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Randolph Hearst

This original gouache painting by Henry Clive was used as the cover of Randolph Hearst’s American Weekly Magazine, August 6, 1944. One from a series of covers that glorified the beauty of women from the cultures America found itself allied with during the dark days of World War II, Global Glamour presented a rare opportunity for Clive to depict women from a variety of races in the guise of pin up and glamour art.

Global Glamour – Alaska

Artist: Henry Clive
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, alaska, american, American Weekly, eskimo, glamour, Henry Clive, magazine cover, original cover art, pin up, Randolph Hearst, winter, WWII
Added to Gallery: November 18, 2012

Hidden within the lush romanticism of Nell Brinkley’s beautiful pen & ink comic illustration “Cupid Catching Butterflies” is a forward thinking depiction of the new flapper woman of the 1920s. In pearls and marcel wave, the bow-lipped brunette sits besides a winged cupid who is drawing heart shaped butterflies nearer and nearer to her net. The Brinkley girl, as these iconic idealized beauties came to be known, will have no trouble catching a beau in this scene.

Cupid Catching Butterflies

Artist: Nell Brinkley
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, american, art nouveau, Brinkley Girl, cartoon, flapper, illustration, jazz age, Nell Brinkley, Randolph Hearst
Added to Gallery: November 11, 2010

This large, fresh to the market Henry Clive painting was created for the June 20th, 1948 cover of The American Weekly. The work finds the artist portraying Delilah as posed by Earl Carroll showgirl Beryl Wallace in seductive harem girl garb with barber’s shears prominently featured. Clive created a series of these artworks under the title “Enchantresses of the Ages” for Randolph Hearst’s American Weekly title where Clive enjoyed a three decade career as cover illustrator.

Enchantresses Of The Ages – Delilah

Artist: Henry Clive
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, American Weekly, Beryl Wallace, burlesque, Delilah, Enchantresses Of The Ages, harem, Henry Clive, hollywood, magazine cover, original cover art, Randolph Hearst
Added to Gallery: March 20, 2010

Grapefruit Moon Gallery is honored to offer this rare and exceptional original pastel illustration which Henry Clive created for the cover of the Valentines Day edition (February 13, 1937) of “The American Weekly.” Part of Clive’s “Vision of an Artist” series of covers for this Randolph Hearst publication, these Visions illustrated forces of nature such as the tornado and (in this case) Aurora Borealis as mythical images of femininity. The concept of women as natural phenomenon and even natural disasters is something Clive took a personal interest in, as his 6 failed marriages will attest. This enchanting and inventive depiction titled “The Aurora” features favorite Clive model and Randolph Hearst mistress Marion Davies as the goddess of the northern lights, radiating over a polar ice cap.

The Aurora

Artist: Henry Clive
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, American Weekly, Henry Clive, magazine cover, Marion Davies, original cover art, Randolph Hearst, The Golden Gallery, Visions of an Artist
Added to Gallery: July 15, 2009

An unusual pen & ink drawing by pre-eminent William Randolph Hearst illustrator Nell Brinkley. This intricately detailed 1932 illustration offers satirical social commentary on the deliterious effects the ongoing Great Depression was having on economic health around the world. In this lighter take on troubled times, three Brinkley Girls are depicted nursing the ailing globe back to health.

Political Great Depression Brinkley Girl Illustration

Artist: Nell Brinkley
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, american, art nouveau, Brinkley Girl, cartoon, flapper, globe, Great Depression, jazz age, Nell Brinkley, original illustration art, political, Randolph Hearst, satirical
Added to Gallery: January 25, 2006

A rare surviving fresh estate find, an original pastel cover done for The American Weekly from a series titled, Visions Of An Artist, circa 1937. This particular series seems to artistically “feminize” natural disasters. Aptly titled “Menace”. Beautifully matted and framed in an expensive gallery frame as seen. This was renamed by the magazine and appeared as a cover under the title “Angry Nature” on Feb 28, 1937. This was unearthed in California recently and was in the estate of Patricia Lake, the rumored illigitimate daughter of Hearst and his long time mistress and confident, Marion Davies.

Angry Nature

Artist: Henry Clive
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, american, American Weekly, Henry Clive, Randolph Hearst, The Golden Gallery, Visions of an Artist, volcano
Added to Gallery: June 14, 2005

A rare surviving fresh estate find; an original pastel cover created for The American Weekly from a series titled, Visions Of An Artist, circa 1937. This particular series seems to artistically “feminize” natural disasters and this piece is aptly titled “Maid of the Mist”. Beautifully matted and framed in a period, vintage gesso, antique frame as seen. This was unearthed in California recently and was in the estate of Patricia Lake, the rumored illigitimate daughter of Hearst and his long time mistress and confident, Marion Davies.

Maid of the Mist

Artist: Henry Clive
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, american, American Weekly, Henry Clive, Randolph Hearst, sea siren, The Golden Gallery, Visions of an Artist
Added to Gallery: June 10, 2005

A noir and moody interior illustration by frequent Coca Cola illustrator Joseph W. Little for Randolph Hearst ‘s American Weekly Magazine, 1943.

Head for Kentucky

Artist: Joseph Little
Price:  $2,500.00

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art
Tagged With: 1940s, american, American Weekly, art nouveau, Joseph Little, lurid, noir, original interior illustration, railroadiana, Randolph Hearst, victorian
Added to Gallery: May 4, 2005

An exotic Far East-themed interior illustration for the January 30th 1949 edition of Randolph Hearst’s American Weekly Magazine. Caption reads: ” Queen Supi-Yaw-Lat and her wicked mother prodded the hen-pecked King to torture anyone who might be a rival.” Framed in a gold wood suitable frame as seen.

The Dragon Throne Returns To Mandalay

Artist: Jules Gottlieb
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, American Weekly, Jules Gottleib, new york city, original interior illustration, pin up, Randolph Hearst
Added to Gallery: April 29, 2005

Another newly unearthed cover painting by Henry Clive for The American Weekly Magazine. Titled on verso Marquita Old Song. An exceptionally rendered Spanish senorita as seen, double matted and framed in a beautiful period gesso ornate cornered frame. A recent southern California warehouse find from a space Mr. Clive rented for storage purposes many decades ago.

Marquita Old Song

Artist: Henry Clive
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, American Weekly, Henry Clive, Marquita Old Song, pin up, Randolph Hearst, spanish
Added to Gallery: October 7, 2004

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