Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
A World War II-era illustration painting for the Nehi brand ginger ale Par-T-Pak. An early soda sold in quart size bottles intended to be shared, in this case by a breezy pin-up girl and her handsome enlisted beau. The saucy, double entendré tagline reads Neat Treat In The Heat! and as the flirtatious glance suggests, things are indeed about […]
Artist: Frederick Sands Brunner
Stockton Mulford created this compelling oil on canvas illustration of a daring aviatrix for the April, 1924 issue of Everybody’s Magazine. The art accompanied the interior story The Long Call, a Canadian Northwest rescue adventure story by Kathrene and Robert Pinkerton that centered on a fictional embodiment of the early 20th century independent woman. The story of Peggy Thorpe, who at […]
Artist: Stockton Mulford
A wonderful vignette styled oil on canvas illustration painting by Gil Elvgren showing a young, stylish and very much in love couple in a warm clinch. This is of unknown publication usage. It is signed in the lower right corner “Elvgren” but the signature has been overpainted (shortly after this was painted […]
Artist: Gil Elvgren
In this signed oil on illustration board painting by William Medcalf, a breezy young blonde pin-up dream girl is seen contently sipping Grapette Soda on a bustling summer day as a man in the background prepares a sailboat, presumably to take her out for a lovely day on the lake. This large […]
Artist: William Medcalf
A wholesome, all-American advertising illustration, this gouache on board features the iconic Elsie the Cow. Named one of the Top 10 Advertising Icons of the Century by Ad Age in 2000, Elsie the Cow has been among the most recognizable product logos in the United States. In this ad campaign, Elsie and her […]
Artist: Walter Early (attrib).
A signed original mixed medium illustration by the renowned American illustrator Winold Reiss used as an interior book plate.
Artist: Winold Reiss
A dated 1938 and signed illustration by American illustrator Winold Reiss used as a book plate with a caption that reads, “I was so bewildered that I ran back a few yards…”
Artist: Winold Reiss
A deliriously sexy and important surviving pin-up painting by Haddon Sundblom, created in the 1940s for the U.O. Colson Calendar Company of Paris, Illinois. A pretty blonde nude model admires her abundant beauty in an aptly titled vanity mirror, with unique to this artist skin tones and brush strokes in alla prima, that are unequaled in […]
Artist: Haddon Sundblom
This seductive, newly unearthed Henry Clive illustration painting was created as the cover for the July 23, 1933 edition of The American Weekly, a Randolph Hearst publication. The magazine often commissioned Clive to create serialized images of enchantresses that shared a thematic thread. In this case, cosmopolitan exotic beauties in the crossfire of cupid’s bow. For this, the […]
Artist: Henry Clive
An Art Deco era, golden age Henry Clive illustration painting that appeared as the cover for the June 11,1933 edition of The American Weekly, a Randolph Hearst publication. The magazine often commissioned Clive to create serialized images of enchantresses that shared a thematic thread. In this case, foreign beauties caught in the crossfire of cupid’s bow. A […]
Artist: Henry Clive
