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Pin Up Girl With Garlands

Artist:Enoch Bolles
Date:1930s
Medium:Oil on Stretched Canvas
Dimensions:Sight Size 30" x 22" Framed 27" x 35"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover Art for Breezy Stories - June 1945
Price: S O L D
Above: Full view of oil on Canvas
Above: Detail
Above: The artwork as it appeared on the cover, June 1945

A rare surviving original cover painting by Enoch Bolles which appeared as the cover for the June 1945 Issue of Breezy Stories an envelope pushing, spicy pulp publication of much notoriety. This was most likely painted earlier than the published date noted here, as the magazine was in the practice of re-using existing artwork for its covers and the style and imagery mark this as coming from the 1930s, when Bolles produced his most inventive and important work. Grapefruit Moon Gallery sold this work in 2006 and recently reacquired it; we are delighted to offer it again for sale. Work is nicely framed and ready to hang.

Above: Verso view of old canvas and original pine stretchers
Above: Detail
Above: Framed view in new fine gallery frame

We rarely come across paintings by Enoch Bolles and it is speculated that many original works were destroyed by the artist himself. A recent auction result of $28,600.00 proves his cult-like popularity and status within the illustration art market.

Pin Up Girl With Garlands

Artist: Enoch Bolles
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, bathing beauty, Breezy Stories, Enoch Bolles, magazine cover, original cover art, pin up, pulp, streamline, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: November 13, 2008

 

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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.

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

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