• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Recent Additions
  • The Gallery
    • About
    • Browse by Topic
    • eBay
    • Sorry, It’s Sold
  • Guarantee & Policies
    • Guarantee
    • Shipping & Payment
    • Amazon.com Shipping Information
    • eBay Buyer Protection
  • Contact & Social Media
    • E-mail & Phone
    • eBay
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter

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
Sorry, It's Sold

Jean Harlow New Movie Cover

Artist:Charles Sheldon
Date:1932
Medium:Pastel on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 12" x 15 1/2" Framed 21 1/2" x 24"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover Art for The New Movie Magazine - March, 1932
Price: S O L D
Above: Full view of pastel
Above: The artist’s signature lower right
Above: The New Movie Magazine – March 1932
Above: Framed and silk matted behind glass in handsome gold gallery frame

A rare original pastel of Jean Harlow commissioned and used as the cover for the March 1932 edition of “The New Movie Magazine” by prolific American illustrator Charles Gates Sheldon. Sheldon was a frequent cover artist for this title and for Photoplay Magazine capturing the allure of the silent and early talkie era female film stars in glamorous stylized pastel portraits taken from photographs he shot himself at his Carnegie Hall, New York City Studio. A coveted example of early tinseltown featuring perhaps the eras brightest and biggest star.

Below are a couple of images of 5″ by 7″ studio photographs Sheldon took of Harlow from this specific studio setting and visit that resulted in this published pastel. These are shown for reference as the photographs were sold prior to our acquiring this pastel.

Above: Jean Harlow as posed for this setting in photo taken by Sheldon at his Carnegie Hall Studio
Above: Another photo of Jean Harlow as posed and photographed by Charles Gates Sheldon
Above: Detail

Jean Harlow New Movie Cover

Artist: Charles Sheldon
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, american, art deco, Charles Sheldon, glamour, hollywood, Jean Harlow, magazine cover, New Movie Magazine, original cover art, platinum blonde, portrait
Added to Gallery: June 28, 2011

 

Contact Grapefruit Moon Gallery



    Primary Sidebar

    Join our mailing list

    Grapefruit Moon Gallery Around the Web

    Facebook
    Instagram
    Pinterest
    Twitter

    Recent Additions

    Gone With the Wind

    Pigeon Feathers

    Packed Dirt, Churchgoing, A Dying Cat, A Traded Car

    Footer

    About Grapefruit Moon Gallery

    Grapefruit Moon Gallery, based in Minneapolis MN, specializes in vintage pin up and original illustration art.  We are the proud home of the Bunny Yeager archives.

    Since 2003, Grapefruit Moon Gallery has been a leading dealer of exclusive original paintings by Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas, Earl Moran, Rolf Armstrong and Henry Clive, as well as vintage photographs, prints, and period decorative arts in ceramic and metal.

    All artworks featured are original, accurately represented, and guaranteed to be the work of the named artist.

    Interested buyers may view pieces by appointment and we are happy to answer any questions you may have. [Contact Us]

    Grapefruit Moon Gallery on eBay

     

    Grapefruit Moon Gallery on Instagram

    View on Instagram

    Copyright © 2023