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Young Love: Walking to School, Four Seasons Calendar Illustration
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustrated for the 1949 Four Seasons Calendar, published by Brown and Bigelow. A young girl
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Ink, Paper

After Gil Elvgren (Am. 1914-1980) Offset Lithograph “A Knock Out” Pin Up
By Gil Elvgren
Located in Chicago, IL
World War II. Circa 1944, Elvgren was approached by Brown and Bigelow, a firm that still dominates the
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Prints

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

After Gil Elvgren (Am. 1914-1980) Framed Offset Lithograph “Sleepy Time Girl”
By Gil Elvgren
Located in Chicago, IL
aircraft during World War II. Circa 1944, Elvgren was approached by Brown and Bigelow, a firm that still
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Prints

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

"First Hunt" Original Oil by Ralph Crosby Smith
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Brown and Bigelow commissioned him for their calendars. PERIOD: Mid 20th Century ORIGIN: California
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Mid-20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Paint

Pin Up Girl with Red Hat, untitled, original pinup vintage poster
By Billy Devorss
Located in Spokane, WA
Brown and Bigelow's Kansas City branch office, De Vorss soon received his first commission from the
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Soaking Up
Located in San Francisco, CA
the same catalog. Rockwell, who was doing the Boy Scouts calendars for Brown and Bigelow, the premiere
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Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Soaking Up
Soaking Up
$1,350
H 17.5 in W 21.65 in D 0.01 in
Soaking Up
Located in San Francisco, CA
, who was doing the Boy Scouts calendars for Brown and Bigelow, the premiere calendar publishing company
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Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Soaking Up
Soaking Up
$2,200
H 17.5 in W 21.65 in D 0.01 in
THE FOUR SEASONS 4 Lithographs on Arches paper, American Illustration, Americana
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Union City, NJ
them square dancing in a hoe down. WINTER depicts them making music together. Brown and Bigelow
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Danger Signal" Original Oil by Robert Atkinson Fox
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
commercial success during his lifetime. He worked for various publishers, including Brown and Bigelow, Edward
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Vintage 1920s American Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Encounter" Indian & bear. Santa Fe Utah Colorado, Wyoming, Montana 1930s. Large
By Frank Hoffman
Located in San Antonio, TX
horses, longhorn steers, several breeds of dogs, eagles, a bear and burros. From 1940 Brown & Bigelow
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1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Statue of Young Boy in Fountain on the Plaza
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
, including Brown and Bigelow, Butler Manufacturing Company, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Omaha Steel
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Conté

Me and My Pal: Fishing Raft, Four Seasons Calendar Illustration
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
For Norman Rockwell's Four Seasons calendar series for Brown & Bigelow By the end of World War
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1950s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Mort Kunstler (b. 1927) "Morning Mist" (1981) Oil on Canvas
By Mort Künstler
Located in Incline Village, NV
location 52675. Calendar, The American Spirit 1994, Brown and Bigelow, St. Paul, MN, illustrated in color
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Vintage 1980s American Other Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"A Country Peddler"
By After Norman Rockwell
Located in Henderson, NV
published by Brown & Bigelow in an edition of 350; this copy is annotated "A.P." in pencil. Sheet size: 19 x
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1960s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Limited Edition Marilyn Monroe "Lady in the Light" Nude Lithograph by Earl Moran
Located in San Diego, CA
paintings of bikini-clad girls to two calendar companies; when both Brown & Bigelow and Thomas D. Murphy
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Late 20th Century American Modern Prints

Materials

Wood, Paper

Franklin Dehaven, NA Oil Painting Salmagundi Artist Farm with Barn Sunny Day
By Franklin DeHaven
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Club; Silver Medal from the National Arts Club in 1921; and the Brown-Bigelow Gold Medal from the
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Polo Engraving, California Polo by Reinhold H. Palenske
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
illustrator for a variety of newspapers and for publishers Brown & Bigelow. Brown & Bigelows image was based
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20th Century American Sporting Art Paintings

Materials

Paper

Recent Sales

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By Isabel Bigelow
Located in New York, NY
Current Location: Chelsea, NYC
Materials

