Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
| Artist: | Charles Sheldon | |
| Date: | 1917 | |
| Medium: | Charcoal, Griselle, & Pencil | |
| Dimensions: | Sight Size 25" x 18 1/2" Framed 30 1/4" x 23 3/4" | |
| Condition: | Excellent | |
| Original Use: | Interior Illustration for Woman's Home Companion Magazine | |
| Price: | $2,500.00 |
Full view
Full framed view in period hand painted frame
The artist's signature, lower right
An original, interior, Edwardian glamour illustration by noted American artist, Charles Sheldon. This image was commissioned for use as a fashion plate for the prestigious Woman's Home Companion.
Artwork is beautifully framed, shows some minor soiling and has one small area of paper loss on lower left in black charcoal strokes, an easy repair.
Close up detail of hand painted frame
At the turn of the 20th century, Industrial Revolution inventions brought technological advancements to printmaking that ushered in a Golden Age of American illustration. Publishers and calendar companies developed new techniques for producing multi-color offset lithographs that were fast, affordable, and flat-out glorious to view, blurring the distinction between fine art and "art for commerce." As artists realized the fidelity with which their originals could be reproduced, they began working in a technically elevated style. Their illustrations were used as covers, interior vignette story board paintings and in long-running iconic advertising campaigns such as “Cream of Wheat,” which premiered a new illustration each month in The Saturday Evening Post. The best examples by the finest commercial illustrators were very much in demand, as they are again today.
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