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GIL ELVGREN (American, 1914-1980). This Doesn't Seem to Keep the Chap from My Lips, 1948. Oil on canvas. 30.5 x 24 in.. ...

2012 June 27-28 Illustration Art Signature Auction- Beverly Hills #5087

 
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Auction Ended On: Jun 27, 2012
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Location: Heritage Auctions - Beverly Hills
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Description:
GIL ELVGREN (American, 1914-1980)
This Doesn't Seem to Keep the Chap from My Lips, 1948
Oil on canvas
30.5 x 24 in.
Signed lower left

This painting was reproduced as figure 387 in The Great American Pin-Up by Charles G. Martignette and Louis K. Meisel, Taschen, 1996, and as figure 203 in Gil Elvgren - All His Glamourous American Pin-Ups by Charles G. Martignette and Louis K. Meisel, Taschen, 1999. Estimate: .

Elvgren, Gil:.

Condition Report*:

Stretcher creases faintly visible; small dent on the upper right edge; professional varnish layer added; large area of strengthening on the upper center left edge and scattered in-painting on the frame edges; image is in very good condition. Framed to an overall size of 38.25 x 32 inches.

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