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