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Holiday Cheer

Artist:Bill Layne
Date:1950s
Medium:Gouache on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 12" x 11" Framed 19" x 18"
Condition:Good
Original Use:Calendar Advertising Art for Brown & Bigelow
Price: S O L D
Above: Close Up of Image
Above: Full Image in Period Frame

An original Brown & Bigelow commissioned illustration presumably for a jewelers’ calendar advertisement. Bill Layne was best known for his humorous “hillbilly” renderings which blended in shapely pin up girls and elves. During the later years of Brown & Bigelow’s long run, Layne was one of their star illustrators.

Above: Artist’s Signature
Above: Brown & Bigelow Markings

Holiday Cheer

Artist: Bill Layne
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, advertising, american, Bill Layne, Brown & Bigelow, christmas, Elf, hillbilly, holiday, original calendar art
Added to Gallery: November 10, 2003

 

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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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