Vienna, VA
Details
- Dimensions
- 8.5ʺW × 0.75ʺD × 11.5ʺH
- Styles
- American
- Figurative
- Art Subjects
- Figure
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Artist
- John Begg
- Period
- 1930s
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Drawing/Sketching Materials
- Glass
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Design Modified, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Royal Blue
- Condition Notes
- Sketches and Frames have wear and discoloration appropriate for age. Sketches Have been framed in vintage frames. Sketches and Frames have wear and discoloration appropriate for age. Sketches Have been framed in vintage frames. less
- Description
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Pair striking and vibrant original vintage 1930s nude figural color sketches by John Alfred Begg (American, 1903 - 1974). Rose …
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Pair striking and vibrant original vintage 1930s nude figural color sketches by John Alfred Begg (American, 1903 - 1974). Rose colored sketch is signed JB 33 in lower left. Rose colored sketch has a tiny tear on left side. Both are mounted under glass in vintage gold frames. Wear and discoloring on frames. Exteriors of frames measure approx 8.5 inches wide by 11.5 inches tall.
Artist info from the web:
John Alfred Begg was born in New Smyrna Beach, Florida on June 23, 1903.
He studied art at Columbia University (BS), with Arthur Wesley Dow, with Charles Martin, and studied sculpture with Jose De Creeft and Ossip Zadkine. He was a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Typophiles and the Yonkers Art Association (chairman from 1972-1973).
He worked as a art editor and book designer at the American Book Company, New York 1932-1937, as Art Director at Oxford University Press, New York 1939-1968, and as vice-president 1960-1968, as art director at Art In America 1957-1959 where he won the Readerscope Award in 1945 for a bronze work. He also taught art and lectured. less
Vienna, VA
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