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Bradshaw Crandell
Bathing Beauty (Carole Lombard)

1930s

$9,500
£7,213.58
€8,249.26
CA$13,272.88
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MX$179,641.94
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Date: 1930s Medium: Pastel on Thick Paper Dimensions: 30.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Crandell (1896-1966) was the undisputed "artist of the stars," befriending and immortalizing Hollywood's most beautiful starlets in his portraits. Among his subjects were Bette Davis, Judy Garland, Carole Lombard, and Lucille Ball. His career took off when he replaced Harrison Fisher as the cover artist for Cosmopolitan magazine, ushering in a new era of glamour. Crandell was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 2006.
  • Creator:
    Bradshaw Crandell (1896 - 1966, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1930s
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 22 in (55.88 cm)
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  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Fort Washington, PA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 32371stDibs: LU38431898773

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Carole Lombard Holding Compace, Cosmopolitan Magazine Cover
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Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1935 Medium: Pastel Dimensions: 25.50" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Carole Lombard Holding Compact Cover of Cosmppolitan Magazin...
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1930s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Cosmopolitan Magazine Cover, February 1942
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1940s Portrait Paintings

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Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 'Majorette' Illustration
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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First Mate, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Bradshaw Crandell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1928 Medium: Pastel on Paper Dimensions: 25.00" x 20.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, July 7 1928
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1920s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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A Winning Personality
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1930s Portrait Paintings

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Pre-Code Cover Portrait of Verna Hillie
By Cardwell Higgins
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pastel on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 20.00" x 28.50;" Framed 32.50" x 41.25" Cover Art for Unidentified Title Pre-code Hollywood starlet Verna Hillie is the subject of this erotically charged pastel portrait, which was the title Reel Movie Fun, a short lived wild and racy publication that merged the world of pin-up and burlesque with the envelope pushing film culture emerging from Hollywood before enforcement of the notorious Hays code put an end to overt expressions of sexuality or immorality on screen. Pastel is dated and signed on the back and the sitter is identified in the artist's hand as seen. Beautifully framed and matted behind glass in a handsome gallery frame and ready to hang. Verna Hillie was a Monograph Pictures star who appeared in The Marx brothers comedy "Duck Soup...
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1930s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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