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Soldier, Life Magazine Cover
By Paul C. Stahr
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Left Cover illustration for Life magazine
Category

1910s Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Life Magazine Story Illustration
By Orson Byron Lowell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Story Illustration- Life Magazine ca
Category

1910s Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Ink, Board, Pen

Life Magazine Story Illustration
By Orson Lowell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
: 22.00" x 20.00" Story Illustration- Life Magazine ca. 1915 Seated Man in dressing gown pulling on
Category

1910s Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Ink, Board, Pen

Hoot Mon, LIFE Magazine Cover
By Clarence Coles Phillips
Located in Fort Washington, PA
", Framed 36.00" x 18.00" Hoot Mon, Life Magazine Cover, October 20, 1910 Woman wearing a black and tan
Category

1910s Other Art Style Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Paper, Gouache, Watercolor

Bag and Baggage, LIFE Magazine cover
By Clarence Coles Phillips
Located in Fort Washington, PA
LIFE Magazine cover, December 15, 1921 "Coles Phillips embodies innovative American periodical and
Category

1920s Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Gouache

Christmas Cover Design for Life Magazine
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Fort Washington, PA
The present work was published as the cover of the December 2nd, 1899 issue of Life magazine. Life
Category

Early 20th Century Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Gold Leaf

More Attractive, Life Magazine Interior Illustration
By Harrison Fisher
Located in Fort Washington, PA
/ Fisher / 1901 “More Attractive.” Interior illustration for Life magazine, published February 1902, page
Category

Early 1900s Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Gouache, Board, Pencil

"A Kind Suggestion" Life magazine interior illustration
By Charles Dana Gibson
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Life magazine interior illustration, June 15, 1893 The full caption reads: “The Stout One: There
Category

1890s Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Paper, Ink

Satyr and Pan, Life Magazine Cover
By B. Cory Kilvert
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Satyr and Pan Life Magazine Cover, April 26, 1923 Benjamin Sayre Cory Kilvert was the son of
Category

1920s Other Art Style Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Oil, Board

Engagements, Saint Valentine, LIFE Magazine Illustration
By Charles Dana Gibson
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Engagements, Saint Valentine, LIFE Magazine Illustration Inscribed to famed Skippy cartoonist
Category

1920s Other Art Style Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pen

Sailor with Eagle and Dove, Life Magazine Cover, January 1914
By Orson Byron Lowell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right Medium: Oil on Canvas Cover for Life Magazine, January 1, 1914
Category

1910s Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Birthdays For Everybody" Original humor illustration for Life magazine
By Orson Byron Lowell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Adventures in Living” by Helen Ring Robinson for Life magazine, published 1915. Helen Ring Robinson (1878
Category

1910s Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Paper, Ink, Graphite

Mending the Shirt, Boys Life Magazine Cover
By Harold Anderson
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Boys' Life, The Boy Scouts' Magazine Cover, February 1922 Harold Anderson studied at the Fenway
Category

1920s Other Art Style Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Coward" Original cover for Life magazine, Woman Kissing World War I Soldier
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"The Coward" (Woman Kissing Soldier). Original cover illustration for Life Magazine, published
Category

1910s American Realist Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Set of Six Hand-Colored Engravings from Curtis's Botanical Magazine /// Botany
By William Curtis
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
: The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed Year: 1789-1810 (First-second series) Medium: Set
Category

1780s Victorian Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper, Intaglio

Set of Six Hand-Colored Engravings from Curtis's Botanical Magazine /// Botany
By William Curtis
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
: The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed Year: 1796-1829 (First-third series) Medium: Set
Category

1790s Victorian Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving, Intaglio

Good Housekeeping Magazine Cover
By Clarence Coles Phillips
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, he decided to launch his art career. His first effort was sold to the old Life magazine as a double
Category

1910s Other Art Style Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Watercolor

Lola Falana boxing in the gym photographed by Frank Dandridge, 1969.
By Frank D. Dandridge
Located in Cologne, DE
was a freelance photojournalist who worked mainly for Life Magazine in the 60's.
Category

1660s Modern Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Story Illustration
By Orson Lowell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Invisible. By 1907, he was employed at Life magazine, at that time a humor publication competing with Judge
Category

Early 20th Century Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Gouache, Board

Arts & Crafts Rare Pair of Edwin Lutyens Armchairs
By Edwin Lutyens
Located in Petworth, GB
chair was designed in 1902 for Edward Hudson, the Editor of Country Life magazine and was made in High
Category

Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Rush, Oak

Mr. Pipp
By Charles Dana Gibson
Located in Fort Washington, PA
it was published in LIFE magazine on March 1, 1929. The Mr. Pipp series of Gibson drawings had been
Category

1920s Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Charcoal, Paper, Ink, Pen

