An original oil on canvas by
Orson B. Lowell served as a cover illustration for
The Elks magazine in October of 1933 and might have been published earlier in
Judge or
Leslie's. The subject is a football tackle. This tackle is no longer legal because of the risk of neck injury. The sale price ten years ago was $10, 350.
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Orson B. Lowell
Original art, The Elks, October 1933 |
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Illustration House June 2, 2007 Auction
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Another football illustration by Lowell is available on Etsy from ThisArtGallery for $7,000, which seems a fair price:
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| Orson Lowell's signature |
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Orson Lowell
Etsy Listing as of September 24, 2017
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| Orson Lowell Etsy Item Description |
Note: Does anyone have a copy of
The Elks Magazine for October 1933? I'm fresh out, but I'd love to see the cover. I'd also love to hear from anyone who knows whether this illustration was also published in
Judge or
Leslie's. See, I don't ask for much.
Orson B. Lowell—the B. is for Byron, of course—is new to this blog but he isn't new to the Society of Illustrators. The exhibition Fashion and Satire: The Drawings off Orson Byron Lowell and Charles Dana Gibson is currently on view at the Society through October 28.
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