A Woman to Know: Joyce Ballantyne Brand
She was an icon for women in a man’s world. — Ed Franklin
She was an icon for women in a man’s world. — Ed Franklin
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“I didn’t feel there was anything special about that ad,” Joyce said of the painting that made her famous. “It’s only baby art.”
The 1959 painting — featuring a pigtailed girl with now-infamous tanlines and a mischievous black dog — netted Joyce $2,500 from Coppertone Su…
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