Charcoal

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One Thousand and One Nights – The Surprise

Artist: Raphaël Kirchner

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One Thousand and One Nights – The Presentation

Artist: Raphaël Kirchner

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One Thousand and One Nights – The Harem

Artist: Raphaël Kirchner

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One Thousand and One Nights – The Jewelry Box

Artist: Raphaël Kirchner

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One Thousand and One Nights – The Plot

Artist: Raphaël Kirchner

This is a beautiful, unique, and rare preliminary graphite drawing by Gil Elvgren for a 1955 speciality advertising calendar for Brown & Bigelow’s exclusive “Miss Sylvania” line for Sylvania Electric. The Miss Sylvania account adapted The Great American Pin-Up to middle America’s buttoned up sensibilities. Each year one of the calendar company’s star artists would […]

Miss Sylvania 1955 Preliminary Sketch

Artist: Gil Elvgren

This original fine art figure study by the pre-eminent pin up illustrator comes from a collection of Gil Elvgren preliminary graphite drawings that we acquired which were found in a house in Sarasota, Florida where the artist once lived. With restraint and a detailed eye towards anatomy, the artist captures a brunette with a contemplative pose, offering […]

Nude Figure Study

Artist: Gil Elvgren

This is a beautiful, unique, and rare preliminary graphite drawing by Gil Elvgren for the completed Brown & Bigelow calendar artwork titled “Let’s Go Around Together.” This loose, fluid sketch shows a classic Elvgren pin-up flashing her shapely gams from her perch astride a carousel horse. Gil Elvgren took, on average, one […]

Let’s Go Around Together Preliminary Sketch

Artist: Gil Elvgren

This is a beautiful, unique, and rare preliminary graphite drawing by Gil Elvgren for the completed Brown & Bigelow calendar artwork titled “Modern Venus.” This loose, fluid sketch shows a classic Elvgren nude pin-up girl seated in a draped studio setting surrounded by flowers and holding draped fabrics and ribbons. Gil Elvgren […]

Modern Venus Preliminary Sketch

Artist: Gil Elvgren

This is a beautiful, unique, and rare preliminary graphite drawing by Gil Elvgren that shows the behind-the-scenes process that the artist went through while coming up with and subsequently presenting ideas to Brown & Bigelow for potential calendar artwork. This includes Elvgren’s handwritten notations in the bottom right of the drawing to […]

Brown & Bigelow Preliminary Sketch

Artist: Gil Elvgren