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| Pin-up Girls of History-Cleopatra |
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| Artist: | Henry Clive |
| Date: | 1946 |
| Medium: | Oil on illustration board |
| Dimensions: | Sight size 20 1/2" by 28" Framed 35" by 43" |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Original Use: | Cover for The American Weekly-Oct. 13, 1946 |
| Price: | $16,500.00
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| Above: Full view of oil painting |
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| Above: The artist's signature and date of 1946 lower right |
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| Above: The American Weekly-Oct.13, 1946 |
This rare original painting by Henry Clive graced the cover of the October 13, 1946 edition of William Randolph Hearst's The American Weekly. Clive often played with serialized themes in his work for the magazine, and this Egyptian inspired image was from a series entitled "Pin-up Girls of History." Pictured as Cleopatra is the lovely Hollywood film star Dorothy Lamour, whose impossibly good looks and exotic features draw comparison to the legendary queen of the Nile, though the actress never portrayed her in film.
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| Above: Detail |
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| Above: Detail |
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| Above: Dorothy Lamour |
Although Henry Clive enjoyed a three decade career as a cover artist for The American Weekly, his original paintings are very scarce today as collectors and historians will note.
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| Above: The artist in 1947 with American Weekly cover paintings he donated to a charity auction in Hollywood |
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| Above: Framed and matted behind glass in wide profile gold handsome gallery frame |
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| Above: Verso view before framing |
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