The Great American Pin-Up
The author:Charles G. Martignettewas an art  dealer and collector of original paintings by 20th century American  illustrators and artists. His gallery in Hallandale Beach, Florida,  houses the world’s largest collection of commercial illustration art. As  of 1975 he published numerous articles about magazine, advertising,  calendar, pulp, paperback, glamour and pin-up art. Paintings from his  collection have been exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution as well as  many other American and European museums. Charles G. Martignette died  in 2008 in Hallandale, Florida.--This text refers to an alternateHardcoveredition.