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Home > Illustrations > Women are Awfully Important

Women are Awfully Important

By Alfred Charles Parker | Created: 1943

Women are Awfully Important
Publication
  • Ladies' Home Journal, illustration for "Women are Awfully Important" by Elizabeth Dunn
Publication Date
  • November 1943
Medium
  • Gouache
Support
  • Illustration Board
Illustration Size
  • Unknown
Collection
  • Al Parker Collection, Department of Special Collections,

©Meredith Corporation

Truly working for the printed page, Al Parker left a swatch of board unpainted in this graceful double page spread knowing that it would, in publication, be covered by Elizabeth Dunn’s text and a tag line that read, “Women are awfully important…at least to a brand-new jittery father, like Bill.” All emphasis is on the woman’s face, which is beautifully framed by boldly patterned pillows and the many diagonals that lead the viewer’s eye to the main subject.

Genres
  • Fairy Tales and Fables
  • Story Illustration
Global Perspectives
  • North America
Related Time Periods
  • The Decade 1940-1950 The Decade 1940-1950

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