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A Seaside Flirtation

Artist:Henry Clive
Date:1920s
Medium:Oil on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 24" x 30" Framed 39" x 45"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Pin Up Art for The Joseph Hoover Calendar Company
Above: Full view of A Seaside Flirtation
Above: Detail
Above: Framed and silk matted in fine gallery frame

A dazzling original calendar published oil painting by Henry Clive titled “A Seaside Flirtation” created for the Joseph Hoover Calendar Company. Henry Clive only created five paintings as calendar commissions during the 1920s – 30s, two for the Louis F. Dow Calendar Company and three for Joseph Hoover. From the estate of Charles Martignette, the noted author, historian and advanced collector. This painting hung in Martignette’s Hallandale, Florida condo prominently displayed and was never offered for sale. Martignette placed this work in his “untouchable category” meaning it was not available at any price.

Above: The artist’s signature
Above: Verso view before framing
Above: Frame profile and detail

Henry Clive joyously captures the essence of the jazz age and the roaring 20s modernist flapper girl, this is a grand depiction. This rare surviving oil painting is lavishly framed and silk matted and ready to enjoy, and is by all accounts “The Great American Pin-up” personified. A 1934 advertising calendar is included in the sale, this painting likely debuted several years earlier.

Above: 1934 Joseph Hoover Co. advertising calendar included in sale

A Seaside Flirtation

Artist: Henry Clive

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, art deco, Charles Martignette, flapper, Great American Pin-up, Henry Clive, jazz age, Joseph Hoover & Sons, original calendar art, pin up, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: June 22, 2010

 

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