Sep 29, 2016 - Sale 2423

Sale 2423 - Lot 164

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 5,000
HADDON SUNDBLOM.
Cashmere Bouquet Soap. A sweet WWII-era illustration for a Cashmere Bouquet Soap campaign for Colgate featuring a soldier and his girl framed by a cascade of flowers. Oil on canvas board. 559x451 mm; 22x17 3/4 inches. Not signed, as typical. Edges lightly fraying, some soiling. Nd, circa 1945.

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Sundblom (1899-1976) is best known for creating the iconic Coca-Cola Santa Claus in the 1930s. He was a prominent and influential commercial illustrator who enjoyed a prolific career. He was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1987.