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Victor Clyde Forsythe
It's Good! - Image of a Football Player for the cover of Top-Notch Magazine

1919

$15,500
£11,785.26
€13,576.79
CA$22,036.93
A$23,950.35
CHF 12,656.82
MX$289,747.51
NOK 157,631.71
SEK 148,892.95
DKK 101,366.10

About the Item

Original cover illustration for Top-Notch Magazine, published October 1, 1919. Featuring an action-packed early football image of a player kicking a ball, this exciting, fresh-to-the-market pulp cover painting is signed lower right by Clyde Forsythe, an American illustrator who created a number of iconic American WWI propaganda posters. This large oil on canvas dates to 1919. Top-Notch Magazine was a popular long-running Street & Smith title that focused on sports and the active life, frequently with football cover images in this style. In the heyday of the pulps during the early 1930s there were seven exclusive football-related competing pulp titles, including Thrilling Football Stories, Exciting Football, Football Action, and Popular Football. Date: 1919 Medium: Oil on Stretched Canvas Dimensions: 24.00" x 34.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right
  • Creator:
    Victor Clyde Forsythe (1885 - 1962)
  • Creation Year:
    1919
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 34 in (86.36 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Fort Washington, PA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 30861stDibs: LU38431475113

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