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| This Doesn't Seem to Keep the Chap from My Lips |
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| Artist: | Gil Elvgren |
| Date: | 1948 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Dimensions: | Sight Size 24" x 32" Framed 32" x 38" |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Original Use: | Calendar art for Brown & Bigelow |
| Price: | $95,000.00
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| Above: Full view of artwork |
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| Above: The artist's signature |
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| Above: A playing card with advertising for Fred Peters Weldin |
A delightful and fresh (in every sense of the word) original commissioned pin-up painting by Gil Elvgren for The Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company of Saint Paul, Minnesota. A Marilyn Monroe-esque bombshell applying lipstick cannot help but notice how it does not seem to keep the chap away from her lips... Though Monroe never posed for Elvgren, in 1948, when this was created, Norma Jean was working as a popular artist's model for fellow Brown & Bigelow illustrator Earl Moran. This is a classic and timeless Elvgren original that exudes the coy and playful sexiness that has made the artist the hottest and best selling artist among pin-up collectors and Americana pop culture historians.
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| Above: Framed in handsome carved wood gallery fame |
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| Above: Detail |
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| Above: Frame detail |
This original oil on stretched canvas is in a fine state of conservation and and is in a lovely carved wood gorgeous frame and ready to be enjoyed. A double deck of gift cased advertising vintage Brown & Bigelow playing cards with the image was manufactured under the title "Queens" as seen below the complete set is included in the sale.
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| Above: Double deck of playing cards by Brown & Bigleow under title of "Queens" |
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| Above: The image as it appeared on a 1948 folding Brown & Bigelow Christmas promotional brochure (included in sale) |
Additionally, "The Chap From My Lips" served as the introductory image in the January 1950 Brown & Bigelow Calendar in their "dipsy-doodle" format. The first month and year this style of mailer advertising calendar was published, a vintage example with an introductory text card on the new series from 1950 titled "Like Figures?" is included in the sale and pictured below.
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| Above: Dipsy-Doodle Calendar January 1950 included in sale |
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| Above: Brown & Bigelow text sheet on new calendar line |
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