EDWIN GEORGI (1896-1964) Date With Death
Lotto 528
1 8002 500
Gouache on board
40 x 48 cm
Executed circa 1950s
Provenance:
Private collection, Italy. This work is an illustration of a film
called Date with Death, a thriller about a
drifter (Gerald Mohr) who takes a slain
policeman’s identity to avenge his murder
and break up gangster rackets.
Edwin Georgi was a leader of the second
wave of «pretty-girl» pin-up movement.
However, some experts do not want to
classify his colorful works as an exact
representation of this style. In every work,
Edwin experiments with warm shadows and
the combination of dark and bright colors to
find a perfect way to highlight the details in
his works. His way of painting brought him
illustration projects for magazine such as
Esquire, Cosmo,Fortune, Liberty, and many
others.