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http://50watts.com/
I'm importing the archives to the new site and posting new material daily.
Please visit and update your links. Thanks.
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Japanese, 1924 magazine (detail)
original post: Extraordinary early 20th century magazine covers from Japan

Kveta Pacovska (Czech), 1973, illus. for Pohadky Pro Vsedni Dny I Pro Svatky (detail)
original post: Fairy Tales for Work Days and Personal Days

Farshid Meshgali, 1970s Iran, The Blue-Eyed Boy (Mojabi, Pisarak-L Cism Abi), cover (detail)
original post: Iranian Kid's Books 2

Albin Brunovsky, 1972, illus. for Tri Princezne V Belasej Skale (detail)
original post: Forgotten Illustrator: Albin Brunovsky

Lynd Ward, Beowulf, '39 (detail)
original post: Lynd Ward illustrations for Beowulf

Dorothy Lathrop, 1923, Crossings by de la Mare (detail)
original post: Forgotten Illustrator: Dorothy Lathrop

Helga Aichinger, illustration for Noah and the Rainbow, 1972 (detail)
original post: Forgotten Illustrator: Helga Aichinger

Viera Gergel'ova, 1972, illustration for Puf a Muf by Natasa Tanska (detail)
original post: Forgotten Illustrator: Viera Gergel'ova

Eje Wray, illus. for 1979 trans. of Hedayat's Haji Agha (detail)
original post: I've actually seen the next world

original post: Extraordinary early 20th century book covers from Japan

Salvador Bartolozzi, Spanish Pinnochio comic, 1920s, cover (detail)
original post: Pinocchio's Spanish Cousin Pinocchio

Albin Brunovsky, 1972, illus. for Tri Princezne V Belasej Skale (detail)
original post: Forgotten Illustrator: Albin Brunovsky

Adolf Hoffmeister, 1964, illus. for Czech trans. of Well's First Men in the Moon (detail)
original post: The First Men in the Moon

Jaroslav Serych, 1970, illustration for Japanese Tales (detail)
original post: Forgotten Illustrator: Jaroslav Serych

Takeo Takei, Children's Days in Japan, 1936, cover (detail)
original post: Takeo Takei, Children's Days in Japan, 1936 pamphlet

Takeo Takei, Children's Days in Japan, 1936, (detail)
original post: Takeo Takei, Children's Days in Japan, 1936 pamphlet

Takeo Takei, Children's Days in Japan, 1936, (detail)
original post: Takeo Takei, Children's Days in Japan, 1936 pamphlet

Edouard Roditi, Emperor of Midnight, cover etching by Jose Hernandez (Black Sparrow, 1974) (detail)
original post: Stacks of Books Crushing Me

Ancka Gosnik-Godec, 1964, illus. for Ela Peroci, Za Lahko Noc (detail)
original post: Forgotten Illustrator: Ancka Gosnik-Godec

Ancka Gosnik-Godec, 1964, illus. for Ela Peroci, Za Lahko Noc (detail)
original post: Forgotten Illustrator: Ancka Gosnik-Godec

Japanese, 1921 magazine (detail)
original post: Extraordinary early 20th century magazine covers from Japan

Japanese, 1922 magazine (detail)
original post: Extraordinary early 20th century magazine covers from Japan

Japanese, 1924 magazine (detail)
original post: Extraordinary early 20th century magazine covers from Japan

Nura, The Buttermilk Tree, 1934 (detail)
original post: The Buttermilk Tree

Salvador Bartolozzi, Spanish Pinnochio comic, 1920s, (detail)
original post: Salvador Bartolozzi's Pinnochio

Otto Neumann, Grotesque (detail)
original post: Otto Neumann's Grotesques

Hermann Finsterlin, 1920s, erotic work
original post: Wandering from Organ to Organ with Hermann Finsterlin
The Finsterlin (above) and Obrist (below) posts are two of my personal favorites. Check them out!

Hermann Obrist, Smoldering plant, ca. 1900 (pencil and charcoal) (detail)
original post: Go forth and picture this: Hermann Obrist's Superior Mirage

Chao Fang Fang, Drunken Village (Prints from Heilongjiang, China) (detail)
original post: The Great Northern Wasteland

Matta, tarot illustration for Breton's Arcane 17 (detail)
original post: Arcanum
Will, thanks for this wonderful display of brilliant illustrations! Love them all.
ReplyDeleteWonderful set of illustrations. So inspiring.
ReplyDeleteGod lives in the details ;-) Great blog!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great collection - thank you for posting.
ReplyDeleteYour blog, in my modest opinion, rules.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
Saludos, from Argentina.
P.D: I was looking for Lynd Ward when I found this post. The point of an iceberg, a beautiful blog, a saucer full of delicious secrets.