SHIPMAN, E. G. Original Full-Color Artwork for an Ad for “Cities Service” Oil Company. [New York, ca. 1940s]. Acrylic on Whatman Drawing Board. Unsigned. Image size approximately 413 x 390 mm; the entire size of board is approximately 485 x 480 mm. With manufacturer’s logo affixed to lower left corner of image (logo is browned). Marginal wear, soiling, with small nail holes on right margin, artist’s inkstamps on verso, and with the additional inkstamp of a previous owner (“A. Leonardi”) also on verso. An image of the idealized American family of the 1940s.