This is a very well known Utrillo print that is easily recognized by fans of I Love Lucy. It is seen on the wall of the living room set in so many episodes. Original vintage prints from the era are rare – this one is a copy of a vintage print – Click here for more details on the eBay listing
and for some background info see my earlier post HERE
Category Archives: Art
I Love Lucy’s Fashion Lady Prints
On eBay this week I see a set of vintage framed fashion prints similar to those seen on I Love Lucy, from a very knowledgeable ebay seller and collector. The exact frames like these dont show up very often. The oval gilt framed fashion prints were seen on the mantelpiece on either side of the toleware clock in the early episodes. Following the Ricardo’s move to the bigger apartment they could be seen in the window alcove above the piano.
I also see a pair of unframed paper prints for sale by another seller chatsworthranch who may also have other Lucy items for sale Click HERE to see them
Both sellers mentioned above are knowledgeable collectors so check their other items as well.
Lucy’s Margo Alexander Schoolhouse Print
Here is a mid century print by folk artist Margo Alexander of a little red schoolhouse that I have only seen on the show from the point of view of the screen capture above where Lucy is on a ledge outside the window of the Ricardo’s apartment. Continue reading Lucy’s Margo Alexander Schoolhouse Print
Ricardo’s Degas Print
This is a print of the very famous art work by Degas, The Star – of a star dancer on stage. It is usually seen from the I Love Lucy living room set in the passageway to the bedroom. Lucy and Desi will have stood before this image many times while waiting for their cue to enter the living room set.
Title: The Star – Dancer on Stage
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Lucy and Ricky’s Landscape Art Print
Here we refer to a framed print seen above the mantelpiece in the screen capture from the episode “Ricardos Change Apartments” in which Lucy tries to convince Ricky to let them move to a bigger apartment. This is a busy folk art print that seems to add to the effect Lucy creates when she fills the room with stuff to convince Ricky their apartment is too small. At first glance the picture resembles a paint by numbers creation. this is because the artist Margo Alexander was known for her gouache paintings in the style of a tapestry.
Farm Scene 17.5″h, 23.5″w by Margo Alexander 1894-1965 from her series of California Artist Provincials.
Margo Alexander’s original medium was gouache painted in a flat tapestry like finish as seen in her colorful farm scenes and country landscapes. Her original folk art gouache paintings and serigraph silk screen prints are seen on the market occasionally. She also painted people and murals. Continue reading Lucy and Ricky’s Landscape Art Print
Lucy’s Grandma Moses Prints
The framed print is of a Grandma Moses original painting entitled “So Long”. It is on of two prints seen near the entrance door of the Ricardo’s living room set.
Thanks to the generous commenter below we have an ID for the second Grandma Moses print which appears to be “The Old Snow Roller” 1948
Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961), better known by her nickname of “Grandma Moses,” was a renowned American folk artist who only began painting earnestly at the age of 78. Grandma Moses was a celebrity at the height of her popularity when the I Love Lucy show began in October 15, 1951 so this print would likely have been recognized by many of the I Love Lucy viewers.
To give you an idea how famous she was at the time:
- In 1949 President Harry S. Truman presented her with the Women’s National Press Club trophy Award for outstanding accomplishment in art.
- In 1950 a documentary of her life, directed by Jerome Hill was nominated for an Academy Award.
- In 1950, the National Press Club cited her as one of the five most newsworthy women .
- In 1951 the National Association of House Dress Manufacturers honored her as their Woman of the Year.
- In 1948 at age 88, Mademoiselle magazine named Grandma Moses “Young Woman of the Year”.
- She was awarded two honorary doctoral degrees. The first in 1949 from Russell Sage College and the second two years later in 1951 from the Moore College of Art and Design.
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I Love Lucy’s Bedroom Set Framed Ballet Pictures
In the bedroom Set of “I Love Lucy” prominently displayed on the wall behind the twin beds are a pair of ballet sketches in matching frames. One of these original prop sketches turned up on eBay in 2006 and the story that was related in the auction description is an interesting one.
Description from the auction lot:
“This is an ORIGINAL set piece or prop off of the Desilu set for the I LOVE LUCY show! It has been stored for the past forty odd years — and recently found — by me because it was in my family’s storage area since the early sixties!
It is the actual pastel and ink on art paper — an original piece of artwork, not a print — AND the original frame that was used as a prop on the set of the original I LOVE LUCY show starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.” Continue reading I Love Lucy’s Bedroom Set Framed Ballet Pictures
I love Lucy’s Folk Art prints
After the Ricardo’s moved to the bigger apartment we see a pair of primitive folk art prints over the fireplace by the American artist E Melvin Bolstad. In the early 50’s sets of similar prints were cheap and readily available and could be found in many homes. “The Three Alarmer ” is the title of one of the prints depicting a scene in a town when a fire breaks out. Continue reading I love Lucy’s Folk Art prints
I love Lucy Prop: Utrillo Painting Print
This is the screen-used original Utrillo print “Restaurant au Mont Cenis” we can see on so many episodes of “I love Lucy” It was sold at auction on July 30, 2013 by PROFILES IN HISTORY for $8,000. It is a print from an original painting of a street in Montmartre, Paris, by Maurice Utrillo, a native of Montmartre, who painted it in 1922. It is interesting to compare it to the vintage postcard circa 1908, photographed from an almost identical vantage point
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