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MABEL ROLLINS HARRIS
Springtime Melody

1920-1930

About the Item

Mabel Rollins Harris was among other things an illustrator who specialized Children's art. Looking at her work today her pictures take on an almost surreal quality. She posed her models in a studio and over lit them with multiple light sources creating a shadowless rendition of form . Undoubtedly the finest female illustrator of the Art Deco era" in Charles G. Martignette's The Great American Pin-Up,rom the late 1920s through the early 1940s her work was widely featured on calendars, greeting cards, and in magazines, and was also reproduced on jigsaw puzzles and hand fans. Estate of Charles Martignette, Pastel n Canvas
  • Creator:
    MABEL ROLLINS HARRIS (1890, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1920-1930
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 27.25 in (69.22 cm)Width: 21.25 in (53.98 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
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  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Miami, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38531008353

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