The theme of the present post originated in a fragment of an illustration for a Buick advertisement I noticed in a book. I don't know whether or not the image was cropped (I've failed to locate the original ad on the Internet), but what I have bears no signature.
The man and women pictured in the car have gentle little smiles, an expression that strikes me as being surprisingly rare in advertising. So who painted that illustration? My guess is that it was Barclay. As evidence, I present below several known Barclay illustrations showing people with similar expressions. Furthermore, it is known that Barclay occasionally illustrated Buick advertisements. Let me know whether or not my guess is correct.
Illustration for Buick advertisement - 1930
This is the unsigned (or cropped out) image and those gentle smiles.
College Humor cover - February 1926
Fond Departure - c.1922
Fisher Body advertisement - 1929
Fisher Body advertisement - 1928
Jantzen advertisement - 1926
Country Gentleman cover - February 1928
Country Gentlemen cover - April 1926
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