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Auction History Result 5b091 GEORGE PETTY linen 14x18 Esquire magazine centerfold '40s pin-up art of super sexy redhead! Date Sold 3/7/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked Esquire Magazine Centerfold (measures 14" x 18 1/4") (Learn More) George Petty was an American pin-up artist from the 1920s to the 1970s. His pin-up art appeared primarily in Esquire and True magazine, but was also in calendars marketed by Esquire, True and Ridgid Tool Company. Petty's Esquire gatefolds originated and popularized the magazine device of centerfold spreads. Reproductions of his work were widely rendered by military artists as nose art decorating warplanes during the Second World War, including the Memphis Belle. Robert Cummings portrayed Petty in the 1950 film "The Petty Girl". Note that George Petty started working for Esquire in 1933 until 1956 (although in the 1940s and 1950s, Alberto Vargas also did pin-ups for Esquire). Petty passed away in 1975 at the age of 81. Important Added Info: Note that in the 1940s, famed illustrator George Petty drew a "centerfold" for each issue of Esquire Magazine (they would fold out, and Hugh Hefner borrowed the idea in the 1950s for his Playboy Magazine, except he used photos instead of artwork). This is a centerfold that was removed from an issue of Esquire. It certainly can be framed and make a wonderful display on anyone's wall! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The pages were removed from Esquire magazine. Each had printing on the back that very slightly shows through to the front in the light colored areas. There were also stains to the right of the girl's dress in the blank background where the pages joined, and stains in parts of the borders (see our image). Overall, the centerfold was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can clearly see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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