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Siamese Dancers

Artist:Cardwell Higgins
Date:1929
Medium:Pen & Ink on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 15" x 20" Framed 24 1/2" x 30"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Fine art
Price: Sold
Above: Full view
Above: The artist’s distinctive signature
Above: Framed and matted behind glass

An early fabulous pen & ink drawing by Cardwell Higgins in the orientalist art deco manner titled “Siamese Dancers.” The artist completed a series of like minded costumed art deco pen & ink drawings between the years of 1927 – 1929 that were re-marketed as a series of limited edition art prints under the guidance of Charles Martignette in 1979. The work is finely matted and framed behind glass in a handsome art deco black and silver fine gallery frame.

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A finely executed illustration with inventive art deco style. A pair of Persian attired Orientalist showgirls are depicted in a burlesque vaudeville-era Ziegfeld Follies inspired theatrical production. The work recalls the erotic and stylized pen & ink works of British artist Aubrey Beardsley.

Above: Frame profile detail
Above: The artist at work in Studio with work pictured on back wall
Above: Promotional Brochure from 1979 with limited edition prints of work

Siamese Dancers

Artist: Cardwell Higgins
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, art deco, Cardwell Higgins, dance, jazz age, nude, orientalist, siamese dancers, vaudeville
Added to Gallery: May 28, 2010

 

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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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