• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Key Artists
    • Rolf Armstrong
    • Mahlon Blaine
    • Henry Clive
    • Gil Elvgren
    • Cardwell Higgins
    • Earl Moran
    • Charles Gates Sheldon
    • Arthur Prince Spear
    • Bunny Yeager
  • About
  • Browse by Topic
  • Contact

Grapefruit Moon Gallery

Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration

  • Gallery Blog
  • Golden Gallery
  • Fine & Decorative
  • Illustration & Advertising
  • Paperback & Pulp
  • Pin-Up & Glamour
Pin-Up & Glamour Art

My Little Scheme

Artist:Earl Moran
Date:1947
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Dimensions:Sight Size 18 1/2" x 23 1/2" Framed 23" x 28"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Calendar art for The Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company

Full view of oil on canvas
Full view of oil on canvas

The artist's signature
The artist’s signature

Framed view
Framed view

An original oil painting by Earl Moran for the Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company used as a March 1947 calendar girl with caption that read “My teacher says I’m quite advanced – For one so young in years. And that the answers that I know – Should vanish all my fears.” This image also appeared as a mutoscope card under the title “He saw right though my little scheme.” The vast majority of Earl Moran pin up works for Brown & Bigelow were executed in pastel, and the few oil paintings that have turned up in recent years have commanded very good prices as many collectors prefer the medium. This example is particularly exciting, as it has never previously been on the market, and retains the original frame. An original calendar page, mutoscope card, and advertising notebook of “… My little scheme” are included in the sale.

Published mutoscope card, included with sale
Published mutoscope card, included with sale

Published calendar page with alternate text, included with sale
Published calendar page with alternate text, included with sale

Published notepad view, included with sale
Published notepad view, included with sale

Verso view
Verso view

My Little Scheme

Artist: Earl Moran

Filed Under: Pin-Up & Glamour Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, Brown & Bigelow, cheesecake, lingerie, mutoscope, original calendar art, pin up, risque, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: October 7, 2013

 

Contact Grapefruit Moon Gallery



    Primary Sidebar

    Join our mailing list

    Grapefruit Moon Gallery Around the Web

    • Facebook
    • Instagram

    Copyright © 2025