KINDLY STOP BY MY OTHER EBAY AUCTIONS AS I HAVE SOME GREAT PIN-UP AND EPHEMERA AND OLD GOLDEN AGE OF ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINES THIS WEEK AND ALL SELL NO RESERVE !! HERE IS A PEEK AT THIS WEEKS EBAY AUCTION TREASURES WE JUST PURCHASED OVER 2000 VINTAGE CALENDARS AND PRINTS FROM A MINNEAPOLIS ESTATE SOME RARE IMAGES WE HAVE NEVER HAD TO SELL BEFORE PLEASE SEE OUR OTHER AUCTIONS AND HAVE A LOOK !!
ITEM: YOU ARE BIDDING ON AN ORIGINAL CALENDAR ILLUSTRATION ARTWORK, ACRYLIC ON BOARD. THIS DATES FROM THE LATE 1960'S EARLY 70'S AND IS A VIBRANT, RICH COLORFUL EXAMPLE BY ROBERT BERRAN. A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF AMERICANA ARTWORK THAT HAS A VERY IDEALIZED VIEW OF AMERICA HIGHLIGHTING AN INTERRACIAL FRIENDSHIP AT A QUITE TUMULTUOUS MOMENT OF EARLY CIVIL RIGHTS EQUALITY. FEATURES A FRIENDLY POLICEMAN BLOWING A WHISTLE TO SIGNAL THE START OF A FUN RACE BETWEEN TWO YOUNG BOYS. THIS WAS AN ORIGINAL COMMISSIONED CALENDAR ILLUSTRATION CREATED AS ARTWORK FOR A CALENDAR EITHER FOR THE THOMAS D MURPHY CALENDAR COMPANY OR THE SHAW-BARTON CALENDAR COMPANY. ROBERT WAS A MID-CENTURY GENRE MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATOR BEST KNOWN FOR HIS REPRESENTATIONAL YET STYLIZED RENDERINGS OF THE WHIMSY OF DAILY LIFE. .A GREAT PIECE OF COMISSIONED AMERICANA ILLUSTRATION ARTWORK THAT IS SURE TO PLEASE HOUSED IN A NICE GOLD GESSO FRAME.
THIS IS A REALLY NICE CHANCE TO OWN AN ORIGINAL PIECE OF AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION ART, A HOT UP AND COMING COLLECTIBLE MARKET. THIS IS A WONDERFUL ORIGINAL AMERICAN PAINTING WITH LOVELY STYLING AND IS IN BEAUTIFUL SHAPE. LOOKS GREAT FRAMED IN A PERIOD HANDSOME FRAME THAT MEASURES 22 1/4" X 26 1/4" IMAGE MEASURES 20 1/4" X 23 1/4", THIS IS A HONEY! 100% GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AND VINTAGE.
CONDITION: THIS IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION BUT WOULD BENEFIT FROM A LIGHT CLEANING, THIS HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED OUT OF THE FRAME AND MAY HAVE SOME NOTATIONS ON THE VERSO OF THE ILLUSTRATION BOARD. THE FRAME IS CLEAN AND LOVELY AND OVERALL THIS DISPLAYS JUST BEAUTIFULLY AND IS A TRUE TREASURE. GOOD LUCK TO ALL AND TO ALL GOOD LUCK.