Neysa Moran McMein Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Neysa Moran McMein Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 27, 2023
Neysa Moran McMein pastel on board portrait
Est: $300 - $500
Neysa Moran McMein (American 1888-1949), pastel on board woman's portrait, 18 1/2" x 19", frame - 26" x 25 3/4". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot.
Pook & Pook Inc.
Jun. 29, 2023
Neysa Moran McMein (American, 1888-1949)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Neysa Moran McMein (American, 1888-1949) Portrait of a Fashionable Woman, 1910 pastel on board signed (lower left) 36 x 26 inches. This lot is located in Chicago. Property from the Collection of Marguerite Hark, Chicago, Illinois and Surfside, Florida Provenance: Kamp Gallery (label verso)
Hindman
Jun. 09, 2022
NEYSA MCMEIN (1888-1949) The Admirable Hostess. Wallace Silver advertisement.
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
NEYSA MCMEIN (1888-1949) The Admirable Hostess. Wallace Silver advertisement. Illustration used for the R. Wallace & Sons Mfg. Co. print advertisement "Of the three types of table service, which should you use?" first published in The Saturday Evening Post January 8, 1921. Pastel on board. 750x656 mm; 29 1/2x25 3/4, sight size. A tear sheet of the advertisement accompanies the lot. Provenance: Acquired indirectly from the Estate of Norman Platnick. Literature: The Lady Seldom Smiles: A Collector's Guide to Neysa McMein by Norman I. Platnick. Published by Enchantment Ink, 2008. Born Marjorie McMein, the artist changed her name to "Neysa" after moving to New York City to pursue a brief acting career. She studied at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and at the Art Students League. After selling her first drawing to the Boston Star, McMein began illustrating covers for The Saturday Evening Post in 1915 where her covers featuring glamorous and fashionable young women quickly gained popularity and brought her many more commissions for the leading magazines of the day, including Collier's, McClure's, Liberty, and Woman's Home Companion. During World War I, McMein was commissioned to create propaganda posters for the governments of the United States and France, as well as to design fundraising posters for the Red Cross and YMCA. From 1923 to 1937, she produced all the covers for McCall's. She also created advertisements for leading brands like Lucky Strike, Palmolive, and Betty Crocker, for which she produced a portrait of the fictional home baker. When magazines began reducing costs by replacing expensive commissioned illustrations with the cheaper medium of photography, McMein pivoted from her commercial career and primarily painted commissioned portraits. McMein was an ardent supporter of women's suffrage and was known to be fiercely independent with an active social life, which sometimes pushed the boundaries of propriety. She was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1984, 35 years after her death.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 16, 2022
Marjorie Frances "Neysa" McMein (American)
Est: $25 - $50
Marjorie Frances "Neysa" McMein (American/New York, 1888-1949), "All Together Now - For the Girl!", 1919, lithograph on board, signed in plate, printed by Rode & Brand Lithographers, New York, published by the Y.W.C.A., New York, sheet 17 in. x 10 in., unframed Provenance: Property of the Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL, sold to benefit their Collections, Care and Acquisitions Fund. Condition: Overall fair condition
Neal Auction Company
Dec. 16, 2021
NEYSA McMEIN (1888-1949) [MARJORIE FRANCES McMEIN] Looking Into the Mirror. [COVER ART / WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION]
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
NEYSA McMEIN (1888-1949) [MARJORIE FRANCES McMEIN] Looking Into the Mirror. Cover for Woman's Home Companion, published June 1938, with their stamp on verso. Pastel on board. 483x559mm; 19x22 inches. Inscribed and signed in lower right image, "To / Olive Godwin / Neysa McMein." Framed. See condition report. Provenance: Estate of Charles Martignette; Heritage Auctions, June 27, 2012; Private collection. Born Marjorie McMein, the artist changed her name to "Neysa" after moving to New York City to pursue a brief acting career. She studied at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and at the Art Students League. After selling her first drawing to the Boston Star, McMein began illustrating covers for The Saturday Evening Post in 1915 where her covers featuring glamorous and fashionable young women quickly gained popularity and brought her many more commissions for the leading magazines of the day, including Collier's, McClure's, Liberty, and Woman's Home Companion. During World War I, McMein was commissioned to create propaganda posters for the governments of the United States and France, as well as to design