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BRADSHAW CRANDELL. Bathing Beauty (Carole Lombard). Pastel on thick paper. 762x559 mm; 30x22 inches. Signed in lower left image. Pinholes along edges, adhesive residue on verso. Framed. Nd, circa 1930s.
Crandell (1896-1966) was the undisputed "artist of the stars," befriending and immortalizing Hollywood's most beautiful starlets in his portraits. Among his subjects were Bette Davis, Judy Garland, Carole Lombard, and Lucille Ball. His career took off when he replaced Harrison Fisher as the cover artist for Cosmopolitan magazine, ushering in a new era of glamour. Crandell was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 2006.
