Pin Up Calendar
Pin-up Calendar Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 24.00" x 18.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Pinup Calendar
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1947 Petty Girl Original Pin Up Calender by George Petty
By George Brown Petty IV
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This rare 1947 George Petty pin-up calendar is a timeless collector’s gem, showcasing the iconic
Category
20th Century Prints
Materials
Paper
$117 Sale Price
40% Off
H 12 in W 10 in D 1 in
Original Pin-Up - Telephone Call linen backed vintage pinup girl.
Located in Spokane, WA
hat. And those high heels! Petty's girls, like this one, were often featured in pin-up calendars, but
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$598
H 19 in W 12.25 in D 0.05 in
Beer Advertisement
By Gil Elvgren
Located in Fort Washington, PA
for his pin up calendar girls.
This painting is signed in the lower right corner with his later
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Ice Follies
By Fritz Willis
Located in Fort Washington, PA
cover painting by the renowned pin up calendar artist and commercial illustrator Fritz Willis. This was
Category
1960s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
1950S REIS Cotton Pin-Up Girl Calendar Print Pajamas
By Kreisler
Located in New York, NY
1950S REIS Cotton Pin-Up Girl Calendar Print Pajamas
Category
1950s Pajamas
Laetitia Casta outside, Pirelli, Fine Art Photography
By Albert Watson
Located in Vienna, AT
Pirelli Calendar, titled Dreaming, photographer Albert Watson departed from the calendar's traditional pin
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
H 16.15 in W 20.08 in
Preparing the Flag, America's 1784 Golden Girl
By Arthur Sarnoff
Located in Missouri, MO
subjects continue to keep him famous: popular and tasteful pin-up girl calendars and the pool playing (and
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Recent Sales
Nude Pin Up Girls Vintage Calendar Posters
By Gil Elvgren
Located in Rego Park, NY
American 1940s set of four framed original vintage pin-up calendar girl prints. One is signed Gil
Category
1940s Realist Nude Prints
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Blonde in Black Satin
Located in Minneapolis, MN
pin-up calendar illustration. Our hunch is that the artist is Edward D'Ancona, but it could have been
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Disconnected
By Weston Taylor
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Calendar company for a pin up calendar titled "Disconnected." This is a classic art deco entanglement from
Category
1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Pastel
Señorita
By Frederick Duncan
Located in Minneapolis, MN
pin-up calendar print for the Mexican market, with the title "Señorita." A copy of the published
Category
1920s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Illustration Board
Puppy Love
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This breezy pin-up calendar illustration by Fitz William Boynton depicts a sassy redheaded flapper
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Illustration Board
Cleaning Compounds
By Jerry T.N. Thompson
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A large idyllic Americana "Happier Days" depiction by the prolific calendar artist and pin up
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nikki in the Hayloft
By Bill Randall
Located in Minneapolis, MN
pin up calendar, while adding his own charm and whimsy. With a rhyming quip that reads "Nikki's cute
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Goodnight Sweetheart
By Edward D'Ancona
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific
Category
1950s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Howard Rogers BRONZE SCULPTURE Original Summer Breeze Female Signed Statue Art
By Howard Rogers
Located in Bloomington, MN
nude figure. He began at a young age drawing pin up calendar girls but it was only after a freak bike
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Howard Rogers Original Oil On Canvas Painting Wildlife Illustration Signed Art
By Howard Rogers
Located in Bloomington, MN
female nude figure. He began at a young age drawing pin up calendar girls but it was only after a freak
Category
20th Century Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Howard Rogers Oil On Canvas Painting Female Portrait Illustration Signed Artwork
By Howard Rogers
Located in Bloomington, MN
born artist who specializes in the female nude figure. He began at a young age drawing pin up calendar
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Swami Told Me...
By Walt Otto
Located in Minneapolis, MN
original published pin up oil on canvas calendar painting in the late 1950's. A curvy mid-century brunette
Category
1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Art of Pin-Up
By Dian Hanson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Company, home to the world’s largest archive of vintage pin-up calendars.
