Posted 10 years ago
jameyrd
(132 items)
I saw her over the weekend in an antique store. She looked like she may have been cut down from a larger piece. I came home, grabbed my Petretti's 12th edition (Pg. 153) and found out my thoughts were correct. this piece should be 26 x 42 standup not the 10 x16ish size I saw. I went back today, negotiated my best price and bought her anyway. She is not in great shape, and certainly not worth the $2500 mint condition price; but I love her anyway!
Certainly a beauty!
Thank you to all! officialfuel , upstatenycollector, fortapache , blunderbuss2 , Trey, ttomtucker , walksoftly , Manikin , CokeKid-04, gargoylecollector , Ted_Straub, mtg75 , EJW-54 , trukn20, pickrknows , Jewels , leighannrn and crswerner.
Thanks to farmlady, AntigueToys, Lady_Picker , Virginia.vintage and Beachbum58 for the loves!
Many thanks to Chevelleman69, officialfuel and Designer!
THANKS SEAN!
A Russian artist Leonid Donskoy used this same cutout as a backing to support his canvas of a still life of flowers. It was my grandmothers painting purchased in Yonkers, NY in the early 1940's. My mother hung the painting in our house in California and since I was very young we always surprised visitors by turning the painting over to see the cola cutout. We couldn't remove it as it was what the artist intended! Bow I know more history. thank you!