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A Sailing Mate

Artist:R.C. Kauffmann
Date:1937
Medium:Oil on Stretched Canvas
Dimensions:Sight Size: 20" x 28" Framed: 30" x 40"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover For Liberty Magazine - July 24, 1937
Framed and matted view in fine wide profile gallery frame
Framed and matted in fine wide profile gallery frame
The artist's signature lower right
The artist’s signature, lower right
The illustration as it appeared on the cover of Liberty - July 24,1937 (included in sale)
The illustration as it appeared on the cover of Liberty – July 24, 1937 (included in sale)

This breezy sailor girl, bathing beauty pin-up graced the cover of the July 24, 1937 edition of Liberty magazine, a popular long running Bernarr MacFadden publication. By the artist R.C. Kauffmann–a personal favorite of the gallery–this is a tremendously spirited, large format oil painting with spectacular zest and allure. Kauffmann is best remembered for his Saturday Evening Post covers as well as a series of extremely popular World War II posters that were distributed in quantities second to only Norman Rockwell. This painting is reproduced on page 76 in the 1992 book Rivals Of Rockwell-The Best of Liberty Covers by Dorye Roettger. Painting comes matted and framed in a wide profile, handsome, silver gallery frame; ready to hang and enjoy.

Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Verso view with previous old repair in back canvas
Verso view with previous old repair in back canvas

A Sailing Mate

Artist: R.C. Kauffmann

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, art deco, bathing beauty, flapper, glamour, Golden Age, illustration, Liberty, magazine cover, original cover art, original illustration art, pin up, R. C. Kauffmann, Robert Kauffmann
Added to Gallery: August 2, 2016

 

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