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Pin Up Calendar

Pin-up Calendar Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 24.00" x 18.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Pinup Calendar
Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Pin-Up - Telephone Call linen backed vintage pinup girl.
Located in Spokane, WA
hat. And those high heels! Petty's girls, like this one, were often featured in pin-up calendars, but
Category

1940s American Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Beer Advertisement
By Gil Elvgren
Located in Fort Washington, PA
for his pin up calendar girls. This painting is signed in the lower right corner with his later
Category

1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

Ice Follies
By Fritz Willis
Located in Fort Washington, PA
cover painting by the renowned pin up calendar artist and commercial illustrator Fritz Willis. This was
Category

1960s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

1950S REIS Cotton Pin-Up Girl Calendar Print Pajamas
By Kreisler
Located in New York, NY
1950S REIS Cotton Pin-Up Girl Calendar Print Pajamas
Category

1950s Pajamas

Preparing the Flag, America's 1784 Golden Girl
By Arthur Sarnoff
Located in Missouri, MO
subjects continue to keep him famous: popular and tasteful pin-up girl calendars and the pool playing (and
Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Recent Sales

Nude Pin Up Girls Vintage Calendar Posters
By Gil Elvgren
Located in Rego Park, NY
American 1940s set of four framed original vintage pin-up calendar girl prints. One is signed Gil
Category

1940s Realist Nude Prints

Materials

Paper

Art Deco Blonde in Black Satin
Located in Minneapolis, MN
pin-up calendar illustration. Our hunch is that the artist is Edward D'Ancona, but it could have been
Category

1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Disconnected
By Weston Taylor
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Calendar company for a pin up calendar titled "Disconnected." This is a classic art deco entanglement from
Category

1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Illustration Board, Pastel

Disconnected
Disconnected
H 41.5 in W 33.5 in D 1 in
Señorita
By Frederick Duncan
Located in Minneapolis, MN
pin-up calendar print for the Mexican market, with the title "Señorita." A copy of the published
Category

1920s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Illustration Board

Señorita
Señorita
H 31.5 in W 25 in D 1 in
Puppy Love
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This breezy pin-up calendar illustration by Fitz William Boynton depicts a sassy redheaded flapper
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Illustration Board

Cleaning Compounds
By Jerry T.N. Thompson
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A large idyllic Americana "Happier Days" depiction by the prolific calendar artist and pin up
Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nikki in the Hayloft
By Bill Randall
Located in Minneapolis, MN
pin up calendar, while adding his own charm and whimsy. With a rhyming quip that reads "Nikki's cute
Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Goodnight Sweetheart
By Edward D'Ancona
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific
Category

1950s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Howard Rogers BRONZE SCULPTURE Original Summer Breeze Female Signed Statue Art
By Howard Rogers
Located in Bloomington, MN
nude figure. He began at a young age drawing pin up calendar girls but it was only after a freak bike
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Howard Rogers Original Oil On Canvas Painting Wildlife Illustration Signed Art
By Howard Rogers
Located in Bloomington, MN
female nude figure. He began at a young age drawing pin up calendar girls but it was only after a freak
Category

20th Century Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Howard Rogers Oil On Canvas Painting Female Portrait Illustration Signed Artwork
By Howard Rogers
Located in Bloomington, MN
born artist who specializes in the female nude figure. He began at a young age drawing pin up calendar
Category

20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Swami Told Me...
By Walt Otto
Located in Minneapolis, MN
original published pin up oil on canvas calendar painting in the late 1950's. A curvy mid-century brunette
Category

1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Swami Told Me...
The Swami Told Me...
H 33.5 in W 29.5 in D 1 in
The Art of Pin-Up
By Dian Hanson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Company, home to the world’s largest archive of vintage pin-up calendars. In addition to the chapters
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

The Art of Pin-Up
The Art of Pin-Up
H 15.6 in W 11.4 in L 15.6 in
Spill The Wine, 1971
By Fritz Willis
Located in Fort Washington, PA
" by 33.50" Calendar Art for Herald's Casino - Reno, Nevada A large, sultry original published pin-up
Category

1970s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Zoe Mozert American Pin-Up Girl Drawing in Pastel
Located in Astoria, NY
American Mid-Century Modern pin-up girl framed pastel drawing of a pin-up girl, created by famed
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper

Off Her Pins
By Arnold Armitage
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a fresh-to-the-market pin-up calendar painting by Arnold Armitage published in the 1940s by
Category

1940s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

No Privacy
By Arnold Armitage
Located in Minneapolis, MN
silk stockings and heels. This appeared in the 1940s as a pin-up calendar with the title of No Privacy
Category

1940s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Toast Of The Town
By Victor Tchetchet
Located in Minneapolis, MN
published version of this pastel, though presumably it was a commissioned pin-up calendar illustration
Category

1950s Art Deco Nude Paintings

Materials

Illustration Board, Pastel

Sitting Pretty
By Walt Otto
Located in Minneapolis, MN
-page spiral bound pin-up calendar. The image shows a flirty blonde with dangerous curves seductively
Category

1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ice Follies
By Fritz Willis
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A well-crafted, stylish, and eye-catching cover painting by the renowned pin up calendar artist and
Category

1960s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Paper

The Grapette Girl
By Pearl Frush
Located in Minneapolis, MN
to the 1940s, when the advertising works and pin up calendar images by the talented Frush were in
Category

