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A Dashing Joan Crawford

Artist:R. Wilson Hammell
Date:1930s
Medium:Pastel on IIllustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 15" x 20" Framed 26" x 33"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Unidentified Magazine Cover or Calendar Art
Price: Sold
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The artist's signature
The artist’s signature
Framed view in handsome newer gallery frame
Framed view in handsome newer gallery frame

We are pleased to have this original pastel by the talented and prolific pin up artist and illustrator R. Wilson Hammell. This gypsy attired, flapper girl envisioning of Joan Crawford was created either as a calendar art print for The Joseph Hoover Calendar Company or an early talkie movie era magazine cover. Crawford was an eager publicity hound in the late 1920s early 1930s filling the void created by the elusive Garbo, who refused any publicity during the era of Crawford’s ascendancy to stardom. The attractive and outgoing Texas born Lucille Fay LeSueur painstakingly transformed herself into the elegant epitome of Flapper girl opulence and decadence, and her star ascended during the roaring 20s and early Golden Age of Hollywood.

Joan Crawford in turban and earrings, from The Unknown
Joan Crawford in turban and earrings, from The Unknown
Joan Crawford by George Hurrell, 1931
Joan Crawford by George Hurrell, 1931

While the artist R. Wilson Hammell was very prolific during the 1930s, few of his original pastels have survived and this is one of his finest Hollywood Glamour commissioned portraits. This pastel is nicely matted, properly lined, and beautifully framed in high end gallery frame.

Frame detail
Frame detail

A Dashing Joan Crawford

Artist: R. Wilson Hammell
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, flapper, gypsy, hollywood, Joan Crawford, magazine cover, original calendar art, R. Wilson Hammell, spanish
Added to Gallery: August 7, 2018

 

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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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