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new years eve

This never before offered for sale, large original Gil Elvgren calendar pin-up painting was originally commissioned by the Brown & Bigelow calendar company in 1950 for their “Miss Sylvania” advertising line. The stylized cobalt blue and neon light idealized view of Midtown Manhattan with The Sylvania Building ablaze in the night underscore the importance of the lighting and electric company to the city that never sleeps.

Miss Sylvania in Manhattan

Artist: Gil Elvgren

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, advertising, american, Brown & Bigelow, Gil Elvgren, glamour, Great American Pin-up, holiday, masquarade, Miss Sylvania, new years eve, new york city, original calendar art, pin up, skyline, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: May 15, 2013

An inventive and unique hand crafted Holiday Seasons Greeting Card from the F. Burtis Clayton Company who we believe were a commercial airbrush art studio. The cover features a streamlined airbrushed painting of a modernist silhouetted cityscape with planes, trains and automobiles ushering in the machine age. Nicely framed, this opens to reveal text and New Year’s wishes as would a more typical holiday card.

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Artist: Unknown

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, automobilia, aviation, F. Burtis Clayton Company, holiday, machine age, modernist, new years eve, progress, railroadiana, skyline, streamline
Added to Gallery: June 7, 2011

A delightful New years Day 1917 illustration in pen & ink by noted female artist and illustrator Nell Brinkley titled Happiness A Plenty. This finds the New Years Baby scene adapted to a young couple who are finding the joys of home and hearth that much more appealing with their new born cherubic smiling infant welcomed into the world. Signed lower middle and matted and framed in a simple black wood frame.

Happiness A Plenty

Artist: Nell Brinkley

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, american, art nouveau, Brinkley Girl, cartoon, flapper, holiday, illustration, jazz age, Nell Brinkley, New Years Baby, new years eve, original illustration art, romantic
Added to Gallery: March 13, 2010

 

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