Gil Elvgren pin-up for Brown & Bigelow, c. June 1961, print code 31-304-6
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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
Saturday Matinee
Pin-up art by Arnold Kohn for Gerlach-Barklow Co., 1956
Playing Hooky
Pin-up art by Al Buell published by Gerlach-Barklow Co., 1944
What Shall I Wear?
Pin-up by Ray App issued by the Thos. D. Murphy Company, March 1952
Check and Double Check
Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow, c. 1950, #30532
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