Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
An original 4″ by 5″ sepia photograph of Hollywood legend Jean Harlow posed nude at Los Angeles’ Griffith park in 1929. An original first generation gelatin silver antique photograph by Edwin Bower Hesser. From an Allied Artist’s Photographers Guild east coast estate find of eight years ago. An original graflex photograph taken and developed by Hesser for use in his “Art’s Monthly Pictorial” photography magazine for artists and art students.
Artist: Edwin Bower Hesser
Price: S O L D
An early original Cream of Wheat advertising illustration depicting a young boy evaluating an overweight cop. This original watercolor-on-illustration board was published as a 1916 advertisement and appeared in hundreds of American mainstream magazines. Created by the artist and illustrator James Leslie Wallace, the humorous piece is a fine example of original Americana illustration art from the storied iconic Cream of Wheat archive. Includes full page tear sheet with published artwork; work is professionally matted and framed in a handsome expensive gallery frame.
Artist: James Leslie Wallace
Price: SOLD
