Robert Robinson Preliminary Oil Illustration with 1934 "Motor" Magazine

Item Details

Robert Robinson (American; 1886-1952)
Untitled, circa 1934
Oil painting on canvas and 1934 “Motor” Magazine featuring painting
Signed to the lower left of painting

Robert Robinson is an American illustrator that produced ground-breaking ‘slice of life’ renderings for the covers of the Saturday Evening Post and Motor Magazine, a style that later became popularized by Norman Rockwell. His work most often featured young boys and old men in animated situations that presented a story to the viewers in a single image.

Condition

- wear to edges of frame; slight billow to canvas; surface wear present to painting; heavy craquelure present throughout painting; dust and accretions present to painting; chipping and loss of paint to upper portion of painting; thick paint to upper portion of painting; heavy wear present throughout magazine; tearing to edges of magazine; creasing to magazine cover corners; vertical two inch tear to upper left of magazine cover; creasing to pages of magazine; toning to papers of magazine.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 21.5" W x 27.5" H; magazine measures 8.5" W x 11.25" H x .1" D.

Item #

ITMG032405