This is a great vintage 1920s art deco print by Wesley Morse.

Sexy blonde in boudoir.From Shadowland magazine. Text/image on reverse.

*We have another Morse print for sale in this auction*

SIZE: 8 1/2" x 12".

Morse was a cartoonist / illustrator most famous for his creation of the Bazooka Joe comic strip for the bubble gum company Topps in 1953.He was "the prototypical underground cartoonist" and "one of the most influential and popular artists of his era".

Wesley Morse (1897-1963)
In the 1920s, drew a comic strip called 'Switchboard Sally',The writer H.C. Witwer dubbed him "the greatest pretty girl artist on Broadway". His 1920s artwork glorified the American Girl for Flo Ziegfeld's 'Ziegfeld Follies'.

Morse was a regular contributor of sketches to magazines like Film Fun and Shadowland.He created flapper strips for the Hearst syndicate, pin-ups,comic strip ads for Colliers, and a strip called Beau Gus for Circus: The Comic Riot. He created several so-called Eight-Pagers, also known as "Tijuana Bibles".

In 1943, he created The Copa logo, a sultry beauty beneath a colorful turban of fruit, which has become the most recognized logo of the nightclub era, a sort of nightclub Mona Lisa. He did artwork for Lou Walter's Latin Quarter and the Copa Cabana. His Latin Quarter menus, programs and pin-up art are instantly recognizable.

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We have many more pin-ups listed in this auction - you'll find Gil Elvgren, Billy Devorss, Rolf Armstrong, Zoe Mozert, Alberto Varga, and others, along with pin-up prints from magazines like La Vie Parisienne, EROS, and Esquire.

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Very good condition with some chipping along edges only which is very common with Shadowland paper.