WALTER WHITEHEAD (American, 1874-1936). Encore, Cream of Wheat ad illustration, 1908. Oil on canvas. 31.25 x 20 in.. Sig...

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WALTER WHITEHEAD (American, 1874-1936)
Encore, Cream of Wheat ad illustration, 1908
Oil on canvas
31.25 x 20 in.
Signed with a monogram lower right
This painting was reproduced on page 54 of The Nabisco Brand's Collection of Cream of Wheat Advertising Art by David Stivers, Collector's Showcase, 1986.

Many of the Cream of Wheat paintings traveled across the US in a series of landmark museum exhibitions presented by Nabisco's historian and archivist, David Stivers.

"The Cream of Wheat Art Collection was one of the two most important archives of corporate art known to exist. It is paralleled only by the Coca-Cola Company's legendary museum collection in Atlanta, Georgia." -- Charles Martignette, 2007.

From the Estate of Charles Martignette.

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