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Girl from the Mimosa Club, Part II

Artist:Edwin Georgi
Date:1956
Medium:Gouache on illustration board
Dimensions:Framed: 24.25" x 29.5" | Sight size: 15.5" x 20"
Condition:Very good with craquelure, areas of dried flaking paint
Original Use:Interior illustration for The Saturday Evening Post
Price: $4,950.00
Two women, one young, one mature, standing on opposite sides of a door from each other in conflict
Full view of gouache illustration

A glamorous encounter from illustrator Edwin Georgi

Offered here is a lovely and glamorous gouache on illustration board painting by American artist and illustrator Edwin Georgi.

A dramatic piece created in cool tones, it shows a young glamorously dressed woman in a sequined spaghetti strap dress gripping the knob of a door as an older woman draped in fur and jewels stands in the shadows on the other side. The two appear to be in conflict as the mature woman touches at her heart and stares emotionally at the back side of the door while the young woman looks away in avoidance.

This painting was published in the February 2nd, 1957 issue of The Saturday Evening Post as part of a seven part serial story titled “Girl from the Mimosa Club”, which was originally called “Policewoman O’Keefe.”

This painting is matted and framed in its original limed oak frame under original glass.

Gouache on illustration board by Edwin Georgi
Detailed view
A detailed view of gouache illustration by Edwin Georgi
Detailed view
The painting inside of its original limed oak frame
The painting inside of its original limed oak frame under original glass
The illustration as it appeared on page 43 of the February 2, 1957 issue of The Saturday Evening Post (included in sale)

 

About the artist: Edwin Georgi

Edwin Georgi is an illustrator best known for his depictions of women.

He was studying civil engineering at Princeton when World War I broke out. After serving as a pilot in the U. S. Air Force during the war, Georgi accepted his first job doing paste-ups in an advertising agencys art department and began his practical training as an artist.

His early illustrations were for advertisers. Over the years, he did a number of notable series for such clients as Hartford Fire Insurance, Crane Paper Co., Hockanum Woolens, and Yardley & Co.

Georgi’s ability to depict beautiful women and sumptuous settings also brought him story manuscripts: he was soon illustrating for most of the national magazines, including Womans Home Companion, Redbook, McCalls, Cosmopolitan, The Ladies Home Journal, and The Saturday Evening Post. His use of color was lavish and dramatic, giving his pictures great impact on the printed page.

(Information on the biography above is based on writings from the book, “The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980,” A Century of Illustrators, by Walt and Roger Reed.)

Full view of illustration outside of frame
View of illustration board outside of frame
Detailed view of verso label from The Saturday Evening Post
Label on verso
Full view of verso
Verso

Girl from the Mimosa Club, Part II

Artist: Edwin Georgi
Price:  $4,950.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1950s, Edwin Georgi, gouache, interior illustration, magazine illustration, The Saturday Evening Post
Added to Gallery: January 18, 2021

 

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