Over the past several months, I’ve added three rare, diverse and unusual examples of Beatrice Tonnesen’s early work. Hundreds of examples of calendar art derived from her photos are still available to collectors, although her photographic contributions were seldom acknowledged in print. And relatively fewer signed examples of her illustrated or painted artwork are also still obtainable, with a little effort, in today’s vintage art market. But I’ve had considerably more difficulty finding examples of her early portrait work, her advertising photos and her original paintings. Recently, however, I’ve been lucky enough to obtain one of each, which I am happy to share in the accompanying slideshow. In order, from left to right, they are: