Serigraph
Eduardo Garcia Benito, Spanish(1891-1981)
Artist Proof
French Vogue
Cover art
July 1926
We offer the artist proof serigraph cover art by the artist Eduardo Garcia Benito for the July 1926 edition of the French Vogue magazine. It is marked "AP" in pencil in lower left corner.
In very good condition, the art work is framed under glass and measures 26" by 32". The actual image measurements are 17" by 23".
Included in our photographs is an image of the original magazine cover posted on the internet by the artist's granddaughter and a partial lower image of the American version of the finished cover. The French version uses an orange colorway for the dress and lips while the American version uses a red colorway for the dress and lips. The most obvious variation is the way "VOGUE" is spelled out in stars at a diagonal while the finished version shows the magazine name horizontally across the upper page. Some variation to the ocean liner can also be observed. The background color is a dark blue but the glare of the glass does not photograph truly. The depth of background color can be seen in some of the closeup pictures.
Eduardo Garcia Benito was a Spanish fashion illustrator and painter noted for his "Vogue" covers of the 1920s and 1930s.
The offered artwork comes from the collection of Romilda Dilley (nee Birkemeyer) American (1910-2008).
Romilda Dilley was born in Cincinnati ,Ohio on March 25, 1910. She spent her childhood in Asheville, NC , graduated from Asheville High School, attended Pearce College in Raleigh, NC, the Art Academy of Cincinnati and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Romilda Dilley worked in Indianapolis, IN for L.S. Ayers in the advertising department. She returned to Cincinnati to free lance at department stores and went to work at The Jenny Company where she was employed until 1956 as art director and head artist. After leaving The Jenny Company, Ms. Dilley free lanced with various department stores as a fashion artist rendering commercial illustrations. She authored several books on art including "Drawing Women's Fashion, Fundamental Fashion Drawing, Stain Glass Craft and Patterns, Silhouettes", and a series of "Find a Word Puzzles". She also illustrated a series of miniature books and was an accomplished, well known artist who painted hundreds of works. In a 1989 article from Western Hills Living it was stated that "Diversity" might be Romilda Dilley's middle name. Ms. Dilley held memberships in The Women's Art Club, The McDowell Society, American Penwomen, The Hilltop Artists, The Ohioans Library Association and The Westwood Civic Association.
The Cincinnati Art Museum archives her fashion illustrations from 1948 to 1956.
