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Come and Get It

Artist:Al Buell
Date:1940s
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Dimensions:Sight Size 16" x 20" Framed 30 1/2" x 34"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Calendar Art for The Osborne Calendar Company
Price: S O L D
Above: Full view of work
Above: The artist’s signature

From the double entendre school of classic pin up art, Grapefruit Moon Gallery is proud to offer this original oil on canvas by Al Buell for the Osborne Calendar Company. Work is titled “Come and Get It,” and is pictured in “The Great American Pin-up” on page 107 color plate #209. This spirited surviving commissioned work is beautifully matted and framed and ready to hang. Al Buell was a prolific pin up artist who was trained by Haddon Sundblom, and worked in the luminous commercial style of Sundblom and Gil Elvgren. He worked for numerous calendar companies throughout his career and contributed pin-ups for Esquire Magazine, additionally the artist created numerous Calendar Girls for the Coca-Cola company during the 1940s – 50s.

Above: Framed and matted view in carved wood period frame

A printed vintage Osborne Co. ink blotter with image and advertising for “Balante Fagnano” Trucking Company is included in the sale.

Above: Verso notations
Above: Published ink blotter included in sale

Come and Get It

Artist: Al Buell
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Al Buell, erotic, Great American Pin-up, original calendar art, Osborne Calendar Co, pin up
Added to Gallery: August 7, 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.

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