Mary Blair
Mary Blair Original Artwork Girl on Horse, 1950-1960
Gouache on Illustration Board
17 × 13
$ 25,000.00
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When fabled female illustrator Mary Blair was not creating fantasy images for Disney, she was doing freelance illustration work for commercial clients. We think that is one of those much...
When fabled female illustrator Mary Blair was not creating fantasy
images for Disney, she was doing freelance illustration work for
commercial clients. We think that is one of those much rarer works. It
depicts a highly stylized young woman with windswept hair riding
side-saddle on an equally charming horse. The work is masterfully
designed, with a few basic flat patterns and shapes. Blair's limited
palette consists of alternating areas of red, green, and black shapes.
The composition is punctuated by two thin, arched lines that may
indicate motion or suggest that this is a rocking horse. Mystery is a
good thing in art. Signed lower right, Mary Blair. Inscription on verso
that may not be from the artist's hand, reads:" Sodl - H. Korton, 44. E.
50 st.
Framed under glass: 17 x 13 inches Created 1950-1960
images for Disney, she was doing freelance illustration work for
commercial clients. We think that is one of those much rarer works. It
depicts a highly stylized young woman with windswept hair riding
side-saddle on an equally charming horse. The work is masterfully
designed, with a few basic flat patterns and shapes. Blair's limited
palette consists of alternating areas of red, green, and black shapes.
The composition is punctuated by two thin, arched lines that may
indicate motion or suggest that this is a rocking horse. Mystery is a
good thing in art. Signed lower right, Mary Blair. Inscription on verso
that may not be from the artist's hand, reads:" Sodl - H. Korton, 44. E.
50 st.
Framed under glass: 17 x 13 inches Created 1950-1960