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A Room With A View

Artist:Russell Hill
Date:Late 1940s
Medium:Gouache and airbrush on illustration board
Dimensions:Sight size 10 1/2" x 16" Framed to 18" x 26 1/2"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Likely commissioned pin up calendar art
Full view of mixed medium illustration
Full view of mixed medium illustration

 

The artist's signature lower left
The artist’s signature lower left

An inventive stark modernist pin up mixed medium work by the Washington D.C. commercial artist and illustrator Russell Hill. The artist worked in gouache and airbrush to create sleek and unique images of the feminine form that found him much in demand in the advertising world of the 1940s. We have seen other examples by this artist for Tabu Lipstick that are extraordinary, we assume this was created to be used as calendar art for a calendar company, love the machine age minimalist interior. In a very fine state of conservation and handsomely framed behind glass.

 

Professionally framed and matted behind glass
Professionally framed and matted behind glass

A Room With A View

Artist: Russell Hill

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, art deco, gouache, machine age, original calendar art, pin up, risque, Russell Hill
Added to Gallery: March 29, 2014

 

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