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Illustrator, Painter, b. 1878 - d. 1951

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      • Smith (Pamela Colman, 1878-1951). Group of Young Women, 1903, watercolour and black ink
        Oct. 16, 2024

        Smith (Pamela Colman, 1878-1951). Group of Young Women, 1903, watercolour and black ink

        Est: £300 - £500

        Smith (Pamela Colman, 1878-1951). Group of Young Women, 1903, watercolour and black ink * Smith (Pamela Colman, 1878-1951). Group of Young Women, 1903, watercolour and black ink on thick card, signed with monogram lower left, with inscription by the artist below the image: 'To P.... from Pixie Pamela, Jan. 1903', some light soiling, and vertical crease to upper portion of the image, overall sheet size 42 x 34 cm (16 1/2 x 13 1/2 ins), together with another watercolour and gouche design on card by Pamela Colman Smith of a woman holding a branch of rowan in a landscape, signed with monogram lower left, 25 x 14 cm (9 3/4 x 5 1/4 ins) QTY: (2) NOTE: Provenance: David Gould (1922 -2004), art dealer, connoisseur, and founder of the Taranman Gallery with Christopher Hewett. Pamela Colman Smith (1878-1951), nicknamed "Pixie", was an artist, illustrator, writer, publisher, and occultist, born to an American father and Jamaican mother. She is best-known for illustrating the Rider–Waite tarot deck for Arthur Edward Waite. This tarot deck became the standard among tarot card readers, and remains the most widely used today. Smith also illustrated over 20 books, wrote two collections of Jamaican folklore, edited two magazines, and ran the Green Sheaf Press, a small press focused on women writers. Smith was a fascinating but mysterious figure – a mystic who was part of the secret occultist society the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, which borrowed ideas from Kabbalah and freemasonry for its own spiritual belief system centred on magic and metaphysics. Born in London, Smith spent a period of her childhood in Jamaica and styled herself in West Indies fashion, leading to conflicting reports over whether or not she was biracial. She has also been cast as a cult queer icon because she shared a home with a female companion and business partner named Nora Lake for many years – though it is unclear whether their relationship was romantic.

        Dominic Winter Auctions
      • PAMELA COLMAN SMITH (1878-1951) Woman in hat, from "Widdicombe Fair."
        Dec. 15, 2022

        PAMELA COLMAN SMITH (1878-1951) Woman in hat, from "Widdicombe Fair."

        Est: $300 - $400

        PAMELA COLMAN SMITH (1878-1951) Woman in hat, from "Widdicombe Fair." Title-page verso illustration from a copy of the limited edition of Smith's book "Widdicombe Fair" (New York and London: Doubleday & McClure, Co., 1899). Watercolor and ink on paper. 175x151 mm; 7x6 inches, image, on 13x10-inch sheet. Initialed below image, printed label from the book mounted to the right, printed sheet music from the book tipped to verso. Framed to 14 1/2x11 3/4 inches.

        Swann Auction Galleries
      • Alphaeus Philemon Cole American, 1876-1988 Portrait of Pamela Colman Smith, 1906
        Apr. 22, 2013

        Alphaeus Philemon Cole American, 1876-1988 Portrait of Pamela Colman Smith, 1906

        Est: $2,000 - $3,000

        Alphaeus Philemon Cole American, 1876-1988 Portrait of Pamela Colman Smith, 1906 Signed Alphaeus P. Cole and dated London 1906 (ll) Oil on canvas laid to masonite 48 x 36 inches Pamela Colman Smith (British, 1878-1951) was the artist for the Waite-Smith (also known as the Rider-Waite or the Rider-Waite-Smith) deck of divinatory tarot cards. C Estate of Sylvia Seidman

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      • [HOE FAMILY, collectors]. SMITH, Pamela Colman (1878-1951), illustrator. The Golden Vanity and the Green Bed. Words and Music of Two Old English Ballads . New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1899. 2 o. Color illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith.
        Jun. 19, 2007

        [HOE FAMILY, collectors]. SMITH, Pamela Colman (1878-1951), illustrator. The Golden Vanity and the Green Bed. Words and Music of Two Old English Ballads . New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1899. 2 o. Color illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith.

        Est: $1,000 - $1,500

        [HOE FAMILY, collectors]. SMITH, Pamela Colman (1878-1951), illustrator. The Golden Vanity and the Green Bed. Words and Music of Two Old English Ballads . New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1899. 2 o. Color illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. (Leaves loose, chipped at edges, some leaves with losses at gutter.) Original decorated cloth. Provenance : Susan and Everett W. Boughton (bookplate). INSCRIBED BY PAMELA COLMAN SMITH on the front free endpaper: "'Tassells Fazle! Love from Pixie Pamela." [ With: ] SMITH, Pamela Colman. Widdicombe Fair . London and New York, 1899. 2 o. Color illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. (Lacks title, leaves loose, chipped at edges.) Original pictorial cloth. Provenance : Susan and Everett W. Boughton (bookplate). WITH A PROFILE DRAWING OF A MAN'S HEAD BY PAMELA COLMAN SMITH on the front pastedown, signed with her monogram. BY THE ILLUSTRATOR OF THE FAMOUS RIDER-WAITE-SMITH TAROT DECK. Pamela Coleman Smith remains a somewhat elusive figure. Born in England, and a student of Arthur Wesley Dow at Pratt institute in New York, Smith returned to her native country and joined the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in 1903 where she met Arthur Waite. His concept of a modern tarot deck was beautifully executed by Smith. The style of the drawings in these books for juveniles anticipates the famous Waite illustrations. (2)

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