Great Egret

Great Egret, 1821, by John James Audubon, American, born Haiti, 1785-1851.  Water color on paper.

Watercolors and Drawings by Estelle Ishigo

Top to bottom, 1.  Gathering Coal at Heart Mountain Concentration Camp, 1945, watercolor on paper. 2.  No Privacy for Women and Children, 1945, watercolor on paper.  3.  At Home at Heart Mountain, 1942, watercolor on paper.  4.  Boys With Kite, 1944, watercolor on paper.  5.  Gangs Formed, 1922-45,  crayon on paper.  6.  A Baseball Game, 1942-45, watercolor on paper.  7.  Memorial Day, 1944, watercolor on paper.  8.  Japanese American Woman and Child, 1942-45.  watercolor on paper.  9.  Cal Seafood Fish Canary Trailer Camp for Evacuees Returned After the War, 1948, watercolor on paper.  10.  Around Our Place, 1948,  watercolor on paper.

All by Estelle Ishigo, born Estelle Peck, America, 1899-1990.

Tube Shelter Perspective

Tube Shelter Perspective, 1941, by Henry Moore, painter, sculptor, English, 1898-1986.  Graphite ink, wax and watercolor on paper.

American Flag

American Flag, 1979, by Jean-Michel Basquiat, American, artist, musician, 1960-1988.  Watercolor and typewriter type on paper.

Polar Exploration

Watercolor illustrations from the notebooks of Albert Markham's failed expedition to the North Pole., 1875-1876.   Albert Markham, English, navel officer, writer, explorer, 1841-1918.

They Fight Their Pursuers Still Nude

 
An illustration from The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is known as the Realms of the Unreal of the Glandeco-Angelinian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion,  novel and illustrations by Henry Darger, Jr, American, 1892-1973.    Exact date of novel and illustration unknown.  Water color on paper.