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Miss Sylvania

Artist:Gil Elvgren
Date:1950-54
Medium:Oil on Stretched Canvas
Dimensions:Sight Size 28" x 35" Framed 34" x 41"
Condition:Mint
Original Use:Calendar Art for Brown & Bigelow Sylvania Account
Price: S O L D
Above: Full view of work

A rare original Brown and Bigelow-commisioned pin up painting for their prestigious Sylvania Products account. Each year one of the calendar company’s star artists would create a wholesome yet alluring “Miss Sylvania” exclusively for Sylvania’s advertising campaign. This luminous original oil-on -canvas painting dates to the early 1950s and is featured on page 228 plate #545 in the collector’s book Gil Elvgren All His Glamourous American Pin-ups.

Above: Detail of the radiant Miss Sylvania
Above: Verso notations
Above: Verso framing sticker

Grapefruit Moon Gallery sold this work previously (in March of 2008) and are delighted to be able to offer it again on consignment for a collector who is making wall space for new acquisitions.

Work is in untouched original pristine condition in original limed wood period simple frame.

Above: Verso view original pine stretchers

Miss Sylvania

Artist: Gil Elvgren
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, american, Brown & Bigelow, Gil Elvgren, Miss Sylvania, original calendar art, pin up, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: January 18, 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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