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She didn't make the cut
The Blog on Bolles | December 2nd 2009 by Jack R
Our fetching lass is known as a comp, or comprehensive sketch, in this case for a Film Fun cover that was never to be. The painting was sold at a Heritage Auction a few months back and would I ever wish I could brag that she was hanging out in my st read more
The Style Behind the Cover: Abril Lamarque
The Blog on Bolles | November 16th 2009 by Jack R
If a newsstand was a speakeasy and magazines drinks, Film Fun would be the publishing equivalent of soda water. Pop the cork and you're blasted with an attention grabbing spray of bubbles and gas, which just as quickly hisses away into the ether with read more
Intimate Apparel Market Week: A celebration made for Enoch Bolles
The Blog on Bolles | November 2nd 2009 by Jack R
Yet again, we invoke yet another arcane holiday as a pretense for celebrating the art of Enoch Bolles. And even the most casual fan of his knows that intimate apparel and Enoch Bolles go hand in silk glove. In fact much of Bolles early work as a fa read more
Hold That Pose!
The Blog on Bolles | October 11th 2009 by Jack R
Do you have a favorite style of Bolles girl? On display today are three prime examples spanning 13 years, all in the same pose and predicament. On our immediate left is a put out but still fabulous flapper from a 1924 issue of Film Fun, below we see read more
Just a Little Taste
The Blog on Bolles | October 3rd 2009 by Jack R
My interest in Enoch Bolles began over a decade ago, and as many of you know it has evolved into a goal to publish a book about his life and art. Toward that end I've worked to learn as much as I can about him and to root out new examples of his art, read more
Paint Me a Picture
The Blog on Bolles | September 25th 2009 by Jack R
A question by frequent visitor Gary about how many Bolles paintings got me onto this project, which is something I've been meaning to do for a long time. Here we see a graph showing all the Film Fun covers done by Enoch Bolles from 1923 to the magaz read more
Signature Statement
The Blog on Bolles | September 8th 2009 by Jack R
In my previous post I closed with a challenge to find an unusual element to the Breezy Senorita, and I must admit it was not easy. Take a look below and you'll see the answer. It was Enoch's signature. Or at least what looks like a Bolles signature read more
The $ Game
The Blog on Bolles | July 16th 2009 by Jack R
Yesterday Heritage auctions sold off another wing from the warehouse of works from the Martignetti collection. The prices for the Bolles paintings on the auction block as well as some of his other pinups were in a word, astonishing. The previous reco read more
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