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

Aug. 28, 2026
LOUIS JOHN RHEAD (NY, 1857-1926)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
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
Aug. 28, 2026
LOUIS JOHN RHEAD (NY, 1857-1926)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
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. Toned, Man Friday touched for publication.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Jul. 30, 2026
Louis Rhead, L. Prang & Co's Holiday Publications. 1895.
Est: $800 - $1,200
Louis Rhead 1857-1926 L. Prang & Co's Holiday Publications. 1895. Condition B: extensive replaced losses and repaired tears at edges, some into text and image; overpainting in margins; creases and abrasions in image. Matted and framed. An angel, depicted in Rhead's classic, Pre-Raphaelite style. Louis Prang, an immigrant from Germany, ran a large and important printing house in Boston. Despite being one of America's most influential printers of chromolithographs, he is most remembered as having invented the Christmas card. Kiehl 258, DFP I 455, Reims 1312, Margolin p. 142, Virginia p. 90, Weill 122.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jul. 30, 2026
Louis Rhead, Prang's Easter Publications. 1895.
Est: $600 - $900
Louis Rhead 1857-1926 Prang's Easter Publications. 1895. Condition C: extensive replaced and overpainted losses in upper left text, upper right image and lower right corner; repaired tears, creases and overpainting in image. Matted and framed. Louis Prang, an immigrant from Germany, ran a large, prominent printing house in Boston. Despite being one of America's most influential printers of chromolithographs, he is most remembered as having invented the Christmas card. Kiehl 258, DFP I 455, Reims 1312, Margolin p. 142, Virginia p. 90, Weill 122, The Met 1984.1202.146.
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 16, 2026
Original 1890s Louis Rhead Art Nouveau Calendar Print
Est: $300 - $400
Rhead, Louis John 1857 - 1926 Poster Calendar Lithography Printing ca. 1897 19.6 x 14.1 in. (50 x 36 cm) Printer: Prang & Co., Boston Condition Details: (B+) minor creasing and staining at the edges, margins cut unevenly, this is the July-September sheet for the c. 1897 calendar before the months were printed, printed on firm paper (as issued), requires flat shipping France; Art Nouveau
PosterConnection Inc.
May. 16, 2026
Original 1890s Louis Rhead Art Nouveau Print La Femme
Est: $500 - $600
Rhead, Louis John 1857 - 1926 L'Estampe Moderne (La Femme au Paon) Lithography Printing 1897 15.7 x 11.8 in. (40 x 30 cm) Printer: Champenois, Paris Condition Details: (B+) minor mat burn France; Art Nouveau
PosterConnection Inc.
Apr. 15, 2026
LOUIS JOHN RHEAD (1857-1926)
Est: £400 - £600
LOUIS JOHN RHEAD (1857-1926) 'HELD ON TIL HIS FOOT TOUCHED THE LADDER', ILLUSTRATION FROM 'THE ICE MAIDEN' CHAPTER VII pen and ink 48.5cm x 33cm (frame size 73cm x 53cm)
Lyon & Turnbull
Feb. 26, 2026
Louis J. Rhead, Try Vio - Violet / A New Lundberg Perfume. 1895.
Est: $500 - $750
Louis J. Rhead 1858-1926 Try Vio - Violet / A New Lundberg Perfume. 1895. Condition B: restoration and overpainting in lower right corner; water stain along right edge; faded; printed on card. DFP-I 459.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 26, 2026
Louis J. Rhead, L. Prang & Co's Holiday. 1895.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Louis J. Rhead 1858-1926 L. Prang & Co's Holiday. 1895. Condition B+: repaired tears at edges, some through text and image; overpainting in margins; creases and abrasions in image. Matted and framed. LOUIS J. RHEAD PRANG'S EASTER PUBLICATIONS. 1895. 23¾x16 7/8 inches. Condition B+: minor paper losses in top margin; repaired tears and creases in image. An angel, depicted in Rhead's classic, Pre-Raphaelite style. Louis Prang, an immigrant from Germany, ran a large and important printing house in Boston. Despite being one of America's most influential printers of chromolithographs, he is most remembered as having invented the Christmas card. Kiehl 258, DFP I 455, Reims 1312, Margolin p. 142, Virginia p. 90, Weill 122.
