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Artist:Zoe Mozert
Date:1939
Medium:Pastel on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 22" x 26" Framed 28 1/2" x 32 1/2"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover Art For Romantic Story Magazine - April 1939
Price: S O L D
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

Letters

Artist: Zoe Mozert
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, glamour, hollywood, Loretta Young, magazine cover, original cover art, pin up, portrait, romantic, Romantic Story, Zoe Mozert
Added to Gallery: July 27, 2006

 

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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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