"Smiling Eyes" Lot no. 2855
By Jules Erbit (1889-1968)
22.00" x 18.00"
Oil on Board
Signed Lower Right
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Gerlach Barklow Co. calendar illustration
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Little is known about Jules Erbit, but this master of pastels was one of the most prolific pin- up artists from the 1930s into the 1950s. His lovely women grace calendars, posters and prints, published by C. Moss, Brown & Bigelow, and others.
Bathing-suit beauties are rare among the works of Erbit, who specialized in more sedate, but nonetheless sensual images. Erbit typifies the glamour approach a characteristic Erbit pin-up features a lovely woman in a gown leaning against the rail of a ship, or lounging in a garden. It's a soft-focus, flowers-in-the-hair world.
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