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 19, 2025
Louis J. Rhead, The Century / For Xmas vintage poster
Est: $1,000 - $1,200
Louis J. Rhead The Century / For Xmas vintage poster 1895 21.5 h x 14.625 w in (55 x 37 cm) Accompanying a procession focused on a steaming platter of Christmas pudding, this holiday issue of The Century contains reproductions of Tissot's painting "Life of Christ" as well as a complete novelette by Rudyard Kipling. Rhead was one of the first poster artists to gain an international reputation, moving from England to the United States in 1882. He had a successful career on both continents. G. H. Buck, New York Literature: DFP-I, 448; Reims, 1297; Farbe, p. 47; Affiches Etrangeres, p. 156; Lauder, 259; PAI-LVIII, 508 This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
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Nov. 19, 2025
Louis J. Rhead, Prang's Easter Publications vintage poster
Est: $1,400 - $1,700
Louis J. Rhead Prang's Easter Publications vintage poster 1896 sight: 17 h x 23.5 w in (43 x 60 cm) 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. Here, a detailed rendering of the angel Gabriel brings lilies to the Virgin Mary for the Annunciation. Literature: Kauft Bucher, p. 95; Lauder, 258; DFP-1, 455; Reims, 1312; PAI-LVIII, 510 This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Poster Auctions International Inc
Nov. 19, 2025
Louis J. Rhead, L. Prang & Co.'s Holiday Publications vintage poster
Est: $1,400 - $1,700
Louis J. Rhead L. Prang & Co.'s Holiday Publications vintage poster 1896 21.5 h x 16 w in (55 x 41 cm) 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. Literature: Lauder I, 251; DFP-I, 460; PAI-LXXXII, 109 This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Poster Auctions International Inc
Nov. 19, 2025
Louis J. Rhead, Lundborg's Perfumes vintage window card
Est: $1,700 - $2,000
Louis J. Rhead Lundborg's Perfumes vintage window card 1894 17.75 h x 12 w in (45 x 30 cm) Rhead was one of the most active poster artists of the 1890s, producing around one hundred designs over the course of the decade. His style reflected a deep admiration for French Art Nouveau, marked by graceful line work, decorative patterning, and a harmonious use of color. Though some critics viewed his fidelity to Eugene Grasset's style as overly derivative, Rhead remains notable as one of the few artists to successfully bring the spirit of French Art Nouveau to the American poster movement. His designs were commissioned by major newspapers, publishers, and magazines-including The Sun, The Journal, and The Century-as well as by commercial clients, such as a perfume company for which he created several striking advertising images. The Gast Lith. & Eng. Co., New York Literature: DFP-I 436; Kiehl 248; Margolin 202 This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Poster Auctions International Inc
Sep. 18, 2025
Louis Rhead "The Century Magazine..." Poster, 1896
Est: $400 - $600
Louis John Rhead (English/American, 1857-1926), "The Century Magazine For June", Lithographic Poster in Colors, 1896, signed in print lower left, and marked "Copyright 1896 The Century UNV." lower right, ebonized and giltwood frame. Image: 21" H x 10.75" W; frame: 28.5" H x 18" W x 1" D. Provenance: From an Upper East Side, New York City Collection. Keywords: Antique Prints, Multiples, Vintage Posters, Advertising, Magazine, Figural, Figurative, Pre-Raphaelite, Red-Haired Maiden, Floral, Flowers, Polychrome, 19th Century Art
Auctions at Showplace
Aug. 07, 2025
Louis Rhead "Sigh No More Ladies" Watercolor
Est: $400 - $600
Louis John Rhead (English, 1857-1926), "Sigh No More Ladies", Ink and Watercolor on Paper, signed lower right, giltwood frame. Image: 8" H x 6" W; frame: 13.25" H x 11" W x 0.75" D. Provenance: The Upper East Side Estate of Anne Kaufman Schneider, the daughter of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright George S. Kaufman. Keywords: Painting, Watercolour, Works on Paper, Figural, Figurative, Art Nouveau, Flowers, Floral, Quotation, Lettering, Female form, British, Early 20th Century Art
Auctions at Showplace
Jul. 22, 2025
Louis J. Rhead, The Sun / It's So
Est: $2,000 - $2,500
Louis J. Rhead The Sun / It's So 1895 45 h x 38.25 w in (114 x 97 cm) The New York Sun-one of the earliest dailies in America, founded in 1853-was a highly successful paper, relying on human interest stories. During the 1890s, it employed such journalistic luminaries as Joseph Pulitzer, Arthur Brisbane, Julian Ralph, and Richard Harding Davis. This is one of several fine posters Rhead created for it, an elegant image that equates the black fruit and lady's dress with the inks that print the news in the paper. Liebler & Maas, NY Literature: DFP-II, 440; Lauder I, 256; Reims, 1304; Margolin, p. 177; Farbe, 78; PAI-LXVIII, 569 This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Poster Auctions International Inc
Apr. 19, 2025
Louis John Rhead, (1857-1926), La Femme au Paon, 1897, lithograph
Est: $250 - $350
Louis John Rhead (1857-1926) La Femme au Paon, 1897 lithograph signed in the plate, framed.
Link Auction Galleries
Apr. 15, 2025
LOUIS J. RHEAD (1857 - 1926) Swans.
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
LOUIS J. RHEAD (1857 - 1926) Swans. Color lithograph, 1897. 1515x784 mm; 59⅝x30⅞ inches, full margins. Commissioned and published by La Plume, Paris. Provenance Reba W. & Dave H. Williams Collection, New York
Swann Auction Galleries
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.
Aug. 08, 2024
LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926). SALON DES CENT. 1897. 28½x14¼ inches, 72½x36¼ cm. Chaix, Paris.
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926) SALON DES CENT. 1897. 28½x14¼ inches, 72½x36¼ cm. Chaix, Paris. Condition A. Matted and framed. 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 and pl. 51, DFP-I 468, Salon des Cent p. 61, Gold 198.
Swann Auction Galleries
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
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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.
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