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A Proud Peacock in Pastels

Artist:Warde Traver
Date:1915-25
Medium:Pastel on IIllustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 15" x 19" Framed 23 1/4" x 26 1/4"
Condition:Good
Original Use:Unknown Illustration for Print Use or Calendar Reproduction
Above: The proud peacock
Above: The artist’s monogram signature
Above: Detail

A large, art deco era, original pastel on illustration board by the well listed and prolific American Illustrator Warde Traver. This is an as of yet unidentified calendar or magazine commission. Image features a proud brightly colored deftly rendered peacock showing his bright plumage. Work is matted and framed in period green painted wood frame.

Above: Framed in period wood frame
Above: Verso view and print notations

A Proud Peacock in Pastels

Artist: Warde Traver

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, 1920s, american, art deco, illustration, magazine cover, original calendar art, original cover art, Warde Traver
Added to Gallery: June 20, 2007

 

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