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Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves

Artist:Frank Godwin
Date:1920
Medium:Gouache on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 16" X 22 1/2" Framed 26 1/4" X 32 1/2"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Interior Book Plate for Stories The Sandman Told - Murray Publications
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The artist's signature lower right corner
The artist’s signature lower right corner
The artwork as it appeared in publication, (Included in sale)
The artwork as it appeared in publication, (Included in sale)

This remarkable art deco Orientalist scene by the American illustrator and cartoonist Frank Godwin, depicts the interior story “Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves”, from the 1920 children’s book Stories The Sandman Told, a complete copy of which is included in the sale. Pictured in this gouache on board painting, is Morgiana, a slave girl who is pouring hot oil into a jar containing one of the forty thieves, killing the robber within. Employing a mythical fantasy style, Godwin was clearly influenced by the Golden Age artist Maxfield Parrish in his execution of the illustrations for this volume, making for a compelling and really strong example by this prolific American illustrator. Painting is handsomely silk matted and framed in a period art deco aesthetic wide profile gold frame.

Framed and silk matted under glass
Framed and silk matted under glass
Stories The Sandman Told, (included in sale)
Stories The Sandman Told
Detail
Detail
Detail
Detail
Verso view before framing
Verso view before framing
Frame corner profile
Frame corner profile

Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves

Artist: Frank Godwin

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, Ali Baba, art deco, art nouveau, erotic, fantasy, Frank Godwin, Golden Age, orientalist, original illustration art, original interior illustration, Persian, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: September 19, 2016

 

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