1 / 1
Click To Zoom

Condition Report

Contact Information

Lot 225

Sale 4605 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Jun 20, 2019 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
Own a similar item?
Estimate
$100 - 150

Lot Description

[Erotica] GIL ELVGREN (AMERICAN, 1914–1980) SITTING PRETTY

St. Paul, Minnesota: Louis F. Dow Co., 1945. Pin-up calendar.
15 x 9 in. (38.1 x 22.9cm)

Gil Elvgren is known for his work for Brown & Bigelow, a publisher of promotional calendars and other materials. Previously, he worked for the Lois F. Dow Co., painting pin-ups for calendars. EARL MORAN (AMERICAN, 1893–1984) NO SWIMMING ALLOWED 1948. Pin-up calendar cover for the Dupuy Storage & Forwarding Corp., New Orleans, LA.
14 1/4 x 8 1/4 in (36.2 x 21cm).

Earl Moran painted numerous calendar covers for companies including Brown & Bigelow. He is most famous for his paintings of and friendship with Marilyn Monroe. EARL MORAN (AMERICAN, 1893–1984) NIFTY NUMBERS St. Paul, Minnesota: Brown & Bigelow, 1948. Spiral-bound promotional calendar for the Monday Manufacturing Co., Fort Worth, Texas.
14 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (36.2 x 21.6cm)

Earl Moran painted numerous calendar covers for companies including Brown & Bigelow. He is most famous for his paintings of and friendship with Marilyn Monroe.

Provenance

Condition Report

Contact Information

Search