Category Archives: Blotter

See a pin and pick it up

Possibly by James Montgomery Flagg for Osborne Co., c. 1940s The artist signed this pin-up simply “Montgomery.” The signature appears to closely resemble the style of James Montgomery Flagg’s signature. Oftentimes accomplished artists signed their pin-up art more “cryptically” than their mainstream and more famous paintings using just their last name and sometimes even aContinue reading “See a pin and pick it up”

Vaughan Alden Bass vs Gil Elvgren

Gil Elvgren began his career with the Louis F. Dow Company in the 1930s but left for Brown & Bigelow over a contract dispute. Because Elvgren produced many popular pin-up paintings for Louis F. Dow Co., the company continued to use his works by having them overpainted and retitled by Vaughan Alden Bass to avoidContinue reading “Vaughan Alden Bass vs Gil Elvgren”