Beethoven: A New Life, Original Magazine Story Illustration
By Mead Schaeffer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for “Beethoven: A New Life” by Emil Ludwig for Cosmopolitan, published December
Category

1920s Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“There’s nothing like a motor for giving me ideas for new dance steps" cartoon
By Orson Lowell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
illustration for Life magazine, published December 31, 1914 Signed lower left Lowell moved from Chicago to
Category

1910s Other Art Style Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Ink, Paper, Pen

Set of Four Regency Mahogany and Ebony Armorial Hall Chairs
By Marsh and Tatham
Located in Palm Beach, FL
1938 "Country Life" magazine photo. Marsh and Tatham were leading Mayfair cabinet-makers and
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Mahogany, Ebony

Golf Painting by Charles Ambrose of Arthur Balfour, Former Prime Minister
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Prime Minister and the leader of a Conservative Party. Taken from The Country Life Magazine Archives
Category

1910s British Sporting Art Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Paint

"Ice Skating, " Fabulous, High Style Art Deco Painting for B. Altman Dept. Store
Located in Philadelphia, PA
stunning. It was painted in 1927 for an advertisement in Country Life magazine promoting ski and skating
Category

1920s American Art Deco Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Paint

Fireman Textile Fabric Design 1920s American Scene Modern Working Men Art Deco
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful, Collier’s, and other magazines he did numerous illustrations for Life magazine from the 1930s
Category

1920s American Modern Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Gouache, Board

Sumptuous Large Original William Foster Still Life Painting of a Banquet Table
By William Frederick Foster
Located in Tustin, CA
illustration, a depiction of high society, to Life magazine, and the style was very similar to Wenzell. From
Category

Early 20th Century American American Classical Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Masonite

An Important 18th Century George Iii Satinwood and Sabicu Writing Cabinet
Located in Benington, Herts
Country Life magazine in 1986 and in the Grosvenor House Antiques Fair catalogue in 1987. A private
Category

1780s English George III Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Satinwood

White Bathing Costume by Becker on Austrian Beach, 1956
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
White Bathing Costume by Becker on Austrian Beach -- Photographed by Mark Shaw for a LIFE magazine
Category

1850s Modern Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Giclée

Country Gentleman, Magazine Cover
By Joseph Francis Kernan
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Country Gentleman, Magazine Cover, June 21, 1924 Joseph Francis Kernan was a sportsman all
Category

1920s Other Art Style Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Artist Model’s”
By Julio de Diego
Located in Southampton, NY
1942, but continued to exhibit his work at major institutions. A 1946 Life magazine article described
Category

1870s American Modern Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite

Circus Rider, Acrobat
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Greenwich, CT
Simkhovitch was a celebrated artist in New York City from the 1920's through the 1940's. Life
Category

1920s American Realist Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Mother Knows Best, Liberty Magazine Cover
By Leslie Thrasher
Located in Fort Washington, PA
throughout her life. (Liberty magazine, May 12, 1928, p. 58) “For the Love o’ Lil: The Picture Story of an
Category

1920s Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Artisan Metalwork Chandelier, New Hope School Artist, Arts and Crafts Movement
By Morgan Colt
Located in Doylestown, PA
sources of information about his work is an article by Jesse Martin Breese, published in Country Life
Category

1920s Other Art Style Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Metal

Portraits of Francis Wood, and John Wood of Hollin Hall, Yorkshire (Pair))
Located in West Sussex, GB
. Literature: Country Life Magazine, (John Wood ill. July 14,1988) Gallery notes: He relined on a new support
Category

Early 18th Century Old Masters Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Oil

George II Marble Topped Console Table
Located in London, GB
illustration in Country Life Magazine (27th of September 1924, image included) showing the contents of
Category

Mid-18th Century George II Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Marble

George II Marble Topped Console Table
George II Marble Topped Console Table
H 33.86 in W 57.09 in D 27.56 in
A George II Sienna and Statuary mantel from Chesterfield House, Isaac Ware.
By Isaac Ware
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
‘Country Life’ magazine in 1894 and 1922. On the photo from 1922 note the clearly matched veining which is
Category

Mid-18th Century English Baroque Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Siena Marble

Three Nudes in a Garden
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Fairlawn, OH
United States Army Corps of Engineers' Army War Art Unit, then in Europe for Life magazine. In 1948, he
Category

1920s American Modern Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Graphite

The Junkman's Serenade oil painting by Gregorio Prestopino
By Gregorio Prestopino
Located in Hudson, NY
skyrocketed when Life magazine published his images from New York’s maximum security institution Green Haven
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Silhouette Hat Portraits - Female Illustrator of Golden Age
By Jessie Gillespie
Located in Miami, FL
intent. After all, the genesis of this work was an editorial illustration for Life Magazine to showcase
Category

