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Dean Cornwell
Cosmopolitan Story Illustration

1930

$39,000
£29,131.13
€33,772.90
CA$54,150.53
A$60,695.77
CHF 31,602.50
MX$741,121.29
NOK 401,236.99
SEK 380,336.58
DKK 251,982.43
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Date: 1930 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 40.00" x 30.00" Signature: Initialed and Dated Lower Right of Right Canvas Woman with suitor/explorers wearing pith helmets Publication Information: Story Illustration for "A Marriage of Concenience" by Comerset Maugham, appearing in the January 1930 issue of Cosmopolitan combined with Hearst's Magazine Condition: Very good, each professionally relined, framed to match
  • Creator:
    Dean Cornwell (1892 - 1960, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1930
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 40 in (101.6 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)
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  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Fort Washington, PA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 20551stDibs: LU38431412473

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Cosmopolitan Story Illustration
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Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Woman with suitor/explorers wearing pith helmets Publication Information: Story Illustration for "A Marriage of Concenience" by Comerset Mau...
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Never the Twain Shall Meet, Cosmopolitan Illustration
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Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1923 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 35.50" x 30.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Never the Twain Shall Meet, Cosmopolitan illustration, 1923 This illustration appeared in Peter B. Kyne's story, Never the Twain Shall Meet. "'Ah!' said Tamea. 'You do not believe, then, that I am the Queen of Riva?' 'No,' retorted the health officer, 'I do not. You're the Queen of Hearts.''" It was also reproduced on page 76 of Dean Cornwell: Dean of Illustrators by Patricia Janis Broder, Collector's Press, 2000. Exhibited: Masters of the Golden Age: Harvey Dunn and His Students South Dakota...
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At the Precinct, Story Illustration
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Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1929 Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Left Dimensions: 30.00" x 19.00" Study for "Find the Woman" (Cosmopolitan Magazine) Artist biographical not...
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Woe is Me
By Dean Cornwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 25.50" x 20.00" Signature: Initialed Lower Right
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The Callers, Cosmopolitan Magazine Interior Illustration
By Dean Cornwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1925 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 25.5" x 16.5" Signature: Initialed, Dated and Inscribed Lower Left: DC / 1925 / To Sid Hydemon / 19
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Located in Fort Washington, PA
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