Pin-up – Page 4

Check and Double Check

Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow, c. 1950, #30532

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The Wrong Nail

Pearl Frush for The Gerlach Barklow Co., c. 1950s

Up A Tree

Gil Elvgren, Brown & Bigelow, November 1966, 235-305-11

Glamorous

Pin-up by Jules Erbit, c. 1940s or 1950s

Shrink or Swim

Pin-up by Ted Withers for Brown & Bigelow, August 1956, #35648

Experience is a good teacher…

Earl Moran for Brown & Bigelow, c. June 1951, #30866 One of several ink blotters that feature Earl Moran’s pin-up art of Marilyn Monroe.

Reducing Waist

Pin-up by Zoe Mozert for Brown & Bigelow, December 1943, L 33152

Paid in Full

Pin-up by Ted Withers for Brown & Bigelow, c. November 1954, #33651

Girl in Green (untitled)

Pin-up by Earl Moran for Brown & Bigelow, c. November 1949, #39771 This ink blotter is part of an untitled series, but I believe the original painting by Moran was titled “Girl in Green.” There is also a variance of this blotter which has the phrase “I’m really glad that I have had the chanceContinue reading “Girl in Green (untitled)”