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Taboo in Samoa

Artist:Martha Sawyers
Date:1940
Medium:Pastel on Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 28" x 23" Framed 39" x 34"
Condition:Mint
Original Use:Interior full page story Illustration in Collier's, October 26, 1940
Full view of pastel
Full view of pastel
Artist's signature
Artist’s signature
Published artwork in Colliers
Published artwork in Colliers

A large and spectacular example of Sawyers’ illustrative mastery in ethnic-based exotic and often at times Far Eastern-inspired action/drama renderings.

This image is reproduced in The Illustrator in America by Roger Reed on page 224. Pastel is nicely framed and matted and a complete edition of the Collier’s magazine in which the piece appeared, is included with the sale.

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Taboo in Samoa

Artist: Martha Sawyers

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, Collier's, exoticism, Martha Sawyers, original interior illustration, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: March 5, 2004

 

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