Theodore N. Lukits (1897-1992)
             
 

  TNL 453,   Mixed Media,   19 1/2" x 14 3/4"
"Father Saving for Son's College"
Original illustration for Lake State Bank, Chicago, circa 1920
    TNL 452,   Mixed Media,   14 1/2" x 11 1/4"
"Couple Buying New Home"
Original illustration for home loan - possibly for Lake State Bank, Chicago - depicting apparition of Ben Franklin, circa 1920
 
  TNL 451,   Mixed Media,   11 1/2" x 9 1/2"
"Sea Fantasy"
"Sea Fantasy" is a unique art nouveau-style illustration that Lukits may have done for Carson Pirie & Scott or Marshall Fields Department Store
    TNL 447,   Mixed Media,   10 3/4" x 8 3/4"
"Child with Window Toys" (CAC Collection)
This illustration was for the Carson Pirie Scott Department Store - possibly Christmas 1919
 
  TNL 688,   Stone Lithograph on Paper ,   21 1/2" x 17 1/2"
"Memorial Lithograph of Theodore Roosevelt"
This lithograph was published in 1919 to memorialize the popular president Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), whose death had caused an outpouring of grief.
      Stone Lithograph on Paper ,   21 1/2" x 17 1/2"
circa 1919-1920, untitled
This lithograph was done in Chicago about 1919 or 1920. The model may have been a film star of the day.
 
  TNL 450,   Pencil on Paper ,   7" x 5"
"Lady with Dragon"
Preliminary drawing for magazine advertisement - possibly for Milady Beautiful, circa 1919
      TNL 449,   Pencil on Paper ,   12 1/4" x 10 1/4"
"Lady with Dragon"
Larger version of drawing
 
  TNL 454,   Pen and Ink and Gouache,   8 3/4" x 14 1/2"
"Pictorial Painters Local 831"
Illustration for scenic painters union while Lukits was a member, circa 1921-1925 (Private Collection)
   
  TNL 438,   Oil on Panel,   22" x 28 "
"Sketch of Clarence Webster with Apple"
This illustration may have been done to illustrate the short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster" by Steven Vincent Benet (1898-1945) or more likely as a concept for a movie poster, as the 1937 story was made into a Hollywood comedy in 1941.
 
 
TNL 455,   Pen and Ink and Gouache,   12 3/4" x 22 1/2 "
" Sign Scene Pictorial Painters Union Poster "
Illustration for scenic painters union while Lukits was a member, circa 1921-1925 (Private Collection)