{"product_id":"mail-call-falling-panties-by-art-frahm-1958","title":"Mail Call - Falling Panties by Art Frahm (1958)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis classic mid-century pin-up illustration is titled “Mail Call”, painted in 1958 by the legendary American calendar and glamour artist Art Frahm. Created using a traditional oil on canvas technique, the composition relies on his hallmark humorous, slapstick-infused \"lady in distress\" motif: a startled blonde woman descending the stone steps of a public Post Office faces an unexpected wardrobe failure as her pink lace-trimmed undergarments completely collapse around her ankles. The origin of this piece stems from the post-war commercial calendar market, where it was commissioned by commercial printing houses for national distribution as mass-market novelty calendar illustrations. The fascinating backstory behind the artwork places it as one of the prominent entries in Frahm’s eccentric, multi-year \"falling panties\" series. To construct the situational comedy, the woman's posture is compromised as she juggles a variety of items—she has dropped an open black purse, scattering coins and keys across the steps, and let go of her mail, causing letters to flutter into the air. True to Frahm's idiosyncratic style, her paper grocery bag rests in the background, complete with his mandatory, signature stalk of celery. Meanwhile, an amused, wide-eyed mailman carrying a sack of mail leers directly from the post office doorway, making this piece a quintessential and highly collectible icon of 1950s Americana kitsch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\nProfessionally restored and reproduced from the original artwork, this print preserves the powerful visual impact of Art Frahm's painting while offering exceptional detail and color fidelity for modern display.\n\n\n• Premium 200 g\/m² matte paper\n\n• Exceptional detail and color reproduction\n\n• Professionally enhanced and restored image quality\n\n• Available in 12x18\", 16x24\", and 24x36\" sizes\n\n• Unframed for custom display options\n\n• Printed in the USA\n\n\n","brand":"Kore Art Studios","offers":[{"title":"30x40 cm \/ 12x16″","offer_id":54365642522937,"sku":"751105f4-f2d9-4faf-8c2e-83a0c36dac4a","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60x80 cm \/ 24x32″","offer_id":54365642555705,"sku":"20f17a88-1f89-49be-a313-fb5f4a064178","price":29.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"75x100 cm \/ 30x40″","offer_id":54365642588473,"sku":"63dfb826-a974-499f-a764-b3453d0bf170","price":35.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0929\/9610\/8601\/files\/64b2144a-005e-4628-96d9-58a67a5820a0.jpg?v=1787579450","url":"https:\/\/koreartstudios.com\/products\/mail-call-falling-panties-by-art-frahm-1958","provider":"Kore Art Studios","version":"1.0","type":"link"}