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Call Again

Artist:Earl Moran
Date:1948
Medium:Pastel on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 27" x 34" Framed 34" x 41"
Condition:Mint
Original Use:Original Pin-Up for The Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company
Price: Sold
Full view
Full view
The artist's signature lower right
The artist’s signature, lower right
A large published calendar of Call Again- neatly housed on the verso
A large published calendar of Call Again neatly housed on the verso

A pretty blonde secretary, dressed in form-fitting business casual with flowers in her hair perches seductively on a foam green Heywood Wakefield office desk, with one hand on the phone teasing the viewer to “Call Again.“ Earl Moran was a master pastel artist, known for his evocative chiaroscuro light and shadow effects. This is a superior and commanding published example of his talents; a Minnesota estate find that our gallery previously sold in June of 2011 after having been in private hands for nearly twenty years. We recently took the pastel in on consignment from our original buyer and were delighted to have acquired it again for sale. Condition is pristine and the work is housed in a custom made, lined gallery frame behind ultraviolet glass. A 1948 Brown & Bigelow advertising calendar of the image is included with sale. A full page color plate of “Call Again“ appears in the recently published Taschen volume The Art Of Pin-Up in the chapter on Earl Moran written by Grapefruit Moon Gallery co-owner Sarahjane Blum.

Framed and matted under UV glass in handsome gallery frame.
Framed and matted under UV glass in handsome gallery frame
Detail
Detail
Frame corner profile
Frame corner profile

Though Earl Moran had been a national celebrity since 1940, when LIFE magazine featured his work in an extensive feature titled “Speaking of Pictures,” the late 1940s are today considered the most interesting of Moran’s career. The artist moved to Hollywood in 1946 where he quickly began working with a young Blue Book model named Norma Jeane, who would go on to stardom as Marilyn Monroe. The pair worked together often in the years between 1946-1950 and their association has kept Moran’s luminous artworks in the public eye to this day.  Earl Moran was one of the century’s most important pin-up artists and a true star in the illustration world. This large and defining example truly has it all.

Call Again

Artist: Earl Moran
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, american, Brown & Bigelow, Earl Moran, Marilyn Monroe, mid-century, original calendar art, pin up, secretary
Added to Gallery: August 2, 2016

 

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    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.

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