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Is My Face Red?

Artist:Earl Moran
Date:February 1948
Medium:Pastel on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 18 1/2" x 23 1/2" Framed 23" x 28"
Condition:Mint
Original Use:February Pin Up for Brown & Bigelow's 1948 Calendar Nifty Numbers
Above: Close up of Image
Above: Complete Pastel with Original Frame
Above: Verso Inscription and Markings
Above: Artist’s Signature



Wonderfully-executed, humorous, situational pin up pastel of a sexy, nude redhead caught “red handed” basking in the rays of a “modern” sun lamp.

This was given to a Brown & Bigelow retiree and has never before been on market! This pastel personifies American Pin-Up Art. The artwork retains the original period frame this is the February month calendar girl for the 12-page Brown And Bigelow Earl Moran pin-up calendar titled, Nifty Numbers. Included is a near mint condition Brown and Bigelow mutoscope vintage card with the artwork as seen.

Above: Mutoscope card by Brown and Bigelow
Above: Full 12 page Nifty Numbers Brown and Bigelow calendar included with sale .

Is My Face Red?

Artist: Earl Moran

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, Brown & Bigelow, Earl Moran, Great American Pin-up, Nifty Numbers, original calendar art, pin up, redhead, risque, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: November 3, 2003

 

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