Charles G. Martignette & Louis K. Meisel - Gil Elvgren: All his glamorous American pin-ups
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Charles G. Martignette & Louis K. Meisel - Gil Elvgren: All his glamorous American pin-ups - Köln / [etc.] - Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH - 1999 - 1st edition - [272] pp - Hardcover with dust jacket - 25 x 32,5 cm. - Design: Armando Chitolina.
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Monograph of the American pin-up artist Gillette Elvgren (1914-1980). Illustrated with photographs and reproductions in black and white and COLOUR. With index on illustrations. Text in English, German and French. Hardback edition.
¶ Elvgren began painting beautiful young women in sexy poses for Louis F. Dow calendars in 1937, but he is best known for his work for Brown & Bigelow (1940-1972). During World War II, his designs were used as "nose art" on American military aircraft. Models included Donna Reed, Barbara Hale, Arlene Dahl, Lola Albright and Kim Novak.