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Minneapolis Aquatennial Pin Up Sailor Girl

Artist:Unknown
Date:1940
Medium:Oil on Metal
Dimensions:Sight Size 14 3/4" x 17 3/4" Framed 17 1/2" x 20 1/2"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Aquatennial Advertisement and Probabable Cover for Related Publication
Above: Close Up of Image
Above: Framed Image

A rare original piece of late 1930’s early 1940’s advertising art from Minneapolis, Minnesota, The City of Lakes and its summer Aquatennial celebration. Winsome sailor girl pin-up imagery . This is painted on tin was most likely sigcovernage of some type also has pencil notations on verso which would lead one to believe it was a cover for some Aquatennial-related publication. Artwork is unsigned.

Minneapolis Aquatennial Pin Up Sailor Girl

Artist: Unknown

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, advertising, american, flapper, Minnesota Artist, original cover art, pin up, sailor
Added to Gallery: November 25, 2003

 

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