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  • JERRY T. N. THOMPSON (American, 20th Century) Want to S
    Aug. 17, 2010

    JERRY T. N. THOMPSON (American, 20th Century) Want to S

    Est: $1,200 - $1,800

    JERRY T. N. THOMPSON (American, 20th Century) Want to See Me Swing My Baton, Studio Sketches calendar illustration, September 1952 Oil and pencil on board 26 x 20 in. Signed lower center This wonderful image was sold as a single one sheet 'hanger' calendar. Entitled Want to See me Swing my Baton, this image of a majorette was Thompson's most popular image and one of the company's best money makers. More than a million matchbooks with this picture were sold to advertisers who wanted their products or business associated with its all-American baton girl. This painting was reproduced as figure 649 in The Great American Pin-Up by Charles G. Martignette and Louis K. Meisel, Taschen Books, 1996. From the Estate of Charles Martignette.

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