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Above: Full view of gouache |
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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 in their 1957 calendar line and is a precise depiction of what what Layne does best, a strange, hillbilly pin up scene. Work is beautifully matted and framed in a maple gallery frame and ready to display.
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Above: Detail |
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Above: Detail |
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.
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Above: Framed and matted view |
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Above: Margin notations |