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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
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

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, 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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