This illustration would be beautiful on its own, but as a magazine cover design it is so effective with its warm yellow logotype, red price button and white type situated for a lovely balance.
I am spellbound by this graphic as I imagine the interior of this warm 'n' cozy little bungalow, probably with a warm 'n' cozy little den (back there where that fireplace is being used), filled with warm 'n' cozy little books.
Not only was there a golden age of illustrative design in the early xxth century, but also a golden age of architectural design.
R.C. Hare — Own Your Own Home — ca 1920s
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I almost want to live there.
Nice !
Very, very effective. Ink, do you think, or watercolor? I would think ink...
Bob, that's a tough one, but if I had to come up with a guess, I might say gouache. It seems consistent with the properties of gouache, and a lot of advertising art was created with it in the 20th century.
Always ask an expert! Thanks.
Experts can be totally wrong any day of the week, so quote me only lightly.
Thanks Bob.
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