Constantin Alajálov: "Do Do Do" from George Gershwin's Song-Book

In 1932, Random House published George Gershwin's Song-Book. It featured eighteen Gershwin songs with new piano scores and a series of jazzy illustrations by Constantin Alajálov. The illustration for "Do Do Do" is set in the Garden of Eden and is a rather freewheeling flight of fancy which nevertheless captures the spirit of the song from Broadway's "Oh, Kay!" (1926). The original artwork came up for sale in 2010.

Constantin Alajálov
Original artwork for "Do Do Do"
George Gershwin's Song-Book, 1932

Constantin Alajálov
Original artwork for "Do Do Do"
George Gershwin's Song-Book, 1932, framed

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/7532239

This original illustration was later sold by the Grapefruit Moon Gallery with a new frame and no doubt for considerably more.

Constantin Alajálov
Original artwork for "Do Do Do"
George Gershwin's Song-Book, 1932

http://grapefruitmoongallery.com/9425

Constantin Alajálov
Original artwork for "Do Do Do"

George Gershwin's Song-Book, 1932, framed

http://grapefruitmoongallery.com/9425

Constantin Alajálov
"Do Do Do," George Gershwin's Song-Book, 1932

http://grapefruitmoongallery.com/9425

Constantin Alajálov's signature and the handwritten title on the original matte

Image added November 25, 2018

http://grapefruitmoongallery.com/9425

Detail

Image added November 25, 2018

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Gertrude Lawrence sings Gershwin

"Do Do Do" from "Oh, Kay!" (1926)

Constantin Alajálov
Original artwork for "Do Do Do"
George Gershwin's Song-Book, 1932

http://www.artnet.com/artists/constantin-alajalov/do-do-do-83UJj77gqXNBb2oCu4IySg2

Note:  You can find much more about the artwork of Constantin Alajálov on this very blog.

Not surprisingly, there's more on George Gershwin here as well.

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