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Laundry – Pickup

Artist:Bill Layne
Date:1957
Medium:Gouache on Illlustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 10 1/2 " x 12 1/2 " Framed 19 1/8" x 17 1/4"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Calendar Art for Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company
Above: Full view of gouache painting
Above: The artists signature

A well rendered humorous gouache calendar painting for the Brown & Bigelow Calendar by prolific and well listed staff artist Bill Layne. This was used as an advertising calendar and is a published work. A precise depiction of what what Layne does best, featuring hillbillies and pin ups. Work is beautifully matted and framed in a maple gallery frame and ready to display.

Above: Detail
Above: Before framing

Bill Layne was best known for his humorous “hillbilly” renderings which blended in shapely pin up girls and elves. During the later years of Brown & Bigelow’s long run, Layne was one of their star illustrators.

Above: Beautifully framed and matted

Laundry – Pickup

Artist: Bill Layne

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, american, Bill Layne, Brown & Bigelow, hillbilly, original calendar art, pin up
Added to Gallery: August 17, 2008

 

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