""Darling, darling!" "   Lot no. 3959

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Original story illustration for “The Moon’s Our Home” by Faith Baldwin for Cosmopolitan magazine, published December 1935, illustrated pages 66-67.

The full caption reads: “‘Darling, darling!’ Cherry was thinking as she moved forward, but her smile was like ice as she said ‘So nice to know you Mr. Amberton.’”

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

 

McClelland Barclay was commissioned a Lieutenant Commander, U.S.N.R., during World War II and contributed many posters, illustrations and officer portraits for the Navy before being reported missing in action, in the Pacific Theatre, aboard an L.S.T. which was torpedoed.

    Before the war, Barclay was most noted for his ability to paint strikingly beautiful women, as best exemplified by his long running series for General Motors illustrating the slogan, “Body by Fisher.” Some of his other advertising clients included Lever Brothers Co., Frigidaire, A&P, Eaton papers, Crane and Pike Company, Elgin Watches, and especially Humming Bird Hosiery. He also illustrated fiction for most of the large-circulation magazines.

    Sculpture was another facet of the artist’s career, and his McClelland Barclay Art Products Corporation produced a whole line of three-dimensional decorative products.

    Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Barclay was a student of H. C. Ives, George Bridgman and Thomas Fogarty. He was a member of the Artists Guild, the Art Students League of New York, and the Society of Illustrators.