Description: Everyone loves cheesecake! This book features the top 10 pin-up artists of the 20th century, from Enoch Bolles to Gil Elvgren, George Petty, and Alberto Vargas, plus Dian Hanson's history of the art form. Each chapter includes original art and associated calendars, magazine covers, original model photos, and preparatory sketches.
Brief description:
Louis Meisel is owner of one of the oldest pin-up and illustration art galleries in New York. He is the co-author of TASCHEN's The Great American Pin-up and Gil Elvgren: All his Glamorous American Pin-ups.
Review Quotes: "A veritable feast for voyeurs, sociologists, bibliophiles... by far the most comprehensive and lavish compendium of the art form of the pin-up ever created."-- "Profil"