Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
An original commissioned Calendar illustration by noted New York City genre illustrator Charlotte Becker. Created as calendar art most likely for The Gerlach Barklow Calendar Company Joliet Illinois. Framed in a period gesso wood frame.
Artist: Charlotte Becker
Price: $1,600.00
An electric in composition rare surviving original pastel on illustration board by Earl MacPherson created in the 1940s for a Patriotic pin-up brochure with text on how to survive an enemy military air raid and subsequent blackout. We will be selling all of the pastels from this important commissioned homeland wartime "Blackout Brochure". This was a cheeky, lighthearted morale boosting effort making great use of double entendre and the talents of MacPherson to fight fear during World War II.
Artist: Earl MacPherson
Price: S O L D
A charming original oil on canvas by noted Calendar artist Charlotte Becker. Rare, original commissioned calendar art retains verso label with work order instructions, dated with detailed instructions for printing specifics. The calendar company is not identified on label, additionally there is a verso label for Max Rosenstein Art Shop on the backing paper, with a Philadelphia address. This is a very popular enduring image and a rare opportunity to own the original painting. Beautifully framed in its original gesso painted art deco frame.
Artist: Charlotte Becker
Price: S O L D
