Gennadiy Koufay

Bettie Page Pin-up Illustration

Medium: Pastel and Collage on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Center and Dated Lower Right Framed dimensions: 30.00" x 27.00"

Medium: Pastel on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 20.00" x 28.50;" Framed 32.50" x 41.25" Cover Art for Unidentified Title Pre-code Hollywood starlet Verna Hillie is the subject of this erotically charged pastel portrait, which was the title Reel Movie Fun, a short lived wild and racy publication that merged the world of pin-up and burlesque with the envelope pushing film culture emerging from Hollywood before enforcement of the notorious Hays code put an end to overt expressions of sexuality or immorality on screen. Pastel is dated and signed on the back and the sitter is identified in the artist's hand as seen. Beautifully framed and matted behind glass in a handsome gallery frame and ready to hang. Verna Hillie was a Monograph Pictures star who appeared in The Marx brothers comedy "Duck Soup...

Story illustration for “Amos Tries it Tudor” by Sewell Ford for Cosmopolitan magazine, published January 1924, page 35. The image shows an elegant woman holding a fan. Medium: Ink ...

Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 30.00" x 40.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right

Bettie Page – 17-02-18 Another attempt to capture the essence of American pin-up and model Bettie Page. I liked the refence picture letting her bodyscape and hair melt into the ne...

An archeological memory of Bettie Page - 13-11-18 The reference picture I used was slightly different from the one I used for 'The revelation of Bettie Page (2018)'. I kept it for quite some time but finally saw a great looking sphinx coming from her arm. The difficulty was to create three different images in one: her body, the sphinx and also the incorporation of the fox / dog figure I used before...

The premonition of Bettie Page - 08-02-20 My painting 'The Restoration of Bettie Page' heads for its final stage of completion. It just feels right to announce the birth of this p...

The premonition of Bettie Page – 08-02-20 My painting ‘The Restoration of Bettie Page’ heads for its final stage of completion. It just feels right to announce the birth of ...