Pinup by K. O. Munson for Brown & Bigelow, July 1947, #36647
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The Verdict Was ‘Wow’!
By Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow, October 1947, #37530
Looking For Trouble
By Gil Elvgren, Brown & Bigelow, July 1954, #34527
Helen of Troy
K. O. Munson for Brown & Bigelow, January 1948, #37641
Sunnyside Up
Gil Elvgren pin-up for Brown & Bigelow, c. June 1961, print code 31-304-6
If I slip I’m sunk
Pin-up by Freeman Elliott, Calendar notepad from Brown & Bigelow, July 1949 This is not an ink blotter but a close relative from that era, a calendar notepad. These are similar in size (6″ x 3 1/4″) to ink blotters and equally collectible. Freeman Elliott’s work was featured on these calendars, but I have notContinue reading “If I slip I’m sunk”
Corralled Beauty
Vaughan Alden Bass, Louis F. Dow Co., 1954 Technically this is a Gil Elvgren pin-up that has likely been “overpainted” by Vaughan Bass, something he was hired to do by the Louis F. Dow Co. when Elvgren left to work for competitor Brown & Bigelow. The original Elvgren pin-up was titled No Stares.
Aphrodite
Pin-up by K. O. Munson, published by Brown & Bigelow, c. June 1948, #37646
My banker calls them physical assets
Pin-up by Mauro Scali, Champion Series 7550 – Studio Sketch Girls, c. 1961
Here’s a hot dish
Earl Moran pin-up for Brown & Bigelow, September 1945, #35629
Blotto! 