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The Break-age

Artist:Henry Clive
Date:1930
Medium:Oil on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Framed 31" x 27"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover for The American Weekly's May 18th, 1930 Issue
Price: S O L D
Above: Full view in beautiful old gallery frame
Above: Close-up of lovelorned Red head
Above: Text and title on verso
Above: The artists humorous touch
Above: The artists signature

A rare surviving original cover illustration painting done for a series titled Seven Ages Of Woman for Randolph Hearst’s American Weekly Magazine.

This cleverly depicts the lovelorned writing of the preverbial “Dear John” letter only in this case it is “Dear Henry”. Mr Clive had numerous wives and presumably got sent a few of these himself.

This image is titled The Break-Age. Marked on verso and signed lower right.

Above: Verso written date

The Break-age

Artist: Henry Clive
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, american, American Weekly, art deco, flapper, Henry Clive, original cover art, Randolph Hearst
Added to Gallery: April 15, 2004

 

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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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