Maxey’s Singapore Spa was in Los Angeles, California at 119 South Fairfax, and it opened in 1936. A history of the restaurant is here. Below are the portraits by Wylog Fong on the menu cover and matchbook covers (front, front rotated, and back which may be his art).
In 2013 the International Auction Gallery, in Anaheim, California, auctioned some Wylog Fong bamboo oil paintings, all undated, including the one below.
The portrait on the napkin, in the article, is the same as the matchbook cover below. I’m not sure Wylog Fong did the art.
Further Reading and Viewing
Wylog Fong Meets Cartoonist Fay King
Wylog Fong in Life Magazine
Wylog Fong Prints
About the Artist, Wylog Fong
Wylog “Ernest” Fong and Mahlon Blaine
Wylog Fong Meets Cartoonist Fay King
Wylog Fong in Life Magazine
Wylog Fong Prints
About the Artist, Wylog Fong
Wylog “Ernest” Fong and Mahlon Blaine
Chinoiserie, Velvet Paintings and the Olympic Girl: the Art of Wylog Fong
(Next post on Friday: Flower Drum Song, 1959)
(Next post on Friday: Flower Drum Song, 1959)
