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Marquita Old Song

Artist:Henry Clive
Date:1940s
Medium:Oil on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 14" x 18" Framed 22 1/2" x 28 1/2"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover for The American Weekly
Above: Full view in ornate period gesso frame
Above: The artsist signature

Another newly unearthed cover painting by Henry Clive for The American Weekly Magazine. Titled on verso Marquita Old Song.

An exceptionally rendered Spanish senorita as seen, double matted and framed in a beautiful period gesso ornate cornered frame.

A recent southern California warehouse find from a space Mr. Clive rented for storage purposes many decades ago.

Above: Detail view of spanish beauty
Above: Detail of frame
Above: Notations on verso

Marquita Old Song

Artist: Henry Clive

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, American Weekly, Henry Clive, Marquita Old Song, pin up, Randolph Hearst, spanish
Added to Gallery: October 7, 2004

 

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