Letters

Above: Full view of large pastel

Above: Framed view

Above: Published Magazine Cover Included in sale

A glamourous and serene large rendering of long reigning screen star siren Loretta Young in pastel done for a cover of a late 1930's Romantic Story Magazine by noted Brown & Bigelow pin-up artist and prolific cover illustrator Zoe Mozert.

Mozert executed over 400 covers for such titles as Screen Book, True Romance, True Confessions and Randolph Hearst's American Weekly.

Titled on verso Letters and in fine print the letter is addressed to Louis B. Meyer Paramount film head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Depicting a young Loretta Young and her taking the shot at the movies and stardom. A cover of the printed image is included in sale!

The most famous female pin-up artist, Mozert (1907-1993) is an exemplary disciple of the Rolf Armstrong pastel style. Often her own model, Mozert is noted for rejecting sexy-girl cliches in favor of depicting more real seeming young women, with recognizably individual features and personalities.

Her cover portraits of Hollywood starlets for such publications as Romantic Movie Stories and Screen Book were particularly popular, but she also contributed covers to such periodicals as American Weekly and True Confessions.

While the bulk of her work including such deliriously romantic nudes as "Moonglow" and "Sweet Dreams" was calendar-oriented (primarily for Brown & Bigelow), Mozert also made a mark as a movie poster artist, notably for Carole Lombard's True Confession, and the notorious Jane Russell / Howard Hughes sex and sagebrush saga, The Outlaw. Even her less sultry sirens exude both charm and sex appeal.

Above: Vintage Photograph of Zoe Mozert and Eroll Flynn admiring this recently completed pastel c. 1939 !!

Above: Verso inkstamp and notations

Above: The artists signature and date lower right