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The Elephant

Artist:Karl Godwin
Date:1932
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Dimensions:Unframed 35" x 40"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Original Illustration for Ethyl Gasoline Company
Price: S O L D
Above: Full view of large oil on canvas illustration
Above: The circus aerialist detail
Above: Advertisement as it appeared in print

This large original circus motif oil painting was painted by famed illustrator Karl Godwin for Ethyl Gasoline captioned … “Ethyl controls The Giant Power Of Gasoline … “

Godwin was a painter, illustrator and setcher from Canada who studied with Charles Hawthorne and Sigguard Skou, at the ASL of New York City. He also taught commercial art at Chouinard Ark School in L.A. in the early 1920’s.

His illustrations appeared as numerous car and radio and toiletry advertisements during The Grand Age Of American Illustration. An August 27, 1932 issue of Liberty Magazine with this piece as the inside cover advertisement is included in the sale .

Above: The artists signature
Above: The tamer



This rare surviving painting is large and very colorful and expressive and should appeal to a wide variety of collectors and decors. It is on original wood stretchers and is unframed.

Above: Another view

The Elephant

Artist: Karl Godwin
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, advertising, canadian, circus, elephant, Karl Godwin, original interior illustration, pin up
Added to Gallery: May 1, 2005

 

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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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