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LOUIS RHEAD Illustration from ALI BABA - Open Sesame! 1916 - Incredible Pen Work!

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LOUIS RHEAD Illustration from ALI BABA - Open Sesame! 1916 - Incredible Pen Work! Comic Art

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Title:	LOUIS RHEAD Illustration from ALI BABA - Open Sesame! 1916 - Incredible Pen Work!
Artist:	Louis Rhead (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	FS - $1000 + Shipping
Views:	854
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	1
Added to Site:	7/31/2022
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Louis Rhead (1857-1926) was an English-born American illustrator well-known for his poster illustrations, which often appeared in Harper's Bazaar, Harper's Magazine, St. Nicolas, Century Magazine, Ladies Home Journal and Scribner's Magazine. When the popularity of poster art declined, Rhead turned to book illustration, illustrating such classics as Robin Hood, The Swiss Family Robinson, Robinson Crusoe, The Deerslayer, Treasure Island, Kidnapped and The Arabian Nights' Entertainment.

This incredible pen and ink illustration is from The Arabian Nights' Entertainment, published in 1916 by Harper & Brothers, and accompanied "The History of Ali Baba, and of the Forty Robbers Who Were Killed by One Slave". In the book the illustration is captioned, "The Captain of the Robbers Pronounced These Words, "Open Sesame!" When you talk about classic illustration, it doesn’t get much more classic than this, especially for fans of incredible ink-slinging. I’ve tried to give you a good-size scan here, but no scan will ever do Rhead’s ink work justice. The hatching, cross-hatching and contour line work are simply amazing. Just look at those incredible textures. Measuring 19½”x 13½”, the illustration is lightly and evenly toned. As you can see from the printed image, someone trimmed away about 1/16th of an inch along the lower edge, likely to fit the piece into a frame. I wish they hadn’t done that, but there’s nothing to be done about it now. Luckily, only a tiny bit was lost.

If you collect stellar examples of illustration from important books, this one is for you. $1000.00 + 20.00 Priority shipping.

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George Hagenauer
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 2/19/2024

I thin ka lot of the book exists and his fairy tale book I still own oen original but inthe 1980s saw an entire file of them (ended u pwith 2) where they all went is nayone's guess! He is really good and sadly forgotten

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