There is an advertising illustration of a woman wearing a silk slip and washing her hair in a pool of water by John La Gatta (1894-1977) coming up for sale on June 5, 2018 at Swann Auction Galleries.

https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/asp/fullCatalogue.asp?salelot=2480+++++127+&refno=++743505&saletype=

See this link to the National Museum of American Illustration for more information about the artist,

JOHN LAGATTA

The illustration in the sale might have been done for Laros Lingerie c. 1940 for either a magazine ad or Laros catalog.

Below is an similar illustration by La Gatta for Laros:

In 1938, Laros come out with “Dimensional Slip” which was billed as the best fitting slip on the market:

This image comes from a history of the company:

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/bethlehem/index.ssf/2018/01/how_you_can_help_chronicle_leh.html

Some very nice original postcard illustrations by Archie Gunn (1863-1930) are coming up for sale at Swann Auction Galleries’ June 5 illustration sale.  They are lots 86 to 89.

https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/asp/searchresults.asp?pg=1&sale_no=2480&st=D&viewby=lot_asc&ps=200

See pulpartists.com for a good biography, https://www.pulpartists.com/Gunn.html>

Archie Gunn was a prolific illustrator.  See CardCow for more examples:

https://www.cardcow.com/search3.php?section=unsold&in_category=&s=archie+gunn

The originals watercolors are followed by the postcard reproductions:

Miss Canada, also known as Miss Toronto

Miss Chicago

Bride of Niagara

Rolling Skating Girl

Recently, Millea Brothers auctioned a painting by Frederick Coffay Yohn with the title, “Soldiers at War.”

Frederick C. Yohn, large painting, Frederick Coffay Yohn (American,1875-1933), Soldiers at War, c. 1922, oil on artist board, illustration art, signed and dated lower right, 31″h x 44.5″w (sight), 35.5″h x 49″w (frame)

Provenance: Property from the Collection of Charles E. Sigety – The late Charles E. Sigety was a renound collector of Americana, ranging from examples of Norman Rockwell to important historic documents. Christie’s New York sold a selection of Sigety’s collection in 2016.

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/57761145_frederick-c-yohn-large-painting

It depicts what looks to be a soldier urging his comrades forward during a battle:

This image comes from the December 1918 issue of Scribner’s Magazine, called “An Incident of the Second Battle of the Marne.”

The subtitle is: “‘Go in boys; finish ’em up.  I can’t help you anymore.’  –The last words of an officer as he died fighting on the Ourcq [River].  This incident of the 42d Division (Rainbow Division) was reported in the New York papers of August 8, 1918.”  After searching numerous New York papers for this date, I could find no reference to this incident.

Yohn painted a series of World War 1 battle scenes, and perhaps his most famous is:

“The Last Night of the War / 5th Marines on the Night of 10-11 November 1918” (Marine Corps Art Collection)

Here is a short biography of F.C. Yohn from Wikipedia: “Yohn’s work appeared in publications including Scribner’s Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, and Collier’s Weekly. Books he illustrated included Jack London‘s A Daughter of the Snows, Frances Hodgson Burnett‘s The Dawn of a To-morrow and Henry Cabot Lodge‘s Story of the American Revolution. He studied at the Indianapolis Art School during his first student year and then studied at the Art Students League of New York under Henry Siddons Mowbray (1858-1928). Mowbray studied at the Atelier of Léon Bonnat in Paris. Yohn often specialized in historical military themes, especially of the American Revolution, as well as the First World War. He designed the 2 cent US Postal Service stamp in 1929 to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of George Rogers Clark‘s Victory over the British at Sackville. He is best known for his painting of George Washington at Valley Forge.”

Nye & Co. of Bloomfield, NJ, recently had an auction that included this unsigned painting, Lot 39,

http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/oil-on-canvas-general-gordon-drummond-DC947D39D2

The plate below the painting is hard to read but it says,”General Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.B. D. 1854 / Robert McInnes, British / 1801-1886″

There is a short biography of General Drummond in “A Military History of Perthshire / 1660-1902” edited by the Marchioness of Tullibardine, pp. 486-492,

https://books.google.com/books?id=fyE7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PR22&dq=general+gordon+drummond+portrait+agricola&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwinwYzWzPTTAhVqjFQKHQPmD44Q6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=general%20gordon%20drummond%20portrait%20agricola&f=false

After page 486 is a reproduction of this painting:

But the painting is listed as not by Robert McInnes but by Filippe (Filippo) Agricola, 1776-1857,[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Agricola].  Agricola worked mainly in Rome and usually painted religious pictures.  After General Drummond retired from the British army in 1816, he would often visit Italy so it must have been on one of these trips that he met the artist.

