Don Blanding 1935 EXOTIC MERMAID Art Deco Print Matted

Description: Vintage, bevel-matted BLACK & WHITE PRINT from an old book of drawings, THE MEMORY ROOM, a book published in 1935 and illustrated by Don Blanding. TEXT: MERMAID ARTIST: DON BLANDING (Read more about this acclaimed illustrator and artist below) CONDITION: EXCELLENT / VERY FINE -- Clear, clean, and bright. No foxing or tears. Good margins. EXCELLENT DEFINITION. NICE DARK LINES. This print is over 75 years old and guaranteed to be original. It’s an authentic ILLUSTRATION from the aforementioned publication, and NOT A REPRODUCTION. The print is 4 1/2" x 6 1/4". Matted the print measures 8" x 10". This is a standard size mat that will fit into a standard size frame—no costly custom frames required. ALL OF OUR MATTED PRINTS ARE WRAPPED IN A CLEAR CELLOPHANE ENVELOPE THAT PROTECTS THE PRINT DURING SHIPPING AND IS PERFECT FOR GIFT GIVING. HUNDREDS OF BEAUTIFUL ART DECO PRINTS IN OUR STORE. AND MANY THOUSAND ANTIQUE ENGRAVINGS. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK. About The Mats All of our prints are bevel matted in a very high quality, and simple off-white/ivory matting. The backing, WHICH IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE PRINT, also meets the same high quality standard. We take pride in what we sell—look at our feedback. All mats are acid-free and the small piece of tape used to attach the print to the top of the mat is artists tape. This print is truly ready to be framed and preserved. Some Comments About Our Mats: Always a wonderful transaction. Will buy again. Awesome Prints & Mats!!!!! Incredible Print. Fab pkg. Rapid ship. Gorgeous Mat. Great communication. A+ wonderful item....well matted....packed well, quick delivery....aaaa service Beautiful Print. Awesome Mat! Fab pkg. Rapid ship. Bought 4 MORE! A++++ As always, a very fine print & mat, well-packed & promptly shipped: A+ This print is better than I imagined, the mat is fabulous, everything is perfect THANK YOU! JUST AS DESCRIBED. GREAT MATTING! A+A+A+ Great vendor. Nicely packaged and matted. 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ABOUT DON BLANDING Donald Benson Blanding (November 7, 1894–June 9, 1957) was an American poet who sentimentalized warm climates and was sometimes described as "poet laureate of Hawaii". He was also known as a journalist, author of prose, illustrator, and speaker. Blanding was born on November 7, 1894, in Kingfisher, Oklahoma (in the period as a territory prior to that state's creation). He trained between 1913 and 1915 at the Art Institute of Chicago. He enlisted (for a year, or the duration of World War I plus up to six months) in the Canadian Army's predominantly 97th ("American Legion") Battalion, training with them for trench warfare for eight months in 1916, but leaving service under unknown circumstances a few days before the unit shipped out for Europe. (He omitted reference to that service and training a year later in joining the U.S. military.) Blanding soon became suddenly fascinated by Hawaii and traveled there, staying for the year until his enlistment in the U.S. Army in December, 1917. Entering as an infantry private, he underwent officer training and was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant before being discharged in December, 1918, soon after the Armistice. He pursued further art studies in 1920, in Paris and London, traveled in Central America and the Yucatan, and resumed living in Honolulu in 1921. Finding work as an artist in an advertising agency, he happened into two years of writing poems published daily in the Honolulu Star Bulletin for an advertiser. These featured local people and events, and became well-known and popular -- whether because of or in spite of always mentioning the Aji-No-Moto brand of MSG. The popularity of these ad-poems led Blanding to follow the advice of newspaper colleagues by publishing a collection of his poetry in 1923. When his privately published 2000 copies quickly sold out, he followed it with a commercially published edition the same year, and with additional verse and prose books. For his fifth book in 1928, he no longer used a local or West Coast publisher, but the New York publisher Dodd, Mead & Company. The result, Vagabond's House, was reviewed promptly by the New York Times, and was a great commercial success. By 1948 it went through nearly fifty printings in several editions that together sold over 150,000 copies. In 1928 he suggested and founded the annual holiday, Lei Day, in Hawaii. While he remained strongly attached to Hawaii, his connections to the world of celebrities drew him often to the mainland, and his income made hotel life and multiple residences feasible. During his high-school years in Lawton, Oklahoma, he is said to have saved the life of a 7- or 8-year-old neighbor, Lucille "Billie" Cassin, by picking her up and telephoning for a doctor, when she had jumped off her porch and deeply cut her foot on a broken milk bottle. Cassin eventually took the stage name of Joan Crawford, and their reacquaintance in 1936 on the set of "The Gorgeous Hussy", which starred her, suggests the level of his own celebrity. Blanding married Dorothy Binney Putnam (described as a "socialite") on 13 June 1940, and they lived in Fort Pierce,Florida. They divorced in June 1947, and he had no descendants. Blanding was strongly affected by U.S. entry into World War II, including the knowledge of his island paradise as a military target, the reactions of those he met on his lecture tours, and the fall of Bataan. Bataan surrendered April 9, 1942, while he was on tour, and he wrote "Bataan Falls", 16 emotional lines in response. On the 25th, he enlisted as a private, at the age of 47. He served eleven months in the 1208th Service Corps Unit, Infantry, and was discharged as a corporal. He died of a heart attack, at home in Los Angeles on June 9, 1957, at the age of 62. General Information If you have a question don't hesitate to contact us. We are happy to answer all questions and usually can do so within 24 hours. Return policy: Please be assured that we strive to provide our customers and potential customers with accurate descriptions and we always do our best to mention any condition issues worth noting. If you are ever dissatisfied with a purchase from us, please contact us immediately. We stand behind what we sell and will do our best to accommodate. All of our items have a full return policy, less shipping (unless we unintentionally misrepresented an item). 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Price: 19 USD

Location: Brooklyn, New York

End Time: 2025-02-04T00:03:32.000Z

Shipping Cost: 7 USD