fundraising posters for the Red Cross and YMCA. From 1923 to 1937, she produced all the covers for McCall's. She also created advertisements for leading brands like Lucky Strike, Palmolive, and Betty Crocker, for which she produced a portrait of the fictional home baker. When magazines began reducing costs by replacing expensive commissioned illustrations with the cheaper medium of photography, McMein pivoted from her commercial career and primarily painted commissioned portraits. McMein was an ardent supporter of women's suffrage and was known to be fiercely independent with an active social life, which sometimes pushed the boundaries of propriety. She was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1984, 35 years after her death.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 16, 2021
NEYSA McMEIN (1888-1949) [MARJORIE FRANCES McMEIN] "For Their Sakes - Work Together." [POSTERS]
Est: $4,000 - $7,500
NEYSA McMEIN (1888-1949) [MARJORIE FRANCES McMEIN] "For Their Sakes - Work Together." Poster maquette for the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Brotherhood Week. Oil on canvas. 990x700 mm; 39x27 1/2 inches. Signed "McMein" in lower right image. Decorative wood frame. Provenance: Collection of Meg and Rachel Siegel. Born Marjorie McMein, the artist changed her name to "Neysa" after moving to New York City to pursue a brief acting career. She studied at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and at the Art Students League. After selling her first drawing to the Boston Star, McMein began illustrating covers for The Saturday Evening Post in 1915 where her covers featuring glamorous and fashionable young women quickly gained popularity and brought her many more commissions for the leading magazines of the day, including Collier's, McClure's, Liberty, and Woman's Home Companion. During World War I, McMein was commissioned to create propaganda posters for the governments of the United States and France, as well as to design fundraising posters for the Red Cross and YMCA. From 1923 to 1937, she produced all the covers for McCall's. She also created advertisements for leading brands like Lucky Strike, Palmolive, and Betty Crocker, for which she produced a portrait of the fictional home baker. When magazines began reducing costs by replacing expensive commissioned illustrations with the cheaper medium of photography, McMein pivoted from her commercial career and primarily painted commissioned portraits. McMein was an ardent supporter of women's suffrage and was known to be fiercely independent with an active social life, which sometimes pushed the boundaries of propriety. She was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1984, 35 years after her death.
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 04, 2014
YWCA / In Service for the Girls of the World. 1919
Est: $600 - $800
Artist: NEYSA MCMEIN (1888-1949) Size: 19 5/8 x 29 1/2 in./50 x 75 cm While not a household name today, McMein is responsible for some of the most enduring graphics of the 20th century. She supplied illustrations for all the major magazines, as well as various advertisements for Lucky Strike, Palmolive, and General Mills, creating the iconic image of Betty Crocker. Here, she gives a face to the Young Women's Christian Association.
Poster Auctions International Inc
Sep. 12, 2013
YWCA / In Service for the Girls of the World. 1919
Est: $800 - $1,000
Artist: NEYSA MCMEIN (1888-1949) Size: 19 5/8 x 29 1/2 in./50 x 75 cm While not a household name today, McMein is responsible for some of the most enduring graphics of the 20th century. She supplied illustrations for all the major magazines, as well as various advertisements for Lucky Strike, Palmolive, and General Mills, creating the iconic image of Betty Crocker. Here, she gives a face to the Young Women's Christian Association.
Poster Auctions International Inc
May. 15, 2009
Neysa Moran McMein (American, 1888-1949) Untitled,
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Neysa Moran McMein (American, 1888-1949) Untitled, ca. 1922; Pastel on artist board (framed); Signed with Saturday Evening Post label on verso; 34'' x 28''; Literature: ''The Saturday Evening Post,'' March 11, 1922 (cover image); Provenance: Estate of Joseph Stanley, New Hope, PA
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Dec. 11, 2007
Neysa M. McMein (1888-1949 New York, NY)
Est: $500 - $800
Portrait of a woman in a flowered hat, signed and dated lower right: McMein 14, pastel on paper under glass, sight size: 21.5'' x 18.5'', est:$500/800. Provenance: Property from the Estate of Dale Beebe, West Hollywood, CA
John Moran Auctioneers
Jul. 22, 2006
Neysa Moran McMein Pastel Bride Portrait ca/1930s?
Est: $300 - $600
Neysa Moran McMein (1888-1949) Portrait of a bride; pastel on board; 14" x 12"; signed lower right. McMein Illustrated for major magazine covers of the 1920's/30's including McCall's.
Ripley Auctions