Aug 04, 2004 - Sale 2011

Sale 2011 - Lot 72

Price Realized: $ 1,150
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
GEORGE PETTY DE VILBISS PERFUME SPRAYS. Circa 1930.
361/2x251/4 inches. A. C. Schultz Litho Co., Milwaukee.
Condition A-: minor tears at edges. Paper.
An un-cut advertising display for an atomizer, featuring an Art Deco image of a platinum-haired flapper emerging from a stylized pastel lavender, orange, green and yellow backdrop; lettering in gilt. Petty was one of the foremost pin-up artists of his day and "Petty Girls" became part of the American visual vernacular.