eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 3f035 GEORGE PETTY linen magazine centerfold '41 pin-up art of sexy blonde in uniform with doll! Date Sold 12/8/2015Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked Magazine Centerfold (measures 13 3/4" x 17 3/4" [35 x 45 cm]) (Learn More) George Petty was an American pin-up artist from the 1920s to the 1970s. His pin-up art appeared primarily in Esquire and True magazine, but was also in calendars marketed by Esquire, True and Ridgid Tool Company. Petty's Esquire gatefolds originated and popularized the magazine device of centerfold spreads. Reproductions of his work were widely rendered by military artists as nose art decorating warplanes during the Second World War, including the Memphis Belle. Robert Cummings portrayed Petty in the 1950 film "The Petty Girl". Note that George Petty started working for Esquire in 1933 until 1956 (although in the 1940s and 1950s, Alberto Vargas also did pin-ups for Esquire). Petty passed away in 1975 at the age of 81. Artist: George Petty Important Added Info: Note that in the 1940s, famed illustrator George Petty drew a "centerfold" for each issue of Esquire Magazine (they would fold out, and Hugh Hefner borrowed the idea in the 1950s for his Playboy Magazine, except he used photos instead of artwork). This is a centerfold that was removed from an issue of Esquire. It certainly can be framed and make a wonderful display on anyone's wall What IS linenbacking? Learn More What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The pages were removed from Esquire magazine. Each had printing on the back that somewhat shows through to the front in the light colored areas. Overall, the centerfold was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the magazine centerfold "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Learn More about condition grades
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