GIL ELVGREN (American, 1914-1980). Man's Best Friend, 1937. Oil on canvas. 31 x 25 in.. Not signed. ...

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GIL ELVGREN (American, 1914-1980)
Man's Best Friend, 1937
Oil on canvas
31 x 25 in.
Not signed
This is one of the earliest, if not the very earliest, Louis F. Dow paintings original to Gil Elvgren, without overpainting by Vaughan Bass.

This painting was reproduced as figure 157 in Gil Elvgren All His Glamorous American Pin-Ups by Charles G. Martignette and Louis K. Meisel, Taschen, 1999, and a printed example of this painting was also reproduced on page 27 of Gil Elvgren His Life and Art, by Max Allan Collins and Drake Elvgren, Collectors Press, 1998.

More information about Elvgren, Gil. See also: Gillette Elvgren Artist.



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