A Sunday Drive

Artist:Robert Berran
Date:1940s
Medium:Gouache on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 17 1/2" x 17 1/2" Framed 26 1/2" x 26 1/2"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Slick Magazine Illustration Art
Price: S O L D
January 26, 2006 By
Above: full view of illustration
Above: detail of back of board

A Norman Rockwell-like picturesque scene featuring a couple out for "a Sunday Drive" in the early 20th century. They are taking in the sights and showing off their 1908 Buick, in this 1940s produced Robert Berran idealized rendering of a bygone-era of rural Americana. Robert Berran was a mid-century genre magazine illustrator best known for his representational yet stylized renderings of the whimsy of daily life. Comes framed in lovely gilt vintage period frame.

Above: detail of couple
Above: Framed view
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