Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
| Artist: | After Nell Brinkley | |
| Date: | 1910-15 | |
| Medium: | Pen & Ink on Paper | |
| Dimensions: | Sight Size 7 1/2" x 12 1/2" Framed 14" x 19 1/4" | |
| Condition: | Excellent | |
| Original Use: | Presumably Illustration Art | |
| Price: | $950.00 |
Full view of pen and ink work
Inscription lower right
A delightful pen & ink drawing of a flirty coquettish lass who goes by the name of "The Tango Girl." Signed by Mae Howers, this is nearly identical in image, style, handwriting and era to the work of Nell Brinkley.
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Framed and matted in silver gesso period frame
At the turn of the 20th century, Industrial Revolution inventions brought technological advancements to printmaking that ushered in a Golden Age of American illustration. Publishers and calendar companies developed new techniques for producing multi-color offset lithographs that were fast, affordable, and flat-out glorious to view, blurring the distinction between fine art and "art for commerce." As artists realized the fidelity with which their originals could be reproduced, they began working in a technically elevated style. Their illustrations were used as covers, interior vignette story board paintings and in long-running iconic advertising campaigns such as “Cream of Wheat,” which premiered a new illustration each month in The Saturday Evening Post. The best examples by the finest commercial illustrators were very much in demand, as they are again today.
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