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Taking Aim

Artist:L. Goddard
Date:1930s
Medium:Mixed Media on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 20" x 24" Framed 31 1/2" x 37"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Original Calendar Art for The American Art Works Calendar Co.
Price: SOLD
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A rare surviving mixed medium calendar commissioned painting for American Art Works Company. A Great Depression-era 1930s art deco work by L. Goddard of a lovely young Indian maiden drawing back cupid’s bow and taking aim. This large impressive work is beautifully framed and matted and ready to hang in a period ornate carved wood gold frame.

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This idealized Indian Princess themed work consists of a heavily tinted photograph by L. G. Woolenden and an elaborate landscape painting by Rudolph Ingerle that envelopes the photographic element. This team of enterprising calendar art talents created numerous works under the pseudonym “L. Goddard.” Surviving original L. Goddard artworks are quite rare and spectacular, and among our favorite examples of fantastical and escapist art deco/Great Depression calendar illustration.

Above: Notations on verso “AAW” for American Art Works
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Close up detail of frame

Taking Aim

Artist: L. Goddard
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, american, American Art Works, art deco, Great Depression, indian maiden, L. Goddard, native american, original calendar art, pin up
Added to Gallery: December 8, 2012

 

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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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