Gustaf Tenggren - LIFE Magazine Illustrations
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Continuing my Bibliography of the Works of Gustaf Tenggren, here is a complete listing of his work for LIFE magazine. Happy Hunting!
LIFE
1921
March 3 p. 453: “Unfamiliar Anniversaries --- No. 1 - ‘The Invention of the Wheelbarrow’”
Pen illustration: Leonardo, artist’s model & wheelbarrow.
April 7 p. 491: “Unfamiliar Anniversaries --- No. 2 - ‘Hamlet Is Accepted’”
Pen illustration: William Shakespeare reads an acceptance letter to his wife.
April 14 p. 525: “Unfamiliar Anniversaries --- No. 3 - ‘Diogenes Meets Alexander the Great’”
Pen illustration: Alexander listens to Diogenes.
April 21 Full color cover: “The Crescent Moon”
Two Arabs spy on topless redhead beauty.
p. 575: “Unfamiliar Anniversaries --- No. 4 - ‘Mohammed and the Mountain’”
Pen illustration: Mohammed strolls by two gossiping Arabs.
April 28 p. 602: “Unfamiliar Anniversaries --- No. 5 - ‘Laying in the Cornerstone of Cheops’”
Pen illustration: Modern and ancient Egyptians hoist a block of stone.
May 5 p. 641: “Unfamiliar Anniversaries --- No. 6 - ‘Newton Discovers a Law’”
Pen illustration: Sleeping Newton gets hit in the nose by apple.
May 26 p. 751: “Unfamiliar Anniversaries --- No. 7 - ‘Sir Walter Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth’”
Pen illustration: Sir Walter lays down his coat for the Queen.