1857 - 1926) Hooked Trout (No. 13) Oil on Canvas. Signed and dated on lower right. A noted illustrator of the Golden Age of Illustration, late 19th to mid-20th century, Louis John Rhead was born in England and emigrated to New York where he spent most of his career. There he was a member of the Architectural League, and the New York Watercolor Society. In 1888Rhead went to live in the United States where he was in the forefront of the American Art-Nouveau movement. During the Art Nouveau years of 1894 to 1896, Louis Rhead created lithographic posters for both "Century" and "Scribner's" magazines. The "Century Magazine" is known for its Art Nouveau posters during this period. He also had one-man exhibitions of his work in France, England and the United States. Rhead was an avid fly fisher and by his own account started fishing for trout in the U.S. sometime between 1888 and 1890. In 1901 he became interested in angling art and much of his later published works deal with fishing and fly fishing. His most famous and celebrated work is American Trout-Stream Insects (1916). At the time of its publication this was one of the first and most comprehensive studies of stream entomology ever published in America. Artist: Louis John Rhead Title: Hooked Trout (No. 13) Medium: Oil on Canvas Circa/Year: 1920 Signature Type: Hand Signed Signature Location: Lower Right Site Measurement: 20" x 16" Image Keywords: Sporting, outdoor, Hunting, Fishing; Ref: BD1782
Bradford's
Mar. 26, 2023
Read The Sun. 1895.
Est: $1,700 - $2,000
ARTIST: LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926) SIZE: 25 1/2 x 45 1/2 in./64.7 x 115.6 cm DESCRIPTION: The New York Sun—one of the earliest dailies in America, started in 1853—was a highly successful paper, relying on human interest stories. During the 1890s, it employed such journalist luminaries as Joseph Pulitzer, Arthur Brisbane, Julian Ralph, and Richard Harding Davis. This is one of several fine posters Rhead created for it, a forceful image that simply exhorts the potential reader to pick up The Sun, having secured their attention with a lovely Art Nouveau woman who bears the solar orb in her arms. (Art Nouveau; Literary; American)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Mar. 09, 2023
LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926). LE JOURNAL DE LA BEAUTÉ. 1897. 32x60 inches, 81¼x152½ cm. Chaix, Paris.
Est: $5,000 - $7,500
LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926) LE JOURNAL DE LA BEAUTÉ. 1897. 32x60 inches, 81 1/4x152 1/2 cm. Chaix, Paris. Condition A-: minor creases and abrasions at edges; slight foxing at upper right margin. Matted and framed. Along with a panel of swans, this scene was commissioned by La Plume as "large lithographs that could be incorporated into decorative interior schemes" (Kiehl p. 177). This is the version with text. Rare. DFP-I 454a, Kiehl 270.
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 09, 2023
LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926). FOR FASHIONABLE WINTER CLOTHING. Circa 1896. 46¾x28¼ inches, 119x72 cm. Ellery Howard Co., NY.
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926) FOR FASHIONABLE WINTER CLOTHING. Circa 1896. 46 3/4x28 1/4 inches, 119x72 cm. Ellery Howard Co., NY. Condition B+: creases, abrasions and repaired tears at edges, some into image; creases and restoration along vertical and horizontal folds. This is a rare and unusual work for Rhead, who primarily designed posters for publications. It appears to be a stock poster onto which the name of a specific retailer would have been added in the blank space at the bottom. No stranger to winter scenes, Rhead had used several winter landscapes as the settings for his posters for The Sun and The Century; however, they all depicted women. This is one of his very few posters to depict a man. The image appears as a color plate in Das Moderne Plakat (1897) and Kiehl illustrates a variation that announces a short story called "His Lordship," with the blank space at the bottom being used to fill in the name of the newspaper where the story was being serialized. DFP-I 458, Kiehl 264 (var).
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 09, 2023
LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926). PACKER'S TAR SOAP. 1895. 19¾x13¾ inches, 50x35 cm. J. Ottmann Litho. Co., New York.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926) PACKER'S TAR SOAP. 1895. 19 3/4x13 3/4 inches, 50x35 cm. J. Ottmann Litho. Co., New York. Condition B+: creases, tears, abrasions and minor losses at edges and corners; tear at lower right margin into image; hole with grommet for hanging in upper border. Mounted on card, as issued. Rare. We could find no other examples at auction. The Met 1990.1100.5.
