Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980). Self Portrait- Miss. Sylvania study, Sylvania Electric. Pencil on tracing paper with ...

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Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980)
Self Portrait- Miss. Sylvania study, Sylvania Electric
Pencil on tracing paper with collage
24 x 17-3/4 inches (61.0 x 45.1 cm) (sheet)
Signed lower right: Elvgren

The final version of the present work appears on page 94 as figure 221 in Gil Elvgren: All His Glamorous American Pin-Ups by Charles G. Martignette and Louis K. Meisel (Taschen, 1999).

The work is accompanied by three small copies of various stages of the study and three playing cards of the finished work.


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