Monoprint

David Maass Original Oil Painting On Board Wildlife Geese Signed Framed Artwork
Located in Bloomington, MN
calendars for Brown and Bigelow. Today his artwork is on display in many renowned collections, such as the
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1960s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"The Nude Marilyn Monroe" by Earl Moran for Playboy 1946 Edition 33 of 75
Located in Los Angeles, CA
some paintings of bikini-clad girls to two calendar companies; when both Brown and Bigelow and Thomas D
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1990s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Nude Marilyn Monroe II by Earl Moran for Playboy 1946 Edition 34 of 75
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, he sent some paintings of bikini-clad girls to two calendar companies; when both Brown and Bigelow
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Old White Birch
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Left This piece was published as the illustration for a 1940 Brown and Bigelow calendar as Evening
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1930s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"A Sweet Job, " Original illustration for the Brown & Bigelow Calendar Compa
By Earl Steffa Moran
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1940s Medium: Pastel on Board Dimensions: 24.00" x 17.25" Signature: Signed Left Center Accompanied by a calendar dated 1942 advertising Supreme Power Supplies Limited, with ...
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1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Board

Northern Pacific Railroad Poster, "Yellowstone Park" after Thomas Moran, 1924
By Thomas Moran
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
publishers, Brown and Bigelow in St. Paul, Minnesota. Thomas Moran was an American painter and print maker
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Vintage 1920s American Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Paper

Antique Brass, Marble & Crystal Girandole Candelabra with Bigelow Chapel c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Brass, Marble & Crystal Girandole Candelabra with Bigelow Chapel c1890 Measures - 16 1/2
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Antique Late 19th Century Candelabras

Materials

Crystal, Marble, Brass

Drawing of rural scene with crowd and mules
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
with operations in the Midwest, including Brown and Bigelow, Butler Manufacturing Company, Humble Oil
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1990s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Blind Beggar (pencil drawing made on streets of Kansas City in Depression)
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
. Major corporations with operations in the Midwest, including Brown and Bigelow, Butler Manufacturing
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1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Graphite

A Duryea Wagon Wins the Race, Great Moments in Early American Motoring
By Robert Lougheed
Located in Fort Washington, PA
between illustrating for publishers such as True, The National Geographic, Reader’s Digest, and Brown
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Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

The Old Mill
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Fort Washington, PA
illustration in a 1944 Brown & Bigelow calendar under the title Thy Rocks and Rills. Parrish began
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1940s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

A Lot at Steak
By Gil Elvgren
Located in New Orleans, LA
Steak, originally published in the 1955 Brown & Bigelow calendar, epitomizes the coquettish spirit of
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Lot at Steak
A Lot at Steak
H 35.13 in W 29.13 in D 1 in
"Gentlemen Prefer..." by Gil Elvgren
Located in New Orleans, LA
the 1963 Brown & Bigelow calendar, and is featured in Gil Elvgren: The Complete Pin-ups by Charles G
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20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Original 1930s Art Deco Pin-Up Style Advertising Poster: Kelly Springfield Tyres
By Knute O Munson
Located in London, GB
in Sweden but spent most of his life in the United States. From 1945-1949, he worked with Brown
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Vintage 1930s American Posters

Materials

Paper

Jeffrey Bigelow Lucite and Brass Console Table
By Jeffrey Bigelow
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Lucite and brass Jeffrey Bigelow console table. Brass and Lucite have been professionally
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Vintage 1980s American Hollywood Regency Console Tables

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Brass

Bigelow Kennard & Co of Boston Mantel Clock
By Bigelow Kennard & Co.
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Bigelow Kennard & Co of Boston mantel clock.
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Bigelow Kennard & Co of Boston Mantel Clock
Bigelow Kennard & Co of Boston Mantel Clock
H 16.75 in W 11.5 in D 6.75 in
1940s Lithograph of Pin Up Girl -- "The Enchantress" - Gift
By Rolf Armstrong
Located in Soquel, CA
later, he was the best selling calendar artist at Brown and Bigelow. In 1930, RCA hired him to paint pin
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1940s Realist Nude Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Lithograph

Pin Up Girl with Red Hat, untitled, original pinup vintage poster
By Billy Devorss
Located in Spokane, WA
, the manager of Brown and Bigelow's Kansas City branch office, De Vorss soon received his first
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Leading the Remuda
Located in San Francisco, CA
for Brown and Bigelow," Ryan said in 2002. "I damn near fell out of the chair. It was unbelievable
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Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Leading the Remuda
Leading the Remuda
H 17.5 in W 21.65 in D 0.01 in
Three Trees (original pencil drawing of southern landscape)
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
, including Brown and Bigelow, Butler Manufacturing Company, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Omaha Steel
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1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Graphite

