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Cardwell Higgins

Offered here is an original piece of camera ready artwork--pen and ink with collage elements--created for billboard advertising usage during World War II.

All America's Clicking!

Artist: Cardwell Higgins
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: advertising, Billboard, Cardwell Higgins, illustration, Knitting, Pen & Ink, USO, World War II, WWII
Added to Gallery: September 18, 2018

A decorative and extreme Art Deco/Machine Age pen and ink advertising drawing by Cardwell Higgins for the 1927 Cadillac Convertible. Work is signed and dated lower right and beautifully framed and matted behind glass; from the estate of Charles Martignette. Higgins was an accomplished draftsman and had a keen eye for design and graphics as seen in this smartly rendered work.

The 1927 Cadillac Convertible

Artist: Cardwell Higgins
Price:  $1,350.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1920s, advertising, american, art deco, automobilia, Cadillac, Cardwell Higgins, Charles Martignette, industrial age, jazz age, machine age
Added to Gallery: August 9, 2018

This pen and ink drawing with gouache highlights is an early work by renowned illustrator Cardwell Higgins and a sublime example of his art deco style.

American Industrialism

Artist: Cardwell Higgins
Price:  $1,950.00

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art
Tagged With: art deco, Cardwell Higgins, fine art, gouache, industrial age, Pen & Ink
Added to Gallery: May 27, 2018

This 1926 pastel by Cardwell Higgens was created for an exhibitor's book produced by Paramount Pictures to promote their silent film star Florence Vidor.

Florence Vidor in Love the Magician

Artist: Cardwell Higgins
Price:  $1,500.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1920s, Cardwell Higgins, flapper, Florence Vidor, hollywood, Lost Hollywood, Paramount Films, Silent film
Added to Gallery: May 27, 2018

A finely executed dated 1927 pen & ink illustration on board by Cardwell Higgins with inventive art deco style. A Persian attired Orientalist showgirl is depicted in a burlesque vaudeville-era Ziegfeld Follies inspired theatrical production. The work recalls the erotic and stylized pen & ink works of British artist Aubrey Beardsley.

A Persian Orientalist Showgirl

Artist: Cardwell Higgins
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, art deco, burlesque, Cardwell Higgins, follies, nude, orientalist, spiritual, vaudeville
Added to Gallery: May 11, 2018

A 1942 original pastel on board by Cardwell Higgins created for an advertising display sign for "Adola Brassieres". Higgins executed a series of these images all with erotically charged pin-up girl style and often times set in Hawaii as in this example. This is the only known surviving pastel from this campaign, the text on the die-cut display created from the artwork read "The Secret To a Lovely Figure".

Secret To A Lovely Figure

Artist: Cardwell Higgins
Price:  $4,500.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1940s, advertising, american, art deco, Cardwell Higgins, erotic, hawaiiana, lingerie, pin up
Added to Gallery: January 27, 2018

A signed original pastel on illustration board from the late 1930's by the artist and pin-up illustrator Cardwell Higgins of a modernist blonde showgirl.

Modern Girl Book Cover Girl

Artist: Cardwell Higgins
Price:  $6,500.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: art deco, Cardwell Higgins, original cover art, Original pastel, pin up, pulp
Added to Gallery: January 16, 2018

This originalartowrk by Cardwell Higgins shows a beautiful brunette pin up showgirl which appeared onthe May, 1937 issue of Modern Girl Book Magazine.

Modern Girl Book Pin-up Girl

Artist: Cardwell Higgins
Price:  $5,500.00

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art
Tagged With: art deco, Cardwell Higgins, magazine cover, original cover art, original illustration art, pin up, pulp
Added to Gallery: January 12, 2018

Inspired by the work of Harry Clarke, this art deco nude avant-garde pen & ink drawing by Cardwell Higgins was titled by the artist "The Elements Involved".

The Elements Involved

Artist: Cardwell Higgins
Price:  $1,950.00

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art
Tagged With: art deco, Cardwell Higgins, Charles Martignette, fine art, jazz age, nude, Pen & Ink
Added to Gallery: January 10, 2018

Restaurant Mayan This large Mayan themed stylized gouache illustration on board was created by Cardwell Higgins as a menu design and brochure cover for Rockefeller Center's innovative Restaurant Mayan, 16 West 51st. Street, New York. A brochure printed for the opening of the restaurant which shows Higgins at work painting mural panels for the fabulous […]

The Mayan Room

Artist: Cardwell Higgins
Price:  $3,500.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, Cardwell Higgins, gouache, new york city
Added to Gallery: May 10, 2017

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