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Sleeping Child With Crib Toy

Artist:Vaughan Bass
Date:1954
Medium:Oil on Stretched Canvas
Dimensions:Sight Size 18" x 23" Framed 21 1/2" x 26 1/2"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Louis F. Dow Calendar Art for Ohleen Dairy
Above: Full view of oil on stretched canvas painting
Above: The artists signature and detail

A charming and well rendered 1954 oil on canvas painting created for an Ohleen Dairy Calendar by the Louis F. Dow Company. The artist is Vaughan Alden Bass, who specialized in pin-up art for this Saint Paul, Minnesota gone but not forgotten Calendar giant. Of particular note in this lovely painting is the adorable bakelite crib toy in the lower right corner. Verso canvas is dated 1954, and stretcher is marked with Ohleen Dairy, 1954 Line and Current in pen. Work is in excellent untouched condition.

Above: Verso notations
Above: Framed view in original limed oak frame

Sleeping Child With Crib Toy

Artist: Vaughan Bass

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, advertising, american, child, Louis F. Dow, Minnesota Artist, original calendar art, precious, Vaughan Bass
Added to Gallery: May 26, 2008

 

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