"Cymbeline, Cover for The American Weekly" Lot no. 851
By Willy Pogany 1882-1955
21.50" x 17.50"
Mixed Media on Board
Signed Lower Left
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Original cover illustration for The American Weekly, published October 9, 1949. Depicting a scene from “Cymbeline,” this illustration is from Pogany’s “Beauties of Shakespeare” cover series for the magazine.
From the Estate of John McLaughlin.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
William Andrew (Willy) Pogany was a native of Hungary and his first studies in Budapest and Paris were in engineering. Success in caricaturing led him to pursue and art career, first in London and then in America. His influences were the Oriental artists and illuminated books, and much of his career was devoted to book illustration.
Among his many successes were The Rubaiyat, The Kasidah, The Children’s Book of Northern Myths, The Witch’s Kitchen, The Frenzied Prince, Sonnets from the Portuguese, Fairy Flowers, Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales, Tales of the Persian Genii, A Treasury of Verse for Little Children, Stories to Tell the Littlest Ones, Hungarian Fairy Book, and Gulliver’s Travels. He also painted murals, did etchings, designed stage settings, exhibited widely, and was a favorite in Hearst’s magazines.