GEORGE PETTY (American, 1894-1975). True Magazine, three-page Petty Girl centerfold, December 1946. Mixed media on board...

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GEORGE PETTY (American, 1894-1975)
True Magazine, three-page Petty Girl centerfold, December 1946
Mixed media on board
9.25 x 22 in.
Signed upper left
"Don't tell me that's a hobby too."

This unique Petty masterwork, billed on the cover of True as a "Super Size Petty Girl," is the only painting created by the artist to be published specifically as a three-page gatefold, and it was the largest vintage magazine reproduction of a Petty Girl ever.


From the Estate of Charles Martignette.

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

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