Three Men Changing a Wheel
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
, including Brown and Bigelow, Butler Manufacturing Company, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Omaha Steel
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Old Chris (Portrait of a model who came to the Kansas City Art Institute in '41)
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
with operations in the Midwest, including Brown and Bigelow, Butler Manufacturing Company, Humble Oil
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1950s American Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Pencil, Graphite

Lucite and Brass End Table by Jeffrey Bigelow
By Jeffrey Bigelow
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Art Deco inspired Lucite, brass and glass top end table designed by Jeffrey Bigelow.
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Vintage 1970s American Art Deco End Tables

Materials

Brass

Lucite and Brass Lamps Signed Jeffrey Bigelow, 1991
By Jeffrey Bigelow
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This amazing pair are by the acrylic master Jeffrey Bigelow, signed and dated 1991. Both lamps are
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

He Was Neither A Gentleman Nor A Sculler
By Gil Elvgren
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Gil Elvgren created this original oil on canvas for the 1948 Brown and Bigelow calendar line. The
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1940s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fisherman's Luck
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Earl Moran created this coquettish and sassy pin-up pastel for Brown and Bigelow's 1941 calendar
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1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Illustration Board

Fit To Be Tied - Preliminary Drawing
By Gil Elvgren
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a large preliminary charcoal drawing by Gil Elvgren, a study for the Brown & Bigelow pin-up
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1950s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Vellum, Graphite

Do You Think I "No" Too Much?
By Gil Elvgren
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A large preliminary rendering by Gil Elvgren of a work completed for Brown & Bigelow in 1948 with
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1940s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Paper

garden (brown + ivory)
By Isabel Bigelow
Located in New York, NY
Current location: NYC
Materials

Monoprint

lilies (rose + brown)
By Isabel Bigelow
Located in New York, NY
Current location: Los Angeles, CA
Materials

Monoprint

The Doctor Said I Needed Glasses
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Earl Moran created this iconic published pin-up pastel for Brown and Bigelow's 1945 calendar line
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Illustration Board

Buell's Beauties - June 1961
By Alfred Leslie Buell
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This original gouache and ink Al Buell published pin up was painted in 1959 for the Brown & Bigelow
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1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

I'll Be Waiting
By Rolf Armstrong
Located in Minneapolis, MN
1942 for the Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company, and was published in subsequent calendar lines
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Pastel

I'll Be Waiting
I'll Be Waiting
H 46 in W 34.5 in D 1 in
Smooth
By Earl Steffa Moran
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A spectacular example of Earl Moran's early pin-up pastel illustration work, created for The Brown
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1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Illustration Board, Pastel

Smooth
Smooth
H 34 in W 25.5 in D 1 in
Buell's Beauties - September 1961
By Alfred Leslie Buell
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This original gouache and ink Al Buell published pin up was painted in 1957 for the Brown & Bigelow
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1950s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board, India Ink

I'll Say So
By Rolf Armstrong
Located in Minneapolis, MN
, created for the Brown & Bigelow calendar company and published under the title "I'll Say So" is one of the
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1940s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Illustration Board, Pastel

Ruffled Feathers
By Gil Elvgren
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This endearing original 1967 oil on canvas painting by Gil Elvgren was created for the Brown &
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1960s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Call Again
By Earl Steffa Moran
Located in Minneapolis, MN
shadow effects. This is a superior and commanding Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company published example of
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1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Illustration Board, Oil Pastel

Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chrome & Plastic Rocket, Wheel & Flint Table Lighter
By Brown & Bigelow, Prince Japan
Located in Port Hope, ON
lighter itself. The US distributor of these lighters was the famed calendar/promotions company, Brown and
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Chrome

The Nude Marilyn Monroe II by Earl Moran for Playboy 1946 Edition 33 of 75
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, he sent some paintings of bikini-clad girls to two calendar companies; when both Brown and Bigelow
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1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Original 1930s Art Deco Pin-Up Style Advertising Poster: Kelly Springfield Tyres
By Knute O Munson
Located in London, GB
in Sweden but spent most of his life in the United States. From 1945-1949, he worked with Brown
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1930s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Cat Nap
By Bill Layne
Located in Minneapolis, MN
signed "Arnquist" a pseudonym which allowed the artist Bill Layne (who was under contract with Brown
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1960s Pop Art Animal Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

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