1908 Lowell

Artist: Orson Lowell (All)

2 Comments - 1,530 Views - 1 Like

Artwork Details

Title:	1908 Lowell
Artist:	Orson Lowell (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Other
For Sale Status:	Inquire or make offer
Views:	1,530
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	6/3/2004
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Description

First, I justify including this because it was done by Orson Lowell, a staff artist at Life Magazine, a humor magazine of the turn of the 19th to 20th Centuries and he did hundreds of comics. Besides, I bought it from a comic book art dealer.

Orson Lowell was a contemporary of all the the giants of the golden age of illustration and associated with more of those greats. His pen and ink art of the period was routinely compared to that of Gibson. The difference between the two artists' can be seen in the greater linework of this piece and the more delicate nature of the girl than is seen in most of the Gibsons.

This piece is fully inked on 16" by 23" Strathmore board with an image just over 12" by 19". On the back are the notations, "Miss G.B. Lane", "Crowell Publishing Co," and "Sep 08", the last is crossed out.

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	Robert Plunkett
Joined:	October 2003
Last Login:	December 2024
Country:	UNITED STATES
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Benno Rothschild
Member Since 2003

Posted on 7/18/2005

Great piece! I saw this when Ken had it during a visit to his house and almost made a run at it myself. Lowell's inking is superb-it definitely compares to Gibson and the other great good girl ink artists of the period. Benno

frank x townsondecker
Member Since 2006

Posted on 5/28/2011

always nice to be able to view good illustration work, thanks for sharing.

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