#WardBrackett
Girl Reading, (1947)

#THISWEEK in 1952
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‘Eve saw Tim leaning negligently against the refrigerator, and Ann Darrow looking up at him, her beautiful face alive with pleasure’
#Illustration by #WardBrackett (1914-2006) for ➡️
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #mensfashion #womensfashion #1950s

#THISWEEK in 1952
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‘I was suddenly very tired of Lester Fitch. I took him by the wrist, tightening down with all my strength, and I saw the fright in his eyes’
#Illustration by #WardBrackett (1914-2006) for ➡️
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #barroom #mensfashion #1950s

#OTD in 1952
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‘At close range, Hildy’s features had the flavor of boldness typical of entertainers. “I’ll have to call you Gev. Ken talked about you quite a bit!’
Illustration by Ward Brackett (1914-2006) for ➡️
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #WardBrackett

#THISWEEK in 1952
🧵👇
‘Eve saw Tim leaning negligently against the refrigerator, and Ann Darrow looking up at him, her beautiful face alive with pleasure’
#Illustration by #WardBrackett (1914-2006) for ➡️
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #mensfashion #womensfashion #1950s

#THISWEEK in 1952
🧵👇
‘I was suddenly very tired of Lester Fitch. I took him by the wrist, tightening down with all my strength, and I saw the fright in his eyes’
#Illustration by #WardBrackett (1914-2006) for ➡️
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #barroom #mensfashion #1950s

#THISWEEK in 1952
🧵👇
‘Picking her up, I carried her over to a level space, stretched her out and gave her artificial respiration’
Illustration by Ward Brackett (1914-2006) for ➡️
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #WardBrackett

#OTD in 1952
👇🧵
‘At close range, Hildy’s features had the flavor of boldness typical of entertainers. “I’ll have to call you Gev. Ken talked about you quite a bit!’
Illustration by Ward Brackett (1914-2006) for➡️
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #WardBrackett

#THISWEEK in 1952
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‘The sulky blonde bit her lip. “I don’t think I want to tell him,” she said in a thin, immature voice. Perry advanced on her, […] “Now you see here,” she said. “You promised!”’
#Illustration by #WardBrackett (1914-2006) for ➡️
#illustrationartists

John D. MacDonald (1916-1966), “My Brother’s Widow”
‘I was a boy playing a man’s game. And I’d stuck my neck out so far I couldn’t dodge the bullets’
*Collier’s*, April 12, 1952
👉ALT
#JohnDMacDonald #murdermystery #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #WardBrackett

John D. MacDonald (1916-1966), “My Brother’s Widow”
‘I was a boy playing a man’s game. And I’d stuck my neck out so far I couldn’t dodge the bullets’
*Collier’s*, April 12, 1952
👉ALT
#JohnDMacDonald #murdermystery #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #WardBrackett

#THISWEEK in 1952
🧵👇
‘Picking her up, I carried her over to a level space, stretched her out and gave her artificial respiration’
Illustration by Ward Brackett (1914-2006) for ➡️
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #WardBrackett