Showing posts with label original art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label original art. Show all posts

Friday, November 11, 2011

Bike Shop drawing

This pencil drawing was done by our friend Randall Sellers in 2002. His work is on the small side, I think this drawing is 3"x4.5". It was drawn when the shop was set up opposite what it is now- the shelves and countertop is now on the left when you come in the door, not the right. Oh, we also have a new Fido.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Rebour drawing page from 1952 Le Cycle

I was lucky enough to locate another set of Daniel Rebour drawings during my travels in France. Unlike my other sets of Rebour drawings, I also have the page from Le Cycle magazine that the drawings were used for. Win-Win!! I now have to have my friend properly restore and make the drawings archival.




Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Ladies Prewar Schwinn Paramount

Last year I received this original Schwinn ink drawing for the ladies Schwinn Paramount. It was done as an illustration from the Schwinn catalog. Finding original artwork that was done for catalogs is getting harder and harder to find, many lost to rubbage piles or forgotten by collectors vast portfolios. I have not done the research yet to find who the artist was, but the art is exquisite.

Daniel Rebour is often seen as the old master of vintage lightweight drawings. He was a technical draughtsmen from the mid 1940s until the mid1970s, churning out beautiful drawings detailing all the latest innovations and creative solutions to advancing cycling.
-the Data Book(full of illustrations, a lot of them are Rebour drawings)