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Nikki in the Hayloft

Artist:Bill Randall
Date:1956
Medium:Gouache on board
Dimensions:Sight size 16" x 23" Framed 27 1/2" x 35"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:September 1957 "Randall's Date Book" Illustration for Kemper-Thomas Calendar Company
Price: $4,500.00
main view
full view of gouache illustration

 

signature view
the artists signature

 

This fall themed, rural Americana cheesecake pin up illustration graced the September 1957 page of Bill Randall’s wildly popular “Randall’s Date Book” 12 page calendar series. For his “Date Book” commissions, Randall played off the success of the Brown & Bigelow Calendar company’s yearly Artist Sketch Pad pin up calendar, while adding his own charm and whimsy. With a rhyming quip that reads “Nikki’s cute in playsuits, or in a skirt and sweater. But, shucks–As far as I’m concerned, the less she wears, the better!” Inspired by the classic pin up photograph of Jane Russell in the Howard Hughes film “The Outlaw,” Randall shows off a curvaceous farmer’s daughter hiding in a hayloft during the late summer harvest. Handsomely framed and silk matted behind glass with a printed calendar page of the image included in sale.

Published calendar page of Nikki
Published calendar page of Nikki

 

Framed view
Framed view

 

full view
Full view of gouache on board before framing,with Kemper-Thomas printers notations

Nikki in the Hayloft

Artist: Bill Randall
Price:  $4,500.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: 1950s, Bill Randall, cheesecake, original calendar art, pin up
Added to Gallery: August 17, 2017

 

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    Grapefruit Moon Gallery, based in Minneapolis MN, specializes in vintage pin up and original illustration art.  We are the proud home of the Bunny Yeager archives.

    Since 2003, Grapefruit Moon Gallery has been a leading dealer of exclusive original paintings by Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas, Earl Moran, Rolf Armstrong and Henry Clive, as well as vintage photographs, prints, and period decorative arts in ceramic and metal.

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