Re: [CR]Rebour drawing

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Rebour drawing
References: <a05010406b9eb4e59f87e@[165.121.25.119]>
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 16:02:22 -0700

Jan Heine wrote:
>
> While I have no idea about the value of a Rebour drawing - they are
> not as rare as one might think. After all, Rebour was a professional
> artist, working 5 days a week cranking out these drawings. Whether it
> was ads, magazines, etc., almost all commissioned Rebour to draw for
> them.

I must politely disagree here Jan. All of Rebour drawings were done for commercial purposes.

The only purpose of original commercial artwork was to be photographed for reproduction. Once photographed, the artwork had no further purpose and was often discarded by the company or publisher the artwork was sold to. Sad but true.

Take it from one who has been a commercial artist since the mid '60s.

Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal

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