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Marilyn Monroe in the Nude

Artist:Earl Moran
Date:1960
Medium:Oil on Stretched Canvas
Dimensions:Sight Size 24" x 36" Framed 30 1/2" x 43"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Fine Art
Price: S O L D
Above: Full view
Above: The artist’s signature

A dazzling and erotic oil on canvas by Earl Moran of the platinum bombshell Marilyn Monroe in the nude. Dated 1960 on verso stretcher bar, and marked “Aaron Brothers #646″on back of canvas. During the 1940’s a radiant Norma Jean was Earl Moran’s favorite pin up model and a number of Brown & Bigelow Calendar works were commissioned featuring the then unknown red headed pin-up model. Earl Moran left the hectic schedule and deadlines of a calendar illustrator in the late 1950’s and moved to California and started working in oils and created a series of boudoir themed erotically charged nude works that sold to patrons of the arts through an arrangement with The Aaron Brothers Galleries.

Above: Aaron Brothers verso stamp
Above: Verso date and subject title verso stretcher bar
Above: Detail of Marilyn Monroe

In this 1960 work the icon is captured as Hollywood’s “platinum bombshell” and whatever wholesomeness that existed in earlier Moran / Marilyn depictions gives way to a dramatic sexual urgency and erotic Playboy Centerfold pose.

Above: Framed and matted in fine Newcomb_Macklin gallery frame
Above: Frame profile detail

Marilyn Monroe in the Nude

Artist: Earl Moran
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1960s, american, boudoir, Earl Moran, erotic, fine art, hollywood, Marilyn Monroe, nude, pin up, platinum blonde, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: September 28, 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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