Bettie Page by Olivia (Hardcover)

~ Olivia deBerardinis (Author), Joel Beren (Editor), Olivia de Berardinis (Illustrator)

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Product Description

Olivia's paintings and drawings of Bettie Page, new and old, are lovingly presented in this hardcover book by Ozone Productions, Ltd. Iconic pinup queen Bettie Page is painted in Olivia's ever changing styles, and ever evolving techniques. Foreward by High Hefner, interview with Bettie, and comments by Olivia. 80 pages hardbound, sewn, with dustjacket.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 80 pages
• Publisher: Ozone Productions, Ltd.; 1st edition (November 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929643259
• ISBN-13: 978-0929643250
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #112,012 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We Love It !, February 27, 2007

By	L. Simon (Alpine, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this book for my Granddaughter who is into collecting 40's and 50's memorabilia, and especially likes Bettie Page. The book is beautiful and full of gorgeous color pictures. My Granddaughter has it in her beauty salon (Rock A Betties in El Cajon, CA) and everyone who looks at it flips out. I'm very pleased that I purchased it for a gift, and Amazon rocks for getting it here quick!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN, February 24, 2007

By	Tim Janson (Michigan) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

BETTIE PAGE BY OLIVIA - If you thought that the pairing of the world's premiere pin-up artist Olivia, and the most celebrated pin-up model Bettie Page, would be a match made in Heaven, you would be one-hundred percent correct. Like peanut butter and chocolate, the two were made for each other. Bettie Page by Olivia is a brand new book from Ozone Productions featuring over 50 paintings of the reclusive Ms. Page by Olivia.

Hugh Hefner provides the foreward to the book that gives Page & Olivia fans 80 pages of delectable art. Why Hefner? Well who better? Page appeared as a centerfold in the magazine in the 50's and many of Olivia's Page paintings first appeared in Playboy.

Several pieces are what I call progression pieces. We get to see Olivia's preliminary pencil sketches on one page and the finished painting on the next. A great example of this is on the painting entitled The Substitute, as it's a Bettie in thigh-high leather boots and black mini skirt taking over the classroom as the new teacher.

"Hot Sauce" will sure to be a favorite among fans as Bettie is decked out in a provocative devil outfit: red leather boots, arm-length red gloves, and red leather bra and panties, complete with devil horns and a little tail. The two pieces with Bettie dressed up in a French Maid's outfit are also sure to please her legions of fans.

An index in the back of the book provides the title of each painting as well as the medium in which it was completed, and where the piece originally appeared. Kudos to Ozone for including the index, something that is agonizingly lacking in many art collection books.

There's something for every Bettie fan to be found within these pages. Fetish fans will love Bettie, again all in red leather, riding crop in her teeth, or the piece entitled "Rawhide" where cowboy Bettie is getting a spanking from a gorgeous blonde Indian maiden.

The icing on the cake in "Bettie Page by Olivia" is an ultra-rare interview with Page, now in her eighties, conducted by I.S. Levine. In the interview, Page talks about her rural upbringing in Tennessee, as well as how she first broke into modeling. While Page was one of Playboys earliest centerfolds (1955) she didn't meet Hugh Hefner until some forty years later in 1996. It's a short, but fascinating interview.

Rounding things out, Olivia shares her own feelings on Bettie and what makes her such an intriguing subject, not only for her own work, but also for all the Bettie fans around the world. It's a magnificent book. Cliché as it may be to say, this is simply a must have for fans of Bettie page or Olivia.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bettie Page by Olivia, May 14, 2007

By	Monik Venturini "miss pinup" (curitiba,brazil) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

this book is really perfect for those who loves bettie page and olivia's art...a perfect combination!Bettie Page by Olivia