"Nude Woman Seated on Beach with Shells". Round bronze medallion by American artist McClelland Barclay is dated ca. 1936. This Art Nouveau medallion features a nude woman seated on a beach with a small shell by her feet. Large waves crash in the background. Signed and dated in lower right section. Measures apprx 9" in diameter.
Barclay, a New York artist, is most well known for his female figures and portraits. His illustrations appeared on the covers of "Ladies’ Home Journal", "Saturday Evening Post", "Cosmopolitan" and other well-known magazines. His images of fashionable women for General Motors’ “Body by Fisher” advertising campaign made Barclay’s work recognizable to virtually every magazine reader in the country. Barclay also served in the American Navy during World War II.
250/350 Sold $287.50
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