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Adorable Jewel Flowers

Artist:Rolf Armstrong
Date:c. 1950
Medium:Pastel on illustration board
Dimensions:Framed: 20.5" x 24" | Image size: 10.5" x 13.5"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Personal sketch done by the artist for the sitter
Pastel illustration of pin-up model Jewel Flowers in a yellow and orange gown, posed against a brown/orange background
Full view of pastel illustration

Adorable Jewel Flowers

This is a beautiful, c. 1950, unpublished pastel illustration by the Father of American Pin-Up, Rolf Armstrong. This well-rendered sketch features the artist’s muse and lifelong friend Jewel Flowers wearing a glamorous yellow gown and her mega-watt beaming smile. The pose and layout of this sketch bears a resemblance to Armstrong’s published calendar artwork titled “Adorable”, which also featured Jewel Flowers as the model.

Armstrong created this pastel for Flowers as a gift and it remained in her possession until it was purchased by Mike Wooldridge, a leading authority and collector of works by Rolf Armstrong. Wooldridge co-authored two books on the subject: Pin-Up Dreams and The Glamour Girl: A Collector’s Guide to Rolf Armstrong, and got to know Flowers personally during his research.

This pastel is in excellent condition and is framed behind glass in a gold painted wood frame with matting.

Close up view of the artist's signature in the bottom right corner of the illustration
The artist’s signature, lower right
The pastel housed behind glass in a gold painted wood frame with matting
Framed view
Detailed view of frame and matting
Detailed view of frame and matting

Adorable Jewel Flowers

Artist: Rolf Armstrong

 

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