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| A Neat Package |
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| Artist: | Gil Elvgren |
| Date: | 1961 |
| Medium: | Oil on Stretched Canvas |
| Dimensions: | Sight Size 24" X 30" Framed 28" X 34" |
| Condition: | Mint |
| Original Use: | Calendar Art for Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company |
| Price: | S O L D !! |
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| Above: Detail |
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| Above: The artist's signature |
An original 1961 Oil on Canvas by Gilette Elvgren commissioned by the Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company and published under the title "A Neat Package". A sexy Elvgren pin-up that explores the silk stockings and garters scenario that the artist is best known for. For those of you not keeping track, recent auctions have seen Elvgren's pin-up works for Brown & Bigelow topping $200,000.00 on two occasions with a high water mark of $262,900.00 at Heritage Auctions June 5th sale in Dallas Texas (Lot #66097).
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| Above: Verso view and original pine stretchers |
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| Above: Notations on back stretcher |
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| Above: Framed in period wood frame |
This work is featured on page 174; plate #419 in "Gil Elvgren All his Glamorous pin-ups," and included in the sale is this large printed 1962 Advertising Calendar by Brown & Bigelow with artwork image.
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| Above: A large framed vintage 1962 advertsing calendar of Brown & Bigelow artwork (included in sale) |
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