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Hi, Neighbor

Artist:Rolf Armstrong
Date:1944
Medium:Pastel on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 30" x 42" Framed 44" x 56"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Calendar Art for Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company
Price: S O L D
Above: Full view of pastel illustration
Above: The artist’s signature
Above: Detail

A delightful and never before offered on the market large and sensational Brown & Bigelow commissioned pastel illustration by Rolf Armstrong, featuring a sassy and sexy stylized southwestern attired cowgirl in traditional charro hat, riding pants and and tassled boots. From the zenith of Armstrong’s harnessed talents and long tenure as “The Father of American Pin-up”. A large 1944 Brown & Bigelow Advertising Calendar of image titled “Hi, Neighbor” is included in sale. Among the finest Armstrong works we have ever owned. The model was Mimi Simpson, this had been in a private collection for 30 years until we purchased it last year.

Above: Detail
Above: Frame detail
Above: 1944 Frazier -Simplex advertising notebook with image (included in sale)
Above: Large Framed Brown & Bigelow Calendar “Hi, Neighbor” (included in sale)

Hi, Neighbor

Artist: Rolf Armstrong
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Brown & Bigelow, cowgirl, matador, original calendar art, pin up, Rolf Armstrong, The Golden Gallery, western
Added to Gallery: April 10, 2009

 

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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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