Artwork of Gil Elvgren Pin Ups Love!!

Machines called Mutoscopes offered quick shows for a penny from 1895 until as late as the 1970s, flipping cards to create the impression of a moving picture. Associated with amusement piers and parks, and men's restrooms, these machines were notorious as proprietors of cheap peeps. During the 1940s, the International Mutoscope Reel Company began to manufacture coin-operated vending machines that served up 5-1/4 x 3-1/4cards for collectors, usually of pin-up material.

His precise and delicate rendering combines the French pin-up aesthetic of Brénot and Aslan with the American aesthetic of Alberto Vargas, George Petty and Gil Elvgren.

An all-new crop of exquisitely elegant and delightfully daring pin-up portraits by Barbara Jensen. Her approach to good girl, glamor, and creamy cheesecake illustrations follow in the grand tradition of the masters, but with a decidedly decadent 21st Century spin! Do you dare to bare it all? No need - Ms. Jensen's done all the work for you!

One big slice of cheesecake, brought to you by Dian Hanson. This extra-large, extra-lush compendium gathers nearly 100 pin-up artists, with showcase chapters for the top 10, including Gil Elvgren and Alberto Vargas. Each chapter opens with a tipped-in reproduction of an original calendar or magazine cover and boasts original model photos as well as preparatory sketches.

Barbara Jensen is one of those delightful treats in the male-artist dominated world of pin-up artwork. She combines what a man wants to see with how a woman wants to seen! The resulting images are sensual, sexy, and downright adorable! Jensen explores expression, emotion, and plenty of exquisite flesh! Clothing Optional is a magnificent gallery of her newest and most popular portraits.

Alberto Vargas took over Esquire magazine’s monthly pin-up post in late 1940. By 1942, when the U.S. joined the war, he had more than a million ardent enlisted fans who carried his pin-ups in backpacks and duffel bags as reminders of the American girls they’d left behind. When Esquire was charged with obscenity over a particularly spicy pin-up in 1943 the military stepped in to fight for the Varga Girl, declaring her necessary to maintain the morale of young fighting men. Today these wartime pin-ups are the most collectible of Vargas’s work. Find them all in this pocket-sized delight.

They’ll always be there for you: A new pin-up to brighten your every day
There’ll never be a weary morning with these delightful dolls on your desktop. For those of you whose datebooks have been replaced by smartphones, let these pin-up lovelies help you rediscover that warm feeling of marking the date with the touch, and turn, of a page. Each day presents a new model alongside saucy soundbites, as well as the birthdays of pin-ups’ finest. These sweethearts are more steadfast than they might suggest too-at the end of the year, simply turn back to the beginning and find them waiting for you as peachy as before.