Z. P. Nikolaki American Red Cross Nurse Original Mixed Media World War One 1917
NIKOLAKI MIXED MEDIA PAINTING OF A STUNNING WORLD WAR I RED CROSS NURSE PAINTED ON BOARD FOR SMITH'S MAGAZINE COVER IN 1917 (AS PER AI), IN ORIGINAL VINTAGE GILT FRAME UNDER GLASS. THE OUTSIDE DIMENSIONS ARE 35 X 271/2 INCHES. THE INSIDE DIMENSIONS ARE 291/2 X 211/2 INCHES. I DO NOT HAVE A COPY OF THE MAGAZINE COVER YET BUT AI THINKS IT IS PROBABLY THE JULY OR SEPTEMBER COVER, BOTH OF WHICH WERE ILLUSTRATED BY NIKOLAKI.
IN JUNE OF THAT YEAR GREECE JOINED THE DETENTE ALLIES AND IN JULY THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT RED CROSS MOBILIZATION. NIKOLAKI, AND WORKING FROM A STUDIO IN NEW YORK CITY, NIKOLAKI PAINTED MULTIMEDIA COVERS, POSTERS, SITTING PORTRAITS AND DRY-POINT PAINTINGS OF LANDSCAPES AND CITIES DURING THE 1ST QUARTER OF THE 20TH CENTURY. NIKOLAKI WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS MANY MAGAZINE COVERS PAINTED FOR THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, THE GREEN, RED AND BLUE BOOK MAGAZINES, COLLIERS, VOGUE, SMITH'S, METROPOLITAN, MCCALLS AND LADY'S HOME JOURNAL.THE PAINTING FOR SALE SHOWS A WORLD WAR ONE RED CROSS NURSE DRESSED IN HER NURSES UNIFORM, SET BEFORE AMERICAN AND GREEK FLAGS. IT IS EMOTIONAL AND STUNNING. THE ORIGINAL FRAME IS OF MOLDED GILT CONTEMPORARY TO THE ERA.
THE PAINTING IS FINE AND THE FRAME IS NEAR FINE SHOWING LITTLE WEAR. NIKOLAKI ARE VERY RARE ON THE MARKET, ESPECIALLY THOSE DONE DURING WORLD WAR ONE. THIS IS NOT A PRINT OR REPRODUCTION, BUT AN ORIGINAL ONE OF A KIND.
IT HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED FROM ITS FRAME.