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Joyce Ballantyne oil on canvas pin up nude

Sold for $750 at California Auctioneers on May 19, 2019.

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Joyce Elaine (Brand) Ballantyne (1918 - 2006) original oil on canvas signed lower right measures 27" x 16" image with a vintage frame with estate stamp verso. Minor condition issues with the canvas as seen in the images. Ballantyne was born in Norfolk, Nebraska, just after World War One. She attended Nebraska University for two years, and went on to study at the Academy of Art in Chicago for two years, she joined Kling Studios, where she painted Rand McNally road maps and illustrated a dictionary for the Cameo Press. She then moved on to the Stevens/Gross studio, where she stayed for ten years. In 1945, she began painting Pinups for Brown & Bigelow having been recommended by Gil Elvgren.

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