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Brown & Bigelow Preliminary Sketch

Artist:Gil Elvgren
Date:1940s
Medium:Graphite on Vellum Paper
Dimensions:Matted: 22"x 28" – Sight Size: 14" x 19"
Condition:Fine
Original Use:Preliminary Sketch For The Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company
Price: SOLD
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This is a beautiful, unique, and rare preliminary graphite drawing by Gil Elvgren that shows the behind-the-scenes process that the artist went through while coming up with and subsequently presenting ideas to Brown & Bigelow for potential calendar artwork. This includes Elvgren’s handwritten notations in the bottom right of the drawing to Clair Fry, the art director at Brown & Bigelow.

This loose, fluid sketch shows a classic Elvgren pin-up girl exiting a cinema. As she passes the ticket box office, she finds herself in an all too familiar cheesecake situation where her skirt becomes entangled, pulling up to reveal shapely, stocking-clad legs. The marquis board out front shows where clients would have included their own personal advertisement.

This comes from a collection of Gil Elvgren preliminary graphite drawings we acquired which were found in a house in Sarasota, Florida where the artist once lived. Drawing has been professionally matted and shrink wrapped – ready for framing and display!

Brown & Bigelow Preliminary Sketch

Artist: Gil Elvgren
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: Brown & Bigelow, Calendar, Charcoal, drawing, Gil Elvgren, pin up, Preliminary, Sketch
Added to Gallery: June 15, 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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