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A Word With Polly

Artist:Al Brule
Date:1961
Medium:Oil on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 27" x 18 1/2" Framed 24 1/2" x 29 3/4"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Calendar Art for The Shaw-Barton Calendar Company
Above: Full view of oil on illustration board
Above: The artist’s signature

A 1961 painting by Al Brule created on commission for the Shaw-Barton Calendar Company; scene features a modern formally attired heartbreaker with her colorful parrot as was often the scene. Included in sale is a vintage calendar print of this work, titled “A Word With Polly.”

Above: Printed Shaw-Barton calendar of Image

Brule was a Chicago area illustrator whose style closely resembled Haddon Sundblom and his circle of Chicago artists.

Above: Detail
Above: Verso view
Above: Framed in simple gold wood frame

A Word With Polly

Artist: Al Brule

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1960s, Al Brule, american, bird, chicago, glamour, illustration, original calendar art, parrot, pin up, Shaw-Barton Calendar Company
Added to Gallery: February 24, 2009

 

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