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Petty Girl Skater Bunny

Artist:George Petty
Date:1947
Medium:Airbrush with applied gouache highlights
Dimensions:Sight size 7 2/3" x 12 2/3" Framed 13 1/2" by 19 1/4"
Condition:Very good with slight soiling in the margins
Original Use:Preliminary artwork for the January, 1947 True Magazine Calendar
Price: Sold
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The finished artwork as it appeared in the January, 1947 True Magazine Calendar
The finished artwork as it appeared in the January, 1947 True Magazine Calendar
Handsomely matted and framed under glass in period art deco frame
Handsomely matted and framed under glass in period art deco frame

A precisely rendered very tight preliminary illustration by George Petty for a commissioned work which appeared as the January, 1947 Calendar page for a spiral bound True Magazine premium pin-up calendar. This is an airbrush painting on an illustration board with gouache detailing added in her skates, her nose, her bunny tail and other highlighted areas. A complete 12 page 1947 Petty Girl calendar in the original mailing envelope is included in the sale.

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Verso view of illustration board before framing
Verso view of illustration board before framing

Petty Girl Skater Bunny

Artist: George Petty
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, George Petty, ice skating, pin up, Playboy Bunny
Added to Gallery: May 4, 2015

 

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    Grapefruit Moon Gallery, based in Minneapolis MN, specializes in vintage pin up and original illustration art.  We are the proud home of the Bunny Yeager archives.

    Since 2003, Grapefruit Moon Gallery has been a leading dealer of exclusive original paintings by Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas, Earl Moran, Rolf Armstrong and Henry Clive, as well as vintage photographs, prints, and period decorative arts in ceramic and metal.

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