A beautiful and delicately rendered oil on canvas painting of a pensive lovelorn flapper girl in pearls which appeared as cover art for The Redbook Magazine, September, 1927. A lovely golden age of illustration published example by the noted female artist and illustrator Edna Crompton. The artist worked prolifically creating calendar art glamour images for many of the leading calendar houses throughout the 1920s and her work frequently appeared on the cover of glossy women’s magazines. Housed in the handsome original gold wide profile antique frame in a very fine state of conservation.
Redbook Cover Girl
Artist: | Edna Crompton | |
Date: | 1927 | |
Medium: | Oil on stretched canvas | |
Dimensions: | Sight size 17" x 22" - Framed 21 1/2 " x 26 1/2" | |
Condition: | Excellent | |
Original Use: | Cover for Redbook Magazine, September 1927 |
Redbook Cover Girl
Artist: Edna Crompton