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Lesson Learned

Artist:William Medcalf
Date:1950s
Medium:Oil on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size: 20" x 26" Illustration Board Size: 22" x 29"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Preliminary Illustration For Brown & Bigelow Calendar "Lesson Learned"
Price: SOLD
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The artist’s signature, lower right

 

1954 Brown & Bigelow calendar of completed artwork “Lesson Learned.” Included in sale.

 

A large format, detailed preliminary calendar illustration by William Medcalf for a calendar commission that was titled Lesson Learned for The Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company. These humorous “Music Lesson” themed images resonated with the 1950s American public. In this stellar example, two dazed kids are left scratching their foreheads after a dust-up with a young boy with a violin who they perceived as an easy mark. The proud fiddler is a little worse for wear but walks away victorious with his proud pup in tow in a looks-can-deceive classic Americana moment. This was purchased from the William Medcalf estate directly at a sale here in the Twin Cities where it had remained in the family’s possession. Painting has been matted and shrink wrapped and is ready for display or framing. A large format 1954 calendar of the commissioned painting is included in the sale.

 

 

Detail

 

Full view of illustration board

 

Verso view

Lesson Learned

Artist: William Medcalf
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: Bill Medcalf, Brown & Bigelow, original calendar art, original illustration art, William Medcalf
Added to Gallery: July 27, 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.

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