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Leopard Tamer Pin Up Girl

Artist:Unknown
Date:1920s
Medium:Gouache on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 10 1/2" x 16 1/2" Framed 18 1/2" x 24"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Probable Cover for Spicy Pulp Magazine
Above: Close Up of Image
Above: Full Image in Art Deco Frame

A roaring 20s flapper girl in a top hat tames a pair of leopards with her feminine guiles. Most likely a cover for a spicy pulp or early vaudeville era magazine. Artwork is mindful of similar covers by Earle K . Bergey, Otto Grenier or H. J. Ward. Like much pulp cover art, this work is unsigned.

Leopard Tamer Pin Up Girl

Artist: Unknown

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, circus, flapper, jazz age, original cover art, pin up, pulp, risque, vaudeville
Added to Gallery: November 12, 2003

 

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