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Charles Gates SHELDON - Lilian Harvey portrait, 1930s

Artist: Charles Sheldon (Penciller)

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Charles Gates SHELDON - Lilian Harvey portrait, 1930s Comic Art

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Title:	Charles Gates SHELDON - Lilian Harvey portrait, 1930s
Artist:	Charles Sheldon (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Pin Up
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	2,129
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	6/30/2013
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In the 20s and 30s, Charles Gates Sheldon created some absolutely gorgeous pastel portraits of some of the most beautiful starlets Hollywood has ever seen. At auction, prices for some examples have reached nearly $20,000! Perhaps my absolute favorite was his portrait of Myrna Loy for Movie Classic Magazine, which sadly I do not own. I was able to pick up this pencil portrait of Lilian Harvey for quite cheap due to the considerable foxing. My plan is to bring it to a conservator at some point to see if I can get it restored to its former glory, but I haven't gotten around to that yet.

Lilian Harvey was a popular actress in the 20s and 30s, but found the majority of her success in Europe, particularly Germany. She made a couple of English-language films for Fox in the early 1930s, presumably the period during which this portrait was commissioned, but she was never able to gain a foothold in the American film market. She returned to Europe in 1935 and continued to make successful German films until her career was essentially cut short by the rise of the Nazi party.

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Last Login:	September 2025
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Rub�n DaCollector's Paperback Art
Member Since 2005

Posted on 6/30/2013

Wow, that is some horrible foxing. What a shame that people didn't care for their original illustration. Still, it's fantastic to see that the art itself still survived intact, and it's a great drawing!

Fred W
Member Since 2008

Posted on 6/30/2013

Rub�n DaCollector's Paperback Art wrote:

Haha, thanks, Ruben! I showed some photos to a conservator in Brooklyn named Jon Derow who has done some incredible restorations (jdconservation.com) and he thought the foxing could be fixed. I just haven't made a trip to New York since I acquired the drawing, but I do hope to have her looking like new at some point!

Rub�n DaCollector's Paperback Art
Member Since 2005

Posted on 6/30/2013

Fred W wrote:

Haha, thanks, Ruben! I just haven't made a trip to New York since I acquired the drawing, but I do hope to have her looking like new at some point!

Looking at his website samples, it appears that the removal of foxing and yellowing is one of the most common types of damage that he handles, so I would expect that he's be able to do it with little trouble. I did notice on his website that he claims he could still give a ballpark estimate cost just based on pictures and info about the item. Maybe you should mention that to him and see if he could do that for you. I also have a piece that needs some tape and glue removal, but am wary of having the piece out of my hands, so I always put it off. Like you, it's just a matter of getting off my butt and getting it done, but I know all too well how much easier it is to just sit with it safely at home and never get around to it!

frank x townsondecker
Member Since 2006

Posted on 6/30/2013

very nice!

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