"Bag and Baggage, LIFE Magazine cover" Lot no. 4707
By Clarence Coles Phillips (American- 1880-1927)
1921
17 1/8" x 19"
Gouache on paper laid on board
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LIFE Magazine cover, December 15, 1921
"Coles Phillips embodies innovative American periodical and advertising design between 1911 and 1927, a period considered a Golden Age of illustration. In 1907 he became a staff artist at Life Magazine, and the following year created his first "fadeaway girl" design in which the color of the figure's clothing and background are the same... Not only is the viewer encouraged to imaginatively fill-in the form, but the magazine reduced costs by using only a few colors of printing ink. Such images, designed for Life and Good Housekeeping to advertise products sold by Overland automobiles and Luxite hosiery, often centered on a type of young, alluring female that became known as the Phillips Girl." (www.metmuseum.org)
This work is cut down from it's original full length.
Framed Dimensions 29 X 30 Inches
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