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Case Dis-missed

Al Leslie for Louis F. Dow Co., November 1948, #B45049 Al Leslie was the pseudonym used by Al Buell when he produced pin-up art for the Louis F. Dow Co. in the 1940s. Al Buell’s middle name not coincidentally happened to be “Leslie.” Al Buell produced pin-up art for the Gerlach-Barklow Company and later forContinue reading “Case Dis-missed”

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”