Showcases the finest examples of Bill Ward's Conte crayon pin-up drawings, including his notorious series of telephone girls from the 1950s and 1960s. Original.

A collection of definitive cartoon illustrations by the artist who made his introduction during the 'golden age of illustration' in the 1920s offers insight into how his irreverent representations of the period were popularly sustained throughout the Depression era and into the atomic age.

Product Description: Renowned pin-up artist Bill Ward gets the full coffee table treatment in a lavish, oversized, full-color collection of his most polished 1950s illustrations. Imagine, if you will, an innocent but stunning young woman boasting the most unlikely Barbie-like proportions—and then some—poured into a wisp of lingerie or clingy cocktail dress, silky opera-length gloves, and sheer thigh-high stockings, perched precariously but not inelegantly atop a pair of dangerously high stiletto heels, and you've got the recipe for the quintessential Wardian glamour girl...read more