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BRADSHAW CRANDELL.
“Ski Queen.” Cover art for
Cosmopolitan
magazine featuring his regular model and
muse Phyllis Brown, published February,
1941. Pastel on board. 616x457 mm;
24
1
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4
x18 inches. Signed in left image.
Rubbed and foxed. Framed.
[2,000/4,000]
Crandell (1896-1966) was the undisputed
“artist of the stars,”befriending and immortalizing
Hollywood’s most beautiful starlets in his portraits.
Among his subjects were Bette Davis, Judy
Garland,Carole Lombard, and Lucille Ball.His
career took off when he replaced Harrison Fisher
as the cover artist for Cosmopolitan magazine,
ushering in a new era of glamour. Crandell was
inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of
Fame in 2006.
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