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Pin-up Artist Rolf Armstrong Signature

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:19.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 125.00 USD
Pin-up Artist Rolf Armstrong Signature
<B>Pin-up Artist Rolf Armstrong Signature with Caricature,</B></I> 2.5” x 5.5”, mounted on stiff card stock with brief typed biographical information and an example of Armstrong's work. Fine. Armstrong (1899-1960) was an American painter of pin-up art. During the 1920s and 1930s, his work appeared on many pieces of sheet music, as well as on the covers of many magazines. Many stars posed for his portraits, including Mary Pickford, Greta Garbo, and even Boris Karloff. Armstrong's work for the <I>Pictorial Review </B></I> was largely responsible for that magazine achieving a circulation of more than two million by 1926. A year later, he was the best selling calendar artist at Brown and Bigelow. In 1930, RCA hired him to paint pin-ups to advertise their products, and in 1933 the Thomas D. Murphy Company signed him to produce a series of paintings for their line.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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