Neysa McMein
(1888 - 1949)
As popular as her male counterparts in capturing The American Beauty (and a beauty herself), she sold millions of mags with her covers for McCall's, Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Photoplay, Liberty, Associated Sunday Magazine, Ladies World. Ad work: memorably for Palmolive; also Cadillac, Lucky Strike, Adam's Gum, Coke, Hummingbird Hosiery, Gainsborough Hair Nets, Colgate. She painted the first Betty Crocker and updated her through the years. A "member" of the Algonquin club; there and at her studio, she entertained Mary Pickford, Dorothy Parker, Harpo Marx, Jascha Heifitz, Noel Coward, Irving Berlin, Robert Benchley, all while she painted.
A special thanks to Norm Platnick of Enchantment Ink for letting us know what 002 was used for.
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Prudence Says So (1916) McMein - 001A
NOTE: McMein was already an established artist when she did this pastel, and also one of the few novels she did the cover for; yet she isn't even mentioned in the book! Arthur William Brown, who did the interior art, is the only listed illustrator.
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Sunday Magazine Of the New York Tribune (12 October 1913) McMein - 002A
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Lucky Strike, "I Do" (1917) McMein - 003
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McClure's (1917) McMein - 004
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Saturday Evening Post (1917) McMein - 005
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Saturday Evening Post (1921) McMein - 006
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Saturday Evening Post (1921) McMein - 007
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Saturday Evening Post (1918) McMein - 008
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Palmolive (1918) McMein - 009
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Palmolive (1918) McMein - 010
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Palmolive (1919) McMein - 011
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Palmolive (19??) McMein - 012
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Palmolive (1921) McMein - 013
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Palmolive (1920) McMein - 014
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Pretty Girl (1931) McMein - 015
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San-Tox (1919) McMein - 016
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Gainsbourough Hair Net (1924) McMein - 017
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Sunday Magazine (1913) McMein - 018
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Sunday Magazine (1912) McMein - 019
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Adam's California Fruit Gum (1921) McMein - 020
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Cadillac (1923) McMein - 021
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Coca-Cola (1924) McMein - 022
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Wamsutta (1923) McMein - 023
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Woman's Home Companion (1921) McMein - 024
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Woman's Home Companion (1921) McMein - 025
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McCall's (19??) McMein - 026
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McCall's (1932) McMein - 027
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McCall's (1927) McMein - 028
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McCall's (1927) McMein - 029
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McCall's (1934) McMein - 030
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Humming Bird Hosiery (1925) McMein - 031
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