Pin up painting by artist Bud Schumann

[RITtiger]

This is more or less a barn find from my grandfather's woodworking shop that was torn down in the early 80s.  He had it facing against the wall with the blank side visible and unfortunately the corner was torn off before anyone knew.

 

My grandfather worked at Camp Peay when it was being concerto Camp Forrest.  He also later worked at Oak Ridge doing construction after Camp Forrest was done.

 

No one in the family has any history of it other than the shop would have been built in the late 40s.

 

 

[dhcoleterracina]

Great painting, probably very racey in its day. Nice save. 

[otter42]

She's giving the wrong sign with her hand.  She's giving the British sign equivalent to giving you the finger.  Nice artwork and with family history too. 

[manayunkman]

Though damaged it does not affect the overall look of the piece.

 

In the art world damage like this, that doesn’t affect the main body of work, doesn’t really decrease the price, plus you’ve kept the broken off piece so it could easily be repaired.

[Marshallj]

12 minutes ago, otter42 said:

She's giving the wrong sign with her hand.  She's giving the British sign equivalent to giving you the finger.  Nice artwork and with family history too. 

 

[otter42]

From Wikipedia:

When displayed with the palm inward toward the signer, it can be an offensive gesture in some Commonwealth nations (similar to showing the finger, dating back to at least 1900. When given with the palm outward, it is to be read as a victory sign ("V for Victory"); this usage was introduced in January 1941 as part of a campaign by the Allies of World War II,[1] and made more widely known by Winston Churchill. During the Vietnam War, in the 1960s, the "V sign" with palm outward was widely adopted by the counterculture as a symbol of peace and still today in the United States and worldwide as the "peace sign".