Vintage pin-up illustration by EARLE BERGEY (American, 1901-1952) Pink Elephants, Bedtime Stories pulp cover, August 1935. Oil on canvas

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Earle K. Bergey (August 26, 1901 – September 30, 1952) was an American artist and illustrator who painted cover art for thousands of pulp fiction magazines and paperback books. One of the most prolific pulp fiction artists of the 20th century, Bergey is recognized for creating, at the height of his career in 1948, the iconic cover of Anita Loos's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1925) for Popular Library.

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Size: 2231px × 3216px
Location: America
Photo credit: © Bill Waterson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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