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 09, 2023
LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926). THE JOURNAL. 1896. 47¼x60½ inches, 119½x153¾ cm. Liebler & Maass Litho., NY.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926) THE JOURNAL. 1896. 47 1/4x60 1/2 inches, 119 1/2x153 3/4 cm. Liebler & Maass Litho., NY. Condition B+: repaired tears in margins and image; restored losses, creases and abrasions in margins and along vertical and horizontal folds. Two-sheets. Gleeson White, writing in The Studio, August 1896, opines that Rhead's posters "have tried to embody just as much of the spirit of Pre-Raphaelite art as the hoarding can bear." Most of his designs were for newspapers, various publishers and periodicals ( The Morning Sun, The Century, The Sun, The Journal), but he also designed posters for perfume, soap and cigarette companies. Sponsel p.178 (var), Reims 1305, Kiehl 262, Keay p. 96, Affiches Etrangeres p. 167, Fit to Print 134.
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 24, 2022
Rhead, L.J. (1857-1926). La femme au paon.
Est: €60 - €80
Rhead, L.J. (1857-1926). La femme au paon. Col. lithograph, 34x22,5 cm., signed on the stone, blindstamp of L'Estampe Moderne. - Yellowed; trifle frayed.
Bubb > Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts
Nov. 24, 2022
Rhead, L. (1857-1926). A Collection of Book Plate Designs by Louis Rhead.
Est: €80 - €100
Rhead, L. (1857-1926). A Collection of Book Plate Designs by Louis Rhead. Boston, W. Porter Truesdell, 1907, (7)p., 22 plates (incl. 1 engraving) and book dec. and orig. clothbacked boards by L. RHEAD. - Edges rubbed. = Rare. With a loosely inserted publisher's announcement for this work. With art nouveau designs.
Bubb > Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts
Nov. 13, 2022
Mandeville and King / Superior Flower Seeds. 1897.
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
ARTIST: LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926) SIZE: 18 1/4 x 29 in./46.3 x 73.7 cm PRINTER: J. Ottman, New York DESCRIPTION: With a heavy nod to Grasset, this intricate and contemplative design for Mandeville and King flower seeds delicately portrays the romanticization of nature so popular at the time. (Art Nouveau)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Nov. 13, 2022
Scribner’s / For Xmas. 1895.
Est: $1,700 - $2,000
ARTIST: LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926) SIZE: 13 3/4 x 18 in./35 x 45.8 cm DESCRIPTION: “A red-haired beauty brings some Christmas greenery to her house through a snowy wood in this charming design for Scribner’s, one of the most popular magazines of its kind. Even by Rhead’s own high standards, this is a classic” (Gold, p. 74). (Art Nouveau; Literary)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Nov. 13, 2022
The Quartier Latin. 1899.
Est: $1,700 - $2,000
ARTIST: LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926) SIZE: 14 x 20 1/8 in./35.5 x 51 cm PRINTER: Imp. Chaix, Paris (not shown) DESCRIPTION: The Quartier Latin was the literary arts magazine for young British and American expats in Belle Époque Paris, featuring contributors such as Jack B. Yeats, Kate Adair, and J.K. Huysmans. While American writers decried The Quartier Latin for the "total lack of decorous restraint which should exist between young people" (The Evils of the Latin Quarter, Chicago Tribune, 1899), all is elegant artistry in Rhead's cover illustration. Born in England, Rhead found equal success in London, New York, and Paris; his 1895 exhibition of posters in New York was America's first. This is the rare proof before letters—with incredibly fresh colors! (Art Nouveau; Literary)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Nov. 13, 2022
The Century / Midsummer Holiday Number. 1894.
Est: $2,500 - $3,000
ARTIST: LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926) SIZE: 19 x 14 in./48.3 x 35.5 cm DESCRIPTION: Rhead artfully captures Art Nouveau ambiance for The Century by echoing the woman’s auburn tresses in the orange trumpets and roses which surround her, and then reflecting the wave of her hair in the lines of the stylized sky. Rhead was one of the first poster artists to gain an international reputation. He was heavily influenced by Grasset, who he admired and met while in Paris. (Art Nouveau; Literary)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Aug. 20, 2022
RHEAD, Louis (1857-1926). The Century for Xmas. 1896. Poste...
Est: $500 - $700
RHEAD, Louis (1857-1926). The Century for Xmas. 1896. Poster for The Century magazine’s holiday issue depicts Father Christmas accompanied by two children, each holding a single lit candle. 21 ½ x 14 ½”. Linen backed. Folds, marginal wear. B-.
Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
Jun. 23, 2022
LOUIS JOHN RHEAD (1857 - 1926): ILLUSTRATION
Est: $700 - $1,000
pen and ink; signed lower right; Provenance: The Estate of David Karpeles, the Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Montecito, CA; 13 1/2 x 9 inches sight; 24 x 20 inches frame
Abell Auction
Jun. 15, 2022
LOUIS RHEAD Scribners For Xmas Antique Lithograph
Est: $500 - $2,000
LOUIS RHEAD Scribners For Xmas Antique Lithograph, inscriptions read Scribners For Xmas inscribed signature to lower right of illustration reads Louis Rhead, subject shows art nouveau style woman dressed in black holding a bouquet of leaves walking through a snowy forest at dusk. In frame measures approx 28 x 21 3/4 in., window measures approx 19 3/4 x 14 in., wood and gold toned frame, minor creasing to piece, glass cover with minor surface wear to frame, professionally framed, not examined out of frame. Property of Martha Stewarts Skyland, Maine Estate. Martha Stewarts collection of vintage & antique posters originally belonged to the preceding owner of the Skyland Estate, Edsel Ford (1893-1943). Part of this collection was moved to Martha Stewarts Katonah, New York Estate, displayed prior to auction. Louis John Rhead (November 6, 1857 – July 29, 1926) was an English-born American artist, illustrator, author and angler who was born in Etruria, Staffordshire, England. He emigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-four. In the early 1890s, Rhead became a prominent poster artist and was heavily influenced by the work of Swiss artist Eugene Grasset. During the poster craze of the early 1890s, Rheads poster art appeared regularly in Harpers Bazaar, Harpers Magazine, St. Nicolas, Century Magazine, Ladies Home Journal and Scribners Magazine. An exhibition of his work was organized by the Salon des Cent in Paris. Three of his posters were published in Les Maitres de l Affiche. In 1895 he won a Gold Medal for Best American Poster Design at the first International Poster Show in Boston. (Wikipedia). Louis Rhead Scribners for Xmas Antique Lithograph, Louis Rhead Art Nouveau Lithograph, antique art, antique lithograph, art nouveau lithograph, antique art nouveau advertisement, Scribners Magazine antique illustration, Martha Stewart art collection, Edsel ford art collection, Martha Stewart estate art, wall art, wall decor 7
The Benefit Shop Foundation Inc.
May. 31, 2022
Louis Rhead (American, 1857-1926)
Est: $800 - $1,000
Louis Rhead (American, 1857-1926) Untitled (Piggy-back Ride) oil on wood, signed upper right, probably original illustration art for a book or magazine cover. Framed. Size: 25'' x 18.75'', 64 x 48 cm (board); 33'' x 26.5'', 84 x 67 cm (frame). Provenance: White Whale Antiques; Private Pennsylvania Collection. Rhead was the lead artist of the American poster renaissance in 1890-1910. He edited the magazine Art Interchange and also worked as a prominent illustrator in the Golden Age of American illustration, 1880s-1920s. A member of the Architectural League he was a lead illustrator for the Century and Scribner's magazines. He was also a talented ceramicist, and in older age became famous for inventing fishing lures and writing about and creating paintings about angling. His work rarely comes up for auction. He is represented in the Delaware Art Museum and the Brandywine River Museum.
Material Culture
May. 26, 2022
LOUIS JOHN RHEAD (American, 1857 - 1926). The Century Christmas Number, circa 1900, American Art Nouveau medium-sized color lithograph
Est: $300 - $400
LOUIS JOHN RHEAD (American, 1857 - 1926). The Century Christmas Number, circa 1900, American Art Nouveau medium-sized color lithograph which was the cover illustration for "The Century", an American literary magazine. Plate signed in plate at lower left. Artwork is framed & matted. Not examined out of frame. - image measures 19 h. x 13 w.
Sloans & Kenyon
Apr. 20, 2022
LOUIS JOHN RHEAD (American, 1857 - 1926). The Century Christmas Number, circa 1900, American Art Nouveau medium-sized color lithograph
Est: $300 - $400
LOUIS JOHN RHEAD (American, 1857 - 1926). The Century Christmas Number, circa 1900, American Art Nouveau medium-sized color lithograph which was the cover illustration for "The Century", an American literary magazine. Plate signed in plate at lower left. Artwork is framed & matted. Not examined out of frame. - image measures 19 h. x 13 w.
Sloans & Kenyon