![]() Kenyon began doing artwork for The Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company of Joliet shortly after it was founded in 1907. ![]() This piece was created for The Gerlach-Barklow Calendar Company out of Joliet, Illinois and was first published as part of their 1915 calendar line. This original pastel on canvas illustration dates to 1914 and features a brunette beauty with milky-white skin draped in a pellucid gossamer shawl as she clutches a bouquet of blossoming roses to her breast. Full view of pastel on canvas illustration The illustration as it was published in a 1919 calendar (INCLUDED IN SALE) Hand fan advertisement (INCLUDED IN SALE) O my Luve's like a red, red rose that’s newly sprung in JuneĮnchanting, dream-like, and romantic, American illustrator Zula Kenyon's early 20th century portraits offer up a soft, supple, and genteel look at the Edwardian woman.
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