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All Smiles Thumbnail Sketch

Artist:Rolf Armstrong
Date:1958
Medium:Pastel on illustration board
Dimensions:Frame: 18.25" x 19" | Image size: 5" x 5.75"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Thumbnail sketch for the Brown & Bigelow calendar artwork "All Smiles"
Price: Sold
Full view of thumbnail sketch featuring pin-up model Jewel Flowers wearing a white wide brimmed hat adorned with flowers.
Full view of pastel

Rolf Armstrong’s Final Brown & Bigelow Calendar Art

This is an absolutely adorable pastel thumbnail sketch by the Father of American Pin-Up, Rolf Armstrong. Featuring the artist’s muse and lifelong friend Jewel Flowers, this pastel preliminary sketch would become the published calendar art titled “All Smiles”, which was Armstrong’s last commissioned work for Brown & Bigelow in 1958.

This thumbnail sketch was gifted to Flowers by Armstrong 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, matted and framed under glass.

The pastel matted and framed under glass
Framed view
Detailed view of the pastel and matting
Detailed view of the pastel and its matting

All Smiles Thumbnail Sketch

Artist: Rolf Armstrong
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Brown & Bigelow, Jewel Flowers, Pastel Illustration, Rolf Armstrong
Added to Gallery: August 20, 2021

 

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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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