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Evening Reveries

Artist:James Arthur
Date:1921
Medium:Painting over photograph
Dimensions:Sight size 16" by 19 3/4" Full Framed Size 24 1/2" by 28 3/4"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Calendar Art for The Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company
Price: Sold
full view of mixed media illustration
full view of mixed media illustration
Full Framed View with Period style frame, hand painted and gesso detailing.
Full framed view in gorgeous period Art Nouveau / Arts & Crafts aesthetic gesso frame.
A published print of the painting (included in sale)
A published print of the painting (included in sale)

A luminious beautiful original published mixed medium calendar illustration which appeared with the title Evening Reveries in the 1921 “Indian Maids” calendar line, for Gerlach-Barklow of Joliet Illinois. This was created by James Arthur who worked in a style like that of of L. Goddard, where a base photograph was lavishly over-painted by the artist to create the commercial published calendar illustration. The scene shows an idealized indian maiden in pristine nature illustrating a stanza from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Maidenhood.”  The 1920s/1930s saw a surge in popularity of romanticized images of mythologically depicted Native American princess figures. In the frenzied post-Great War machine age, nostalgia for pre-modern imagery was high, and the indian maiden gained popularity as a ideal in opposition to both the modern independent flapper and the outmoded and prudish Victorian woman.  This is framed in a beautiful period 1920s American Arts & Crafts aesthetic gesso frame and the sale includes a vintage published titled print of the image.

Verso view of print - with title and calendar usage text
Verso view of print – with title and calendar usage text
The image also appeared as a mailing calendar ink blotter in oval form
The image also appeared as a mailing calendar ink blotter in oval form
detail
detail
Stunning Framed Corner Profile Detail
Stunning Framed Corner Profile Detail
verso calendar label and date
verso calendar label and date
verso view before framing
verso view before framing

Evening Reveries

Artist: James Arthur
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, Calendar, Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, indian maiden, James Arthur, native american
Added to Gallery: February 25, 2015

 

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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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