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A Woman to Know: Joyce Ballantyne Brand

A Woman to Know: Joyce Ballantyne Brand

She was an icon for women in a man’s world. — Ed Franklin

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Sep 16, 2020
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She was an icon for women in a man’s world. — Ed Franklin

(image via The Pinup Files)

“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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