1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Grabbing At Straws
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a recently rediscovered, rare, surviving pin-up calendar painting by the important
Category

1950s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Studio Setting
By Arnold Armitage
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a large format erotic pin-up calendar painting by the English illustrator Arnold Armitage
Category

1950s Naturalistic Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gilda in Green
By Irving Winer
Located in Minneapolis, MN
published pin-up calendar images usually signed with the single word "Wyner". In this work --an obvious
Category

1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Illustration Board, Oil

Modern Venus
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific
Category

1950s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modern Venus
Modern Venus
H 26 in W 32 in D 1 in
Well Red
By Edward D'Ancona
Located in Minneapolis, MN
some reading at the library in this original calendar pin-up painting by Edward D'Ancona. Published in
Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Illustration Board, Oil

Well Red
Well Red
H 32.25 in W 26.25 in
Fit To Be Tied - Preliminary Drawing
By Gil Elvgren
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a large preliminary charcoal drawing by Gil Elvgren, a study for the Brown & Bigelow pin-up
Category

1950s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Vellum, Graphite

Behind on Her Sleep
By Edward D'Ancona
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a recently rediscovered, rare, surviving pin-up calendar painting by the prolific
Category

1950s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

In the Spotlight
By Edward D'Ancona
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific
Category

1940s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

In the Spotlight
In the Spotlight
H 31.5 in W 23.5 in D 1 in
Spill the Wine
By Fritz Willis
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A large, sultry original published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific and important American
Category

1970s Other Art Style Nude Paintings

Materials

Board, Canvas, Oil

Hilda Hopes Yoga Won't Fail
By Duane Bryers
Located in Minneapolis, MN
character for good. As America's only plus sized pin-up calendar girl, however, Hilda has seen a resurgence
Category

1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Miss Peru
By Ted Withers
Located in Minneapolis, MN
" themed 12-page pin-up calendar. This painting appeared as the month of May, alongside added sketchbook
Category

1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Miss Peru
Miss Peru
H 34.5 in W 27.5 in
Spare?
By Art Frahm
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This original pin-up calendar painting by Art Frahm appeared in 1952 under the title Spare? and
Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Spare?
Spare?
H 32.5 in W 26.5 in
The Party Line
By Irene Patten
Located in Minneapolis, MN
sister Laurette, Irene Patten created numerous pin-up's for the leading American calendar companies of
Category

1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Pastel

The Party Line
The Party Line
H 35.75 in W 47.75 in D 1 in
Sultana
By Henry Clive
Located in Minneapolis, MN
calendar pin up painting by Henry Clive. Created in 1925, Sultana is in all regards the artist's signature
Category

1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Illustration Board, Oil

Sultana
Sultana
H 39 in W 32.5 in
Red Headed Woman
By Pearl Frush
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This voluptuous dreamy risqué redhead was created as calendar pin-up art for the Goes Litho
Category

1930s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

True Strange Marilyn Monroe
By Tom Beecham
Located in Minneapolis, MN
hand painted calendar pin-up image collage element, which intentionally appears as a worn and
Category

1950s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Illustration Board, Laid Paper, Oil

The Lollipop Girl
By Arnold Kohn
Located in Minneapolis, MN
used as a pin-up calendar commission. In brilliant colors a curvy red head in natty velvet capris
Category

1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

The Lollipop Girl
The Lollipop Girl
H 26 in W 18.75 in D 1 in
Kittenish Type
By Earl MacPherson
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Earl MacPherson created this playfully erotic pin-up painting for a 1953 Shaw-Barton 12-page pin-up
Category

1950s American Realist Nude Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil, Plywood

Lady Of Mystery
By Edward Eggleston
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Lady of Mystery is a supreme example of art deco pin-up calendar art by Edward Eggleston, created
Category

1930s Art Deco Nude Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Silent Film Star Sue Carol with Boudoir Doll
By Henry Clive
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Hollywood Magazine titles in the 1920s, and created a few freelance pin up illustrations for various
Category

1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

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"Pin Up" Illustration Very Well Executed After Gil Elvgren
By Gil Elvgren
Located in Wiscasset, ME
While signed, "Elvgren" I would say that this is a very well executed period pin up after Gil Elvgren (March 15, 1914 – February 29, 1980), born Gillette Elvgren in Saint P...
Category

Vintage 1960s American Paintings

Materials

Paper

Genuine Painting of Cheescake Pin up Girl by Gauthier
By Gil Elvgren
Located in London, GB
Mid 20th Century Genuine Oil Painting of a woman – Cheesecake Style Signed by Artist – Gautier Size 15” x 17.5” x 0.75” The Painting depicts a woman on the telephone in front of a...
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Ice Follies Souvenir Program Cover
By Fritz Willis
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1963 Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Original cover art of two women skaters in costume for the Twenty-Seventh Annual Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies souv...
Category

1960s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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Pin Up Calendar For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the pin up calendar you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. Find Pop Art versions now, or shop for Pop Art creations for a more modern example of these cherished works. Finding the perfect pin up calendar may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 19th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right pin up calendar is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes brown, black, beige and blue. Creating a pin up calendar has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Gil Elvgren, Rolf Armstrong, Jules Erbit, Fritz Willis and Edward D'Ancona are consistently popular. Frequently made by artists working in paint, oil paint and board, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much is a Pin Up Calendar?

The price for a pin up calendar in our collection starts at $200 and tops out at $88,500 with the average selling for $6,500.
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