Lot 25090: FRANK GODWIN (1889-1959)

FRANK GODWIN (1889-1959)
Original Magazine Illustration Art, c.1934
Ink and gouache on paper
16.5in.x 23in. (sight size)
Signed at dated lower left: Frank Godwin 1934
Inscribed lower left: "To Morris Weiss from"
Provenance: Morris Weiss collection

Frank Godwin's mastery at figure drawing was honed over a 50 year career of book, magazine, advertising, and comic strip illustrations. He is solidly grounded in the tradition of glamorous illustration established by Charles Dana Gibson and James Montgomery Flagg.