1910s Victorian Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

"Drawing Study" Charles Burchfield, American Modernism Design
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in New York, NY
1936 Life magazine declared him one of America’s ten greatest painters in its article "Burchfield’s
Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Paper, Pencil

"Abstract Cityscape" NYC Early 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Ashcan
By Abraham Walkowitz
Located in New York, NY
discussed and was featured in Life Magazine in 1944. In 1945, Walkowitz travelled to Kansas where he
Category

1910s Abstract Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Circus Wagons
By Millard Sheets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
artist for Life magazine. Later, he was on the Board of Trustees for the California Institute of Arts and
Category

1920s American Realist Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Watercolor

Circus Wagons
Circus Wagons
H 10 in W 19.75 in D 2 in
"Isadora Duncan Dancing #3, " Watercolor and Ink signed by Abraham Walkowitz
By Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Milwaukee, WI
discussed and was featured in Life Magazine in 1944. In 1945, Walkowitz travelled to Kansas where he
Category

1920s Modern Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

"Isadora Duncan (Blue), " Pen, Ink, & Watercolor signed by Abraham Walkowitz
By Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Life Magazine in 1944. In 1945, Walkowitz travelled to Kansas where he painted landscapes made up
Category

1920s American Modern Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Graphite

Robe Grise
By Victor Max Ninon
Located in Fairlawn, OH
creation of theatrical sets and created some covers for Country Life magazine . Accornero gets awards and
Category

1920s Art Deco Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Stencil

Robe Grise
Robe Grise
H 11.25 in W 12.625 in
Coquette
By Victor Max Ninon
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Accornero worked on the creation of theatrical sets and created some covers for Country Life magazine
Category

1920s Art Deco Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Stencil

En Espagne
By Victor Max Ninon
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Accornero worked on the creation of theatrical sets and created some covers for Country Life magazine
Category

1920s Art Deco Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Screen

Au Japon
By Victor Max Ninon
Located in Fairlawn, OH
covers for Country Life magazine . Accornero gets awards and prizes, but the great economic crisis of the
Category

1920s Art Deco Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Screen

New Year’s Eve and Adam
By John Sloan
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
artists. After his death, Life Magazine asserted that no living man had a greater influence in the
Category

1910s Ashcan School Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Etching

New Year’s Eve and Adam
New Year’s Eve and Adam
H 3.75 in W 2.75 in D 0.01 in
A Dark Futurist
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Fort Washington, PA
. / No. 68. When Maxfield Parrish painted the comical A Dark Futurist in 1923 for Life magazine, he had
Category

1920s Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Oil, Paper, Panel

Epic of America by Jt Adams First Edition Re-Print
Located in Dallas, TX
international bestseller, and was included in Life Magazine’s list of the 100 outstanding books of 1924-1944. He
Category

Early 20th Century American American Classical Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Paper

18th Century Marble Mantelpiece Designed by Isaac Ware for Chesterfield House
By Isaac Ware
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
ballroom in additional images from country life magazine feature) not the drawing room which had a similar
Category

Mid-18th Century English Palladian Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Statuary Marble

Pair of Beds, 19th Century, American Colonial-Style, Mahogany, ‘Antiquarian’
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
period furniture, in the 1920s. Life Magazine described Pickfair as 'a gathering place only slightly less
Category

Mid-19th Century North American American Colonial Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Mahogany

Brooklyn Waterfront
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
and a photographer for Life magazine. In 1940 he received a Guggenheim grant which enabled him to
Category

1920s American Modern Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Lithograph

Art nouveau style poster by Lewis Baumer
Located in PARIS, FR
for the British magazine Punch, beginning in 1897. He was also a portrait and still life painter
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Art nouveau style poster by Lewis Baumer
Located in PARIS, FR
for the British magazine Punch, beginning in 1897. He was also a portrait and still life painter
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

19th century woodcut print figurative Victorian American urban city scene
By Winslow Homer
Located in Milwaukee, WI
and rural New England life to magazines such as Ballou's Pictorial and Harper's Weekly at a time when
Category

1850s Realist Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Woodcut

Golden Autumn, Adirondacks
By Paul Bernard King
Located in Milford, NH
NY Art Students League with Henry S. Mowbray. While a student, he became an illustrator for Life and
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Life Magazines

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Antique Life Magazines For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of antique life magazines for sale on 1stDibs. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. You can search the antique life magazines that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of beige, blue, brown and gold. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but Orson Byron Lowell, Harrison Fisher, Maxfield Parrish, Clarence Coles Phillips and Paul C. Stahr produced especially popular works that are worth a look. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in paint, paper and board — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much are Antique Life Magazines?

The average selling price for antique life magazines we offer is $10,750, while they’re typically $95 on the low end and $250,000 for the highest priced.