AMERICAN PIN UP HC (C: 0-1-2)
AMERICAN PIN UP HC
Publisher: TASCHEN AMERICA L.L.C.
Published: Germany, 9 September 2011
Format: Hardcover, 280 pages
Age Range: 15+
Other Information: Illustrations
Dimensions: 32.5 x 24.9 x 3.1 centimeters (1.67 kg)
Writer: Various, Louis K. Meisel
About the AuthorCharles G. Martignette was an art dealer and collector of original paintings by 20th century American illustrators and artists. His gallery in Hallandale Beach, Florida, houses the world's largest collection of commercial illustration art. As of 1975 he published numerous articles about magazine, advertising, calendar, pulp, paperback, glamour and pin-up art. Paintings from his collection have been exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution as well as many other American and European museums. Charles G. Martignette died in 2008 in Hallandale, Florida.