James Montgomery Flagg American Double Portrait Oil on Canvas

Item Details

James Montgomery Flagg (American, 1877 – 1960)
Untitled (double portrait)
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to lower left
Framed

An original oil on canvas double portrait by well-listed American painter James Montgomery Flagg (1877 – 1960). This painting, rendered in painterly brushwork and a dynamic, complementary color palette, depicts a man and woman seated on a couch within a formal sitting room. He is relaxing, a drink in hand, while she sits in a more formal pose. This work is signed to the left. It is housed in a wood frame with cast embellishments and a gilt finish.

Provenance
Private collection, Cincinnati, OH
Purchased from Apple Tree Auction Center, Newark, Ohio, 2010

James Montgomery Flagg was an established fine artist and illustrator, having studied extensively in New York, England and Paris. He is perhaps best known for his illustration featured on the American World War II ‘Uncle Sam’ propaganda poster I WANT YOU for U.S. ARMY.

Dimensions

- canvas measures 40″ × 30″.

Item #

18CIN517-291