GEORGE PETTY (American, 1894-1975). How Silly Darling. Watercolor on board. 18 x 12 in.. Signed upper left. ...

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GEORGE PETTY (American, 1894-1975)
How Silly Darling
Watercolor on board
18 x 12 in.
Signed upper left

"How Silly Darling - Wealth means nothing to me. Say! - you haven't gone Bankrupt, have you?"

One of the most famous and elegant images by the pin-up master, this painting was also published later in Esquire in 1939 as part of A Petty Portfolio - Selected Reader Requests, 1933-1939, and again as part of the Petty Phone/Datebook for 1939.

From the Estate of Charles Martignette.

More information about GEORGE PETTY. See also: Petty, George, George Petty Artist.

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