Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Media: George Petty's Ridgid Tools Calendars
This post is just the tip of the iceberg... see reason number 9 on our The Top Ten Reasons To Support The A-HAA for links to more great pinup art.
George Petty was one of the top "cheesecake" illustrators of the 30s and 40s. He began his career with a series of cartoons featuring beautiful girls and their far from handsome beaus. His work coined the term "Petty Girls" to describe the carefully airbrushed girls with brilliant smiles and sexy poses. He left Esquire, to be replaced by Alberto Vargas who we will be featuring here soon, and became a freelance commercial artist. His girls soon ended up gracing magazine ads and calendars for such unlikely products as Tung-Sol Radio Tubes and the aptly named, Ridgid Tools.Mike Fontanelli has generously allowed ASIFA-Hollywood to digitize his Rigid Tools. These calendar pages are among the most sought after pinup collectibles, selling for as much as $40 to $50 a sheet. Many thanks to Mike for sharing this with us.
If you found these useful, see... George Petty's 1947 Calendar for more great pinup art.
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Stephen Worth
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12 Comments:
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Wow! Miss October can really thread my pipe!
Sorry, couldn't resist! ;-)
April 1953 just had too many uppers that morning. Brr! Scary!
Ahhhhh these kick so much ass!!!
Wow! Outstanding post. Thanks a lot.
My favorite, hands down. Everything I like about Vargas, but with a design sensibility that I find more attractive and compelling.
It's weird because todays models are so airbrushed that they look painted. We've come full circle.
Almost all of them have the same face.
was fun to see the Petty Girls since I was born one. Also, my Aunt (another born Petty Girl) had boats in Chicago and Florida named Petty Girl I, II, III and IV...was nice that our name was famous! Carol Petty Blastic
Very interesting site with many information about illustration's masters!
I work as a documentalist and need to contact the rights holders for reproducing one of the Petty's girl (Rigid tools). Can you help me indicating me the agency or person to contact for such request?
Thank you and great work!
N
(reply to studio@denoel.fr)
Thanks for putting Beautiful art on the web for my generation!
I have always loved pin-ups, and had always planned on a classic pin-up tattoo. The Petty girls look so strong, sexy, and smart, and i think they represent how all women should live. I had also planned on getting a separate tattoo of a pipe wrench (as I am one of very few female plumbers). As I searched for pin-up girls for my tattoo, I found these girls. Perfect. But I would love to find an actual calendar, or even posters of these girls. If anyone knows where I might be able to find some, please e-mail me at capin_kirk73@hotmail.com. Thanks!!
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