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The Ostrich Plume Girl

Artist:Harry Ekman
Date:1940s
Medium:Gouache on Paper
Dimensions:Sight Size 13 1/2" x 14 1/2" Framed 21" x 22"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Presumably Commissioned Art for Pin Up Calendar
Price: S O L D
Above: Full view of gouache painting
Above: The artist’s signature

A new to the market delightful gouache painting by the Chicago area artist and “Sundblom Shop” pin up illustrator Harry Ekman. A stylish redheaded Burlesque performer with bright red lips in sexy opera gloves and an ostrich plumed fan. Work is nicely matted and framed and a fine example by this prolific yet hard to come by gifted pin-up artist and commercial illustrator.

Above: Framed and matted in simple black wood frame
Above: Detail

Harry Ekman:

A Chicago artist, Harry Ekman worked side by side with fellow Sundblom shop veteran Gil Elvgren, developing a lush style in oils uncannily like that of his mentor. His girls have the same fresh, wholesome glow as Elvgren’s.

Assisting his colleague in the 1960s, Ekman may even have “ghosted” certain Elvgren signed paintings. His own work appeared under both the Brown & Bigelow imprint and Shaw-Barton.

The Ostrich Plume Girl

Artist: Harry Ekman
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, burlesque, chicago, feathers, Harry Ekman, original calendar art, pin up, redhead
Added to Gallery: January 12, 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.

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