Joseph Bowler
Reclining woman with man in background, ca. 1959
Oil on Gesso Panel
24 × 30 in / 61 × 76.2 cm
$ 12,000.00
Further images
Most likely for a magazine like Redbook or perhaps the Saturday Evening Post interior editorial spread. The empty space to the right was for the art director to surprint type....
Most likely for a magazine like Redbook or perhaps the Saturday Evening Post interior editorial spread. The empty space to the right was for the art director to surprint type. and acts as a compositional balance to the female figure and the lower torso of the man behind her. The woman with her eyes shut seems to be floating in a dreamy verdant world. br The Gesso Panel is quite heavy and dense and feels more like masonite. br In 1992 Joe Bowler was inducted into the Illustrators Hall of Fame