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Pin Up Girl in Red Dress, Mid-Century, Female Illustrator

Creator: Pearl Frush
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
The Pin-Up of ravishing young beauties in mid-century America was a widely popular art form. The assumption that Pin-Up art was the exclusive domain of men is a misnomer. Female illustrators/artists flushed at the turn of the century, and towards mid-century, a few did Pin-Ups as well. Along with Joyce Ballantyne, and Zoë Mozert, Pearl Frush was a member of the select "Girl's Club". This work of a smiling brunette poised to snap the viewers photo is a great example of Frush's work and was published in Gerlach-Barklow calendar and appears as figure 464. It also appeared in The Great American Pin-Up by Charles G. Martignette and Louis K. Meisel (Taschen, 1996).
Look This Way and Smile, Playtime series, circa 1945 Signed lower right
Provenance: Louis and Susan Meisel Collection
Framed size 26.75 x 22

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, Illinois
Period:	1920-1949
Materials:	Watercolor on Illustration Board
Condition:	Good. Colors are bright,crisp and the work presents quite well. Several small dark spots appear on the the sitters left arm to the immediate right
Creation Date:	1945 circa
Styles / Movements:	Modernism, Contemporary, Illustration
Incollect Reference #:	758546

Dimensions

W.	12.75 in;	H.	17 in;
W.	32.39 cm;	H.	43.18 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.