PIN-UP PRESERVATION

Louis Meisel was born in Brooklyn in 1942. As he grew up in the ‘50s, his attention had always gravitated toward pin-up art. From the time he was 20-years old, he knew he was going to be an art dealer.

“My formative years were during the highlight of the golden era of pinups,” Meisel said. “Seeing pin-ups in Playboy and throughout the ‘50s had a huge impact.”

Meisel said he grew up with the abstract expressionists and the pop artist “as a