Joyce Ballantyne (American, 1918-2006). Sitting Pretty, July 1955. Oil on canvas. 30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61.0 cm). Signe...

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Joyce Ballantyne (American, 1918-2006)
Sitting Pretty, July 1955
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61.0 cm)
Signed lower center

Property from the Louis and Susan Meisel Collection

Sitting Pretty is published as part of Joyce Ballantyne's twelve page calendar series for Shaw-Barton, fittingly gracing the month of July.

The work also appears as figure 99 in The Great American Pin-Up by Charles G. Martignette and Louis K. Meisel (Taschen, 1996). The work also appears as a color plate on page 503 in The Art of Pin-Up by Dian Hanson with Louis K. Meisel and Sarahjane Blum (Taschen, 2014).


More information about Joyce Ballantyne. See also: Ballantyne, Joyce Artist.

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