The Great American Pin-Up (Midi)

CHARLES G. MARTIGNETTE, LOUIS K. MEISEL

ISBN 10: 3822817015 / ISBN 13: 9783822817018

Published by Taschen September 2002, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Great American Pin-Up (Midi)
• Publisher: Taschen September 2002
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3822817015
• ISBN 13: 9783822817018
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

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Synopsis

Ce volume retrace, dans des textes exhaustifs, l'histoire d'un genre artistique, aussi profondément américain que les tableaux d'Edward Hopper, et présente un à un ses principaux représentants. Avec plus de 900 illustrations, "The Great American Pin-Up" constitue l'un des ouvrages les plus complets publiés à ce jour sur le "Pin-Up-Art".

About the Author

Charles G. Martignette was an art dealer and collector of original paintings by 20th century American illustrators and artists. His gallery in Hallandale Beach, Florida, housed the world’s largest collection of commercial illustration art. As of 1975 he published numerous articles about magazine, advertising, calendar, pulp, paperback, glamour and pin-up art. Paintings from his collection have been exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution as well as many other American and European museums. Charles G. Martignette died in 2008 in Hallandale, Florida.