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Well Red

Artist:Edward D'Ancona
Date:1954
Medium:Oil on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 22" x 28" Framed 26 1/4" X 32 1/4"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Pin-up art for the Clarion Calendar Co.
Price: SOLD
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The artist's signature lower right
The artist’s signature lower right
A nicely framed vintage calendar print of the painting (included in sale)
A nicely framed vintage calendar print of the painting (included in sale)

An under-dressed, red-headed, blue-eyed breezy co-ed sweater girl with legs for miles catches up on some reading at the library in this original calendar pin-up painting by Edward D’Ancona. Published in 1954 as a hanging pin-up calendar (Clarion Intaglio Hanger – No. 11306), this appeared with the clever double entendre title Well Red. The painting is in a fine state of conservation and has been nicely framed. A vintage framed calendar print is also included in the sale. The framed print has the calendar pad portion with the year and calendar company specifics and title neatly displayed on the verso.

Edward D’Ancona was a talented and prolific illustrator, who excelled at creating curvaceous imaginings of the girl next door–in this artwork, looks and brains collide to great effect creating in all regards a fine example of The Great American Pin-up.

Handsomely framed and lined and ready to hang
Handsomely framed and lined and ready to hang
Detail
Detail
Verso calendar pad detail and print specification attached to the back of the included calendar print.
Verso calendar pad detail and print specification attached to the back of the included calendar print.

Edward D’Ancona is remembered for his painterly style, with careful yet effortless brushstroke, an eye for detail in the figure, and a joyful personification of every boy’s pin up dream. All are aptly on display in Well Red. The artwork is matted and framed in a wide profile period gesso frame, ready to display.

Well Red

Artist: Edward D'Ancona
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Calendar, Edward D'Ancona, glamour, Golden Age, original calendar art, original illustration art, pin up, risque
Added to Gallery: November 14, 2018

 

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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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