Movie Classic, November 1935 - Artist: Charles SheldonI think this is one of the most sophisticated and alluring portraits of Jean Harlow I have ever seen. As covers go, it is unusual as well, because unlike most movie magazine covers of the time that portray the subject in close-up, this and the next two covers provide a fuller length view of their subjects.
Picture Play, March 1932 - Artist Modest SteinModest Stein was born in 1871 and became a prolific, if under appreciated commercial artist whose work can be found in and on numerous magazines, books, and advertisements. He died in Flushing, NY, in 1958. See my post on Peggy Shannon for another of his covers.
Picture Play, November 1932 - Artist: Martha SawyersMartha Sawyers (1902-1988) designed Broadway Playbills and art work for the theater section of the New York Herald Tribune in the 1930's. She also provided covers for American Liberty and Collier's Magazines. Martha drew illustrations for novelist Pearl Buck, and she is featured with such notables as Norman Rockwell in "Forty Illustrators and How They Work" by Earnest W Watson.
Picture Play, January 1933 - Artist: A.D. MosconI can find absolutely no information on artist A.D. Moscon. However, searching the NYT archive I did find a 1968 obituary notice of a Hanna Moscon. It listed her as a distinguished member of the American Society of Contemporary Artists. Quite possibly she is A.D. Moscon because the name itself is quite rare. Anybody with more information, please share.
Shadoplay, April 1933 - Artist: Earl ChristyWell here we are, back at the close up - real close up. Christy's work is all over this blog, but Shadoplay (who came up with that spelling) is really quite rare. This particular issue is Vol. 1, No.2, and I have only seen a couple of other issues, including one from October of 1934, so they had a bit of a run.
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I recently received the following, which tends to indicate that A.D. Moscon was not Hanna.
Hanna Moscon was my grandmother. I was searching for her name on images.google and came across your blog. Because my mother was an only child, all of Hannah's art went to us. I have seen every thing she did not sell. She made non-representational collages and paintings after the war. Nothing in her work even comes close to resembling your illustrations. As well, her maiden name was Moscow, but she changed in the 1950's to Moscon because of the McCarthy business.
So I am still trying to identify this artist.
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