{"product_id":"the-art-of-pin-up-xxl-boxed-edition-74270","title":"The Art of Pin-Up - XXL Boxed Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eOut of print in this super oversize edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis thick volume covers just nine artists: Rolf Armstrong, Bolles, Gil Elvgren, Art Frahm, Bill Medcalf, Earl Moran, Zoe Mozert, George Petty, and Alberto Vargas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Art of Pin-Up is one of Taschen's XL series of super oversize volumes housed in its own carrying case. Matches 75 Years of DC Comics and 75 Years of Marvel Comics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the publisher:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne big slice of cheesecake: Pin-up travels the long road from barracks wall to high art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 15 years since TASCHEN released The Great American Pin-up, international interest in this distinctly American art form has increased exponentially. Paintings by leading artists such as Alberto Vargas, George Petty, and Gil Elvgren that sold for $ 2,000 in 1996 are going for $ 200,000 and more today. Pin-up: drawings, paintings and pastels of an idealized female face and figure intended for public display, was produced between 1920 and 1970, for use on calendars, and magazine covers and centerfolds. The majority of original paintings were discarded by publishers and calendar companies after printing, making the surviving art that much more precious. Today it's popularity is huge, and ripe for an equally huge and truly comprehensive collector's edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormidably sized, The Art of Pin-up is an impressive book that will be coveted by casual fans as well as hardcore pin-up collectors. The top 10 artists are profiled in depth. Each chapter opens with a tipped-in reproduction of an original calendar or magazine cover by that artist. The reproduction quality of the paintings, pastels, and preparatory sketches that follow—largely sourced from the original art— invites the viewer to trace the brush strokes, while the exquisite period calendars, vintage prints, and original model photos document the artists' creative process. Much of these ephemera were photographed on-site at the historic Brown \u0026amp; Bigelow Company, home to the world's largest archive of vintage pin-up calendars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the chapters on the 10 featured artists, the book includes thumbnail bios and representative art of 85 additional artists, the most complete compendium of pin-up artists ever compiled. All this adds up to a hard-to-beat book on this popular subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eText in English, French, and German.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe editor:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDian Hanson was born in Seattle in 1951. For 25 years she produced various men's magazines, including Puritan, Juggs and Leg Show, before becoming TASCHEN's sexy book editor in 2001. Her many books for TASCHEN include The New Erotic Photography Vol. 2 and Robert Crumb: Sketchbooks 1982-2011. She lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52736596279594,"sku":"74270","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/2879\/4922\/files\/40C95457-E2E3-4C5A-882C-B4FE76EFF799.jpg?v=1790292116","url":"https:\/\/stuartngbooks.com\/products\/the-art-of-pin-up-xxl-boxed-edition-74270","provider":"Stuart Ng Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}