Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
An exceedingly scarce original oil painting by Henry Clive during his days as illustrator for Flo Ziegfeld & The Ziegfeld Follies. The show girl featured is the enduring silent movie star, Marion Davies. This large oil painting is featured in Charles Martignette & Louis Meisel’s pin-up “bible”, The Great American Pin-Up on page 52. This […]
Artist: Henry Clive
This is a touching, inscribed presentation drawing from Zeigfeld Follies illustrator, Henry Clive, to Alfred Cheney Johnston, the legendary long time Follies photographer. Johnston was a leading 1920’s movie and performist portrait photographer. I have several vintage 1920’s examples of his photography currently listed in the Photographs and Prints category on this site.
Artist: Henry Clive
