Description: 1944 Wartime advertisement with beautiful illustration of a young lady. I believe this art was done by Coby Whitmore, but not 100% sure. The ad is for IVORY SOAP and is titled "He's a Big Kid - and golly I love it!" Interesting ad copy, but the bright and colorful illustration is what catches the eye of the reader. The ad was saved from a damaged page of Everybody's Weekly insert in the February 20, 1944 issue of The Philiadelphia Inquirer. The paper had been safely stored away in a plastic sleeve, but it has still become brittle and yellowed with age. It must be handled with care, it easily tears. Please review the photos attached. I'll place this great ad inside a plastic sleeve and add a piece of white foam board for protection while mailing by USPS First Class in a bubble envelope. I'll mail the same day, or next day after PayPal payment is received. Following is some information on this talented artist / illustrator. (1913 - 1988)Coby Whitmore was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Maxwell Coburn Whitmore Sr. and Charlotte Bosler, and attended the Dayton Art Institute. Following an apprenticeship with the "Sundblom Circle" of Chicago, Illinois, illustrator Haddon Sundblom, Whitmore joined the Charles E. Cooper Studio, on West 57th Street in New York City, in 1943. There he illustrated for leading magazines of the day and did other commercial art.Whitmore and Jon Whitcomb were two of the top illustrators at Cooper, which in the 1940s and 1950s "monopolized the ladies' magazines like McCall's, Ladies Home Journal, and Good Housekeeping with postwar images of the ideal white American family centered around pretty, middle-class, female consumers living happily in new kitchens, new houses, driving new cars, living with handsome husbands, adorable children, and cute dogs".Additionally, Whitmore, by then living in Briarcliff Manor, New York, teamed with former World War II fighter pilot John Fitch, an imported car dealer in White Plains, New York, to design and race sports cars in the 1950s and 1960s.Whitmore's work influenced such comic-book artists as John Buscema, John Romita, Sr., and Phil Noto. Glen Murakami, producer of the 2000s Teen Titans animated series on Cartoon Network, cited Whitmore and fellow illustrator Bob Peak as "big influences on the loose, painterly style we have been using for the backgrounds".Whitmore was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1978.His work was presented alongside that of several contemporaries of illustrator Al Parker in the "Re-Imagining the American Woman" section of the retrospective "Ephemeral Beauty: Al Parker and the American Women's Magazine, 1940-1960", mounted by the Norman Rockwell Museum from June 9 to October 28, 2007.
Price: 9.5 USD
Location: Frederick, Maryland
End Time: 2025-01-30T22:06:42.000Z
Shipping Cost: 2.75 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type of Advertising: Newspaper insert ad
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Original/Reproduction: Original ad from newspaper page
Date of Creation: February 20, 1944
Color: Multi-color
Brand: Ivory
