Signed lower center

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). HID12401132022 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

Unlined. Faint stretcher bar lines. Minor, about 2 inch, vertical area of lift with subsequent flaking lower right extreme edge. Penciled margins and marks to upper right consistent with publishing process. Framed Dimensions 33.5 X 27.5 Inches