General Drummond’s daughter married the 2nd earl of Effingham in whose family it descended.  It is possible, though, that McInnes made this copy of the Agricola painting and the original is still in the Effingham family.  The book reproduction of the Agricola painting is not very good so as to make a close comparison difficult.

On Saturday, April 22, at Stair Galleries in Hudson, New York, there was an auction which included some very fine works on paper and paintings, http://www.invaluable.com/catalog/3q0kztxdrm

While previewing the auction, I came across Lot 185:

“FRENCH SCHOOL: PORTRAIT OF A BOY Oil on panel, unsigned, with an indistinctly inscribed label on the reverse and a label from the Collection of Georges Lutz. 16 1/4 x 13 in., 18 14 3/4 in. (frame). From the Camilla and Earl McGrath Collection.”

http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/french-school-portrait-of-a-boy-2F9486780D

Below is the image without adjusting the exposure.

Below is the painting after adjustment.

In the edited version, it is clear that this is a painting of a girl.  Many times in 19th century paintings, especially with a lot of surface dirt, boys look like girls and vice versa. In this case, her collar looks like it could be a boy’s collar, and it’s hard to see her long hair.

On the reverse of the painting there are some possible clues:

The easiest label to read was the “Collection Georges Lutz.” Searching in Hathi Trust (a very good resource) I found an article by Marcel Nicolle entitled, “La Collection Georges Lutz,” from Revue De L’Art Ancien Et Moderne. Paris: [Impr. Georges Petit], 1897-1938, tome 11, Janvier a Juin, 1902, pages: 331-343]: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015035597767;view=1up;seq=457

The article details M. Lutz’s excellent art collection which contained works by Boilly, Gericault, Corot, and this painting, “Mlle. de Calonne” by Louis Gustave Ricard (1823-1873), illustrated after page 336.

Here is the artist’s Wikipedia page,

Louis Gustave Ricard (1 September 1823 – 23 January 1873) was a French painter born in Marseille.

He studied first under Auber in his native town, and subsequently under Coignet in Paris. The formation of his masterly, distinguished style in portraiture was, however, due rather to ten years intelligent copying of the old masters at the Louvre and at the [Italian galleries, than to any school training. He was a master of technique, and his portraits about two hundred reveal an extraordinary insight into the character of his sitters. Nevertheless, for some time after his death his name was almost forgotten by the public, and it was only later that he has been conceded the position among the leading masters of the modern French school which is his due. A portrait of himself, and one of Alfred de Musset, were at the Luxembourg Gallery. Among his best-known works are the portrait of his mother, and those of the painters Fromentin, Heilbuth and Chaplin.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Gustave_Ricard]

One of Ricard’s most famous paintings is of the Vicomtesse de Calonne, nee Joulia Hogay, wife of the publicist Alphonse Bernard, Vicomte de Calonne.  Presumably, this is the mother of Mlle. de Calonne, but there is little information about either of them on the internet.  Originally at the Louvre, the painting is now at the Musee d’Orsay, http://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/collections/catalogue-des-oeuvres/notice.html?no_cache=1&nnumid=21809&cHash=8da7dec93d

(This image is from this website, http://fr.muzeo.com/reproduction-oeuvre/la-vicomtesse-de-calonne/ricard-gustave-dit-ricard-louis-gustave.)

Marcel Nicoll wrote an article about this and another portrait of the vicomtesse in the same magazine in 1907, starting on page 37, https://books.google.com/books?id=R8g_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA40&lpg=PA40&dq=vicomtesse+de+calonne&source=bl&ots=sGD5p0nl8o&sig=zHvZHPCRxCT2jnzAEn0tG0tecFA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjG7Lz5vb3TAhUDbiYKHb1YCqM4FBDoAQgkMAA#v=onepage&q=vicomtesse%20de%20calonne&f=false.

Perhaps the painting of Mlle. de Calonne will be heading back to France.