Vaughan Alden Bass vs Gil Elvgren

Lucky Dog by Gil Elvgren for Louis F. Dow Co.
“Latin from Manhattan” believed to be a Vaughan Alden Bass overpaint of Gil Elvgren’s “Lucky Dog” for Louis F. Dow Co.

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 avoid copyright infractions after Elvgren left for the competition. Thus there are a number of “Elvgren-looking” ink blotters that are actually overpaints by Bass. Bass was an excellent artist in his own right and produced many great original pin-ups for the Louis F. Dow Co. See A Sheik Chick

Who’s Afraid?

Art by Al Buell for the Gerlach Barklow Co., 1944

BLOTTER – CHICAGO – ADVERTISING FOR SOUTH SHORE LINE AND CHICAGO AURORA AND ELGIN – MUTOSCOPE-TYPE PIN-UP – THROW IN THE TOWEL – 1955

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BLOTTER - CHICAGO - ADVERTISING FOR SOUTH SHORE LINE AND CHICAGO AURORA AND ELGIN - MUTOSCOPE-TYPE PIN-UP - THROW IN THE TOWEL - 1955

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Bare Essentials

Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow, August 1958, #38-304-8

Doctor, are all those fellows internes?

Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow, August 1946, #36828

Playful Mood

Art by Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow, January 1962, #31-305-1

My diver’s license?

Art by Earl Moran for Brown & Bigelow, July 1946, #35627

A cool breeze and a hot number

Art by Jerry “T. N.” Thompson, 1960

Gone With the Wind

Art by Willy Pogany for Louis F. Dow Co., c. 1946, B 45042

What you don’t owe won’t hurt you

Earl Moran for Brown & Bigelow featuring Marilyn Monroe, March 1951, #30763