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Artist:Cardwell Higgins
Date:1934
Medium:Pastel on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 21" x 29" Framed 32 1/2"x 40 1/2"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover for Volume #1 Issue #1 of Screen Humor - January 1934
Price: S O L D
Above: Full view of pastel
Above: The artist’s distinctive signature
Above: A scan of the printed Cover Screen Humor – Jan. 1934

A rare surviving pastel cover illustration by Cardwell Higgins for the first issue of Screen Humor magazine; January 1934, Volume #1 – Issue #1. A very sexy flapper girl in silk stockings and garter belts from the art deco era when America’s news stands were filled with these often times very short lived runs of titillating Spicy Pulp titles that featured brazenly erotic pin up girl depictions of showgirls and jazz-age playthings.

Above: Framed and matted and lined behind U.V. glass
Above: Detail
Above: Frame profile and matting detail

“The Spicy’s” as they have come to be known were quickly stamped out by enforced “decency laws” that centered around the illegalities of mailing what was deemed as pornographic materials. The artwork form this era is especially collected today and several hardcover books have been published in recent years celebrating the artist’s and paintings that appeared on these pulp magazine covers.

This is by all accounts a compelling image from the important collection of the sadly departed pin up art historian, writer, and collector Charles Martignette. Pastel is beautifully framed and matted and properly lined behind U.V. glass a scan of the printed cover is included with the pastel.

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Artist: Cardwell Higgins
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, art deco, Cardwell Higgins, Charles Martignette, erotic, flapper, jazz age, magazine cover, original cover art, pin up, pulp, Screen Humor, stockings
Added to Gallery: May 25, 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.

    All artworks featured are original, accurately represented, and guaranteed to be the work of the named artist.

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