"Night of Nights" - Gil Cohen - 101st Airborne Paratrooper World War II Art

GIL COHEN

A highly schooled fine arts illustrator, Gil Cohen studied under Henry C. Pitz at the Philadelphia College of Art. In 1955, Cohen served as artist with the SHAEF Headquarters, Military Intelligence U.S. Army in West Germany.

His subsequent career as a freelance artist included service to a multitude of clients including the U.S. Information Agency, the National Park Service, Paramount Pictures, Bantam Books, Harlequin Books, Random House, Holt Reinhart Winston, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Coast Guard, Warner-Lambert and Boeing-Sikorsky.

Truly a "gold medal artist" Gil Gohen's exhibitions and awards are numerous. They include the National Military Park system, the Kennedy Center and the Pentagon. He has been awarded gold medals and best of shows by the American Society of Aviation Artists and has received the certificate of merit from the New York Society of Illustrators, as well as the Franklin Mint Award. Cohen is a member of the Air Force Art Program, the New York Society of Illustrators and serves as Coast Guard Illustrator. As an Artist Fellow Member of the American Society of Aviation Artists, he has held the position of Vice President and Chairman of the Exhibition Committee.

He also has a great interest in history and aviation which is reflected in much of his work. His vivid interest in the human aspects of the various wars throughout the centuries zeros in on the interactions between men, which eventually have lead to confrontations and successive warring between peoples and nations. He is continually mystified by the recurring observations that some of the most beautiful mechanisms of engineering, designed by humans, are often created by man for the purpose of war.

Cohen's creative energies are excited and stimulated by the abstract and geometric shapes of structures of all kinds. He has a keen interest in outer space and related subjects.

Gil Cohen Signed and numbered Limited Edition Print "Night of Nights"

Print #4 in our "Band of Brothers" fine art series.

June 6, 1944, above occupied France . . . With steely eyes, the Band of Brothers paratroopers of the 101st Airborne lunge toward their rendezvous with destiny. Many carry a letter from Gen. Eisenhower that they keep tucked under helmets, in jump boots, and in bulging jacket pockets, close to heart. It read: “Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you.” At the door of each C-47, with chaos a step away, the troopers knew: “Tonight is the Night of Nights.”

Limited-edition prints measure 32" x 22.5"

They are available in the following editions:

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Main Edition: $195.00

850 prints, individually numbered & signed by the artist and co-signed by E-Company veterans Joe Liesnewski & Brad Freeman (first time signer)

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Victory Edition: $395

550 prints signed by at least 10 of the following D-Day veterans:

Jack Agnew - Pathfinder & member of the famed "Filthy Thirteen"
Tom Bellitto - C-47 crew, 87th Troop Carrier Squadron
Bud Berry - C-47 pilot, 91st Troop Carrier Squadron
Ed Bernat - Easy Company
Buck Compton - Easy Company
Bradford Freeman - Easy Company
Wild Bill Guarnere - Easy Company
Forrest Guth - Easy Company
Ed Joint - Easy Company
Joe Lesniewski - Easy Company
Clancy Lyall - Easy Company
Don Malarkey - Easy Company
Earl McClung - Easy Company
Shifty Powers - Easy Company
Rod Strohl - Easy Company
Buck Taylor - Easy Company
Ed Tipper - Easy Company

Comes with a bonus B&W print! "The Liberators"

A Limited Edition print is restricted to a certain number. For example, if 400 prints are made from an original painting, once they’re gone, that’s it. There is no limit to the number of open edition prints of a particular painting. That’s why Limited Edition prints are more expensive — and more valuable to collectors — than "open" edition. Rare objects are more valuable.

All Limited Edition prints are signed and numbered (S/N) individually and include a Certificate of Authenticity.

An Artist Proof (AP), generally, is the first 5% - 10% of the Limited Edition prints that come off the press. If the Limited Edition is 400 s/n, there would be 20 - 40 APs. This status is noted on the print. Collectors prefer APs because their value increases even more than a Limited Edition as time goes by.

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