DuPont Varnish
Original Advertising Illustration
1950-60s Gouache, Charcoal & Pastel
#A9021
$295
Calvin Anderson
This 1950-60s gouache, charcoal and pastel on tracing paper vintage advertising illustration for DuPont varnish is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (1925-2023). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the 1940s and worked as a commercial art director in San Francisco for 40 years. Anderson created graphics for the SF Ballet for 20 years, and two of his poster designs are in the permanent collection at SFMOMA. Anderson taught Design at SFAI in the 1960s. He was a prolific printmaker in the 1990s-2000s, creating hundreds of minimal, abstract compositions drawing from his love of Modernism and design.
1950-60s
Gouache, Charcoal & Pastel on Tracing Paper
10"x12" unframed
Estate stamped lower right. Good vintage condition, some creasing at the bottom.
This 1950-60s gouache, charcoal and pastel on tracing paper vintage advertising illustration for DuPont varnish is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (1925-2023). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the 1940s and worked as a commercial art director in San Francisco for 40 years. Anderson created graphics for the SF Ballet for 20 years, and two of his poster designs are in the permanent collection at SFMOMA. Anderson taught Design at SFAI in the 1960s. He was a prolific printmaker in the 1990s-2000s, creating hundreds of minimal, abstract compositions drawing from his love of Modernism and design.
1950-60s
Gouache, Charcoal & Pastel on Tracing Paper
10"x12" unframed
Estate stamped lower right. Good vintage condition, some creasing at the bottom.
