Vintage Elmo the Clown mirror created by the American artist Arthur Sarnoff. This image shows a cheerful whiteface clown with red hair, a large ruffled collar, and a small straw hat tipped playfully to the side.
Arthur Sarnoff (1912–2000), a well-known American painter of pin-up art, celebrity portraits, and clowns, including the "Elmo" series.
Sarnoff's work often injected humour and personality into his subjects, a characteristic evident in the clown's cheerful expression in the picture.
Height: 20cm
Length: 26cm
Width: 1.5cm
Sarnoff was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1912. He studied at the Industrial School and the Grand Central School of Art in New York City. He was a member of the Society of Illustrators and exhibited widely, including the National Academy of Design.
Sarnoff was a student of John Clymer and Andrew Wyeth. His portfolio includes extensive commercial work for weekly magazines and his art appeared in a variety of advertising campaigns including Karo Syrup, Dextrose, Lucky Strike, Coors, Camay, Sal Hepatica, Listerine, Vicks VapoRub, Meds, and Ipana.
During his career Sarnoff provided illustrations for McCall's, American Weekly, Collier's, Woman's Home Companion, Redbook, The American Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, and Good Housekeeping.