Dark Parks Books & Collectibles

Wilson, Rowland B.

Original Watercolor Sketch Nude in Bonnet. Playboy Cartoonist. Signed and Dated. April 1, 1985. Rare. 3 x 5 inches. Beautiful sketch, watercolor. Reclining, smiling, hatted nude. Signed and dated. A beautiful piece. Suitable for framing. Rare. Fine. Wilson’s original art is extremely rare on the market. Rowland Bragg Wilson (1930-2005), gag cartoonist and animation artist, who did watercolor cartoon illustrations for leading magazines, notably Playboyand TV Guide, as well as The Saturday Evening Post, Esquire and The New Yorker. Wilson was the animator on the Disney films The Little Mermaid, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Tarzan, and Hercules. He was awarded an Emmy for his animation on Schoolhouse Rock! “Instantly recognizable artist in Playboy....” [-New York Times, Wilson obituary].

Watercolor. Painting. Playboy. The New Yorker. Esquire. Disney. Animation. Adult humor. Sex. Pinup. Cartoons. Comics.       DP10044   $200.00

Waddell, Hilda.

Original artwork. Cigar Manufactory. Girls Wanted to Strip. The I-Dea. [New York]. 1906. 6 x 9 inches. Original ink illustration and 3D paper board, on thick art paper. Probably created for some sort of adult men’s magazine or broadside.. A fine example of very early 20th century adult cartoon artwork. The Library of Congress refers the title as “The Idea”, see citation listing below. Suitable for framing.     

Library of Congress Pt.4 Copyright Entries: 1362.     Pinup. Sex. Adult humor. Cartoons. Cigars. Erotica. Advertising.        DP10014   $75.00

Rowlandson, Thomas.

The Sculptor. [Reproduction]. New York: Raymond & Raymond, [c1960]. 6 x 7.75 inches. Color reprint, small format. Minor edgewear. Suitable for framing.      Pinup. Rowlandson. Erotica. Women. Sex. Art.       DP10012   $10.00

Pair of Beauties. 1950's Pin-up. KLM. [c1950's]. 8 x 10 inches. Color lithograph photo, remainder copy with  black line through top and bottom. Flat fold, minor pin holes at top left corner, clean tear at top right. #5714 of the series. Suitable for framing.    Pinup. Women. Sex. Models.       DP10007   $20.00

Link, Carl. 

1919 Cover Page of Century Theatre Program for Aphrodite: A Romance of Ancient Egypt. [New York City]. [F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest]. [1919]. 9 x 12 inches. Silver embossed cover of souvenir program for the play Aphrodite at Century Theatre in New York, 1919-1920 season. This is only the cover, detached from the actual program (unfortunately). Aprodite was a reique play inspired by the Ziegfeld Follies and was erotically charged with scantilly clad showgirls in chorographed dance numbers. Minor edge wear and a clean scratch at center, within embossed character. Suitable for framing. A unique piece.     Plays. Dance. Erotica. Pinup. Sex. Ziegfeld Follies. Carl Link. Art Deco. Aphrodite.        DP10040   $20.00

In the Breeze. 1950's Pin-up. KLM. [c1950's]. 8 x 10 inches. Color lithograph photo, remainder copy with black line through center. Flat fold, minor staple marks in top left corner. #2702 of the series. Suitable for framing.     Pinup. Women. Sex. Models.       DP10006   $20.00

Coy. 1950’s Pin-up. KLM. [c1950's]. 8 x 10 inches. Color lithograph photo, very minor edge wear, no affect. #5709 in the series. Suitable for framing. Pinup. Sex. Women. Models.       DP10011   $25.00

Coy. 1950’s Pin-up. [Remainder]. KLM. [c1950's]. 8 x 10 inches. Color lithograph photo, remainder copy with black lines at top and bottom. Flat fold, minor pin holes at top. #5709 in the series. Suitable for framing.     Pinup. Sex. Models. Women.       DP10010   $20.00

Beautiful. 1950’s Pin-up. KLM. [c1950's]. 8 x 10 inches. Color lithograph photo, remainder copy with black lines at top and bottom. Flat fold, minor pin holes at top left. #4713 in the series. Suitable for framing.     Pinup. Sex. Models. Women.       DP10009   $20.00

Antique Lithograph Lingerie Artwork. [New York]. [Ernest de Grandmont]. [c1910]. 8 x 11 inches, matting. 8.25 x 6.25 inches, print. Mounted color lithograph to hard paper back. Printed at lower portion “Compliments of E de Grandmony, Inc”. These were gifts given to customers of the Grandmont’s retail corset business from 1910-1922 in New York. There is a ding at the lower center of the matting, and a scratch to the lower left of the lithograph illustration, but overall, still a nice piece of advertsiing and pinup history. Suitable for framing.

Pinup. Corsets. Lingerie. Sex. Women.       DP10015   $20.00

Beauties. 1950's Pin-up. KLM. [c1950s]. 8 x 10 inches. Color lithograph photo, remainder copy with black lines at top and bottom. Flat fold, minor pin holes to top left corner. #4703 in the series. Suitable for framing.      Pinup. Women. Models. Sex.       DP10008   $20.00

Bukalski, Krzysztof.
Submissive. Erotic Original Artwork. Signed. Poland. 2014. 11.75 x 8.25 inches. Original pencil artwork, signed on front and back. Beautiful depiction of a submissive woman, on knees, bound and chained at hands. We believe this artist to be the same man as the retired Polish football (soccer) player.       Original art. Art. Erotica. Pinup. Sex. Poland. Bondage. Sadomasochism. Autograph.            
DP10002   $75.00