Bob Peak Wishbone Illustration 1964 Tennessee Gas Transmission Co.

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"Broken Wishbone" art featured in this ad from Time Magazine, Nov. 20, 1964.  Advertisement is for Tennessee Gas Transmission Company, and the art is by Robert "Bob" Peak.
This is the original page from the Time magazine.  Paper is thin, and has yellowed along edges.  Minor bends in page and art from page being turned while in magazine.   Would be fine if mounted and matted.   Reverse side of this ad features full page ad for Benedictine after-dinner liqueur.
Size of page is 7 3/4" x 10 1/2".  Art size is 7" x 7".
I will place the ad page in plastic sleeve and add a piece of white foam board for stability.  Mailing by USPS First Class in a bubble envelope.
I'll mail same day, or next day after PayPal payment is received.
Lots of info on this artist/illustrator:
(1927 - 1992)
Robert "Bob" M. Peak was an American commercial illustrator best known for innovative design in the development of the modern movie poster.  He is often hailed as the "father of the modern Hollywood movie poster."
His artwork has been on the cover of Time magazine, TV Guide, and Sports Illustrated.
Bob Peak was born in Denver, Colorado and grew up in Kansas. He knew from an early age that he wanted to be a commercial illustrator. He majored in geology from Wichita State University and got a part time job in the art department of McCormick-Armstrong. After serving the military during the Korean War, Peak transferred to the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, California, graduating in 1951.
In 1953, Peak moved to New York City, landed an Old Hickory Whiskey advertising campaign. His work went on to appear in major advertising and national magazines.
United Artists studio hired Peak in 1961 to design the poster images for the film West Side Story. The success of Peak's work on that film led to work on posters for designer Bill Gold, including the big-budget musicals My Fair Lady and Camelot. In the mid-1970's Peak's style would become familiar to fans of science fiction films when he created the poster art for the futuristic film Rollerball (1975), which was followed by the first six Star Trek films, Superman (1978), Excalibur (1981), In Like Flint, and Apocalypse Now (1979).
Peak received a commission from the U.S. Postal Service to design 30 stamps for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
Peak also taught in his own college and later at Art Students League, New York and Famous Artists School.
In 1961, Peak was named Artist of the Year by the Artists Guild of New York. He won eight Awards of Excellence and four gold medals from Society of Illustrators, which in 1977 Society of Illustrators him to its Hall of Fame. The Hollywood Reporter presented him the 1992 Key Art Lifetime Achievement Award.
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