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Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration

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The Mayan Room

Artist:Cardwell Higgins
Date:1930s
Medium:Gouache on illustration board
Dimensions:Framed: 40.5" x 31" | Sight size: 28.5" x 19"
Condition:Mint
Original Use:Brochure and menu art for The Restaurant Mayan in Rockefeller Center
Full view of gouache on board painting
Full view of gouache on board painting
Framed view
Framed view
Brochure opened to show front and back covers together. (INCLUDED IN SALE)
Brochure opened to show front and back covers together. (INCLUDED IN SALE)

Restaurant Mayan

This large Mayan themed stylized gouache illustration on board was created by Cardwell Higgins as a menu design and brochure cover for Rockefeller Center’s innovative Restaurant Mayan, 16 West 51st. Street, New York. A brochure printed for the opening of the restaurant which shows Higgins at work painting mural panels for the fabulous Art Deco interior is included in the sale. This large gouache painting is matted and framed behind glass and initialed by the artist.

Detailed view
Detailed view
Detailed view
Detailed view
Detailed view
Detailed view
Frame corner profile
Frame corner profile
Verso
Verso

The Mayan Room

Artist: Cardwell Higgins

 

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