In addition to the chapters
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Spill The Wine, 1971
By Fritz Willis
Located in Fort Washington, PA
" by 33.50"
Calendar Art for Herald's Casino - Reno, Nevada
A large, sultry original published pin-up
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Zoe Mozert American Pin-Up Girl Drawing in Pastel
Located in Astoria, NY
American Mid-Century Modern pin-up girl framed pastel drawing of a pin-up girl, created by famed
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Off Her Pins
By Arnold Armitage
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a fresh-to-the-market pin-up calendar painting by Arnold Armitage published in the 1940s by
Category
1940s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
No Privacy
By Arnold Armitage
Located in Minneapolis, MN
silk stockings and heels. This appeared in the 1940s as a pin-up calendar with the title of No Privacy
Category
1940s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Toast Of The Town
By Victor Tchetchet
Located in Minneapolis, MN
published version of this pastel, though presumably it was a commissioned pin-up calendar illustration
Category
1950s Art Deco Nude Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Pastel
Sitting Pretty
By Walt Otto
Located in Minneapolis, MN
-page spiral bound pin-up calendar. The image shows a flirty blonde with dangerous curves seductively
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ice Follies
By Fritz Willis
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A well-crafted, stylish, and eye-catching cover painting by the renowned pin up calendar artist and
Category
1960s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
The Grapette Girl
By Pearl Frush
Located in Minneapolis, MN
to the 1940s, when the advertising works and pin up calendar images by the talented Frush were in
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grabbing At Straws
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a recently rediscovered, rare, surviving pin-up calendar painting by the important
Category
1950s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Studio Setting
By Arnold Armitage
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a large format erotic pin-up calendar painting by the English illustrator Arnold Armitage
Category
1950s Naturalistic Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gilda in Green
By Irving Winer
Located in Minneapolis, MN
published pin-up calendar images usually signed with the single word "Wyner". In this work --an obvious
Category
1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
Modern Venus
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific
Category
1950s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Well Red
By Edward D'Ancona
Located in Minneapolis, MN
some reading at the library in this original calendar pin-up painting by Edward D'Ancona. Published in
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
Fit To Be Tied - Preliminary Drawing
By Gil Elvgren
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a large preliminary charcoal drawing by Gil Elvgren, a study for the Brown & Bigelow pin-up
Category
1950s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Vellum, Graphite
Behind on Her Sleep
By Edward D'Ancona
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a recently rediscovered, rare, surviving pin-up calendar painting by the prolific
Category
1950s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In the Spotlight
By Edward D'Ancona
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific
Category
1940s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spill the Wine
By Fritz Willis
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A large, sultry original published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific and important American
Category
1970s Other Art Style Nude Paintings
Materials
Board, Canvas, Oil
Hilda Hopes Yoga Won't Fail
By Duane Bryers
Located in Minneapolis, MN
character for good. As America's only plus sized pin-up calendar girl, however, Hilda has seen a resurgence
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Miss Peru
By Ted Withers
Located in Minneapolis, MN
" themed 12-page pin-up calendar. This painting appeared as the month of May, alongside added sketchbook
Category
1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Spare?
By Art Frahm
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This original pin-up calendar painting by Art Frahm appeared in 1952 under the title Spare? and
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Party Line
By Irene Patten
Located in Minneapolis, MN
sister Laurette, Irene Patten created numerous pin-up's for the leading American calendar companies of
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel
Sultana
By Henry Clive
Located in Minneapolis, MN
calendar pin up painting by Henry Clive. Created in 1925, Sultana is in all regards the artist's signature
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
Red Headed Woman
By Pearl Frush
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This voluptuous dreamy risqué redhead was created as calendar pin-up art for the Goes Litho
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
True Strange Marilyn Monroe
By Tom Beecham
Located in Minneapolis, MN
hand painted calendar pin-up image collage element, which intentionally appears as a worn and
Category
1950s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Laid Paper, Oil
The Lollipop Girl
By Arnold Kohn
Located in Minneapolis, MN
used as a pin-up calendar commission. In brilliant colors a curvy red head in natty velvet capris
Category
1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Kittenish Type
By Earl MacPherson
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Earl MacPherson created this playfully erotic pin-up painting for a 1953 Shaw-Barton 12-page pin-up
Category
1950s American Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil, Plywood
Lady Of Mystery
By Edward Eggleston
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Lady of Mystery is a supreme example of art deco pin-up calendar art by Edward Eggleston, created
Category
1930s Art Deco Nude Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Silent Film Star Sue Carol with Boudoir Doll
By Henry Clive
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Hollywood Magazine titles in the 1920s, and created a few freelance pin up illustrations for various
Category
1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
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How Much is a Pin Up Calendar?
The price for a pin up calendar in our collection starts at $200 and tops out at $88,500 with the average selling for $6,500.
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