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Leading a Parade

Artist:Earl Moran
Date:1955
Medium:Pastel on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 21" x 27" Framed 38" x 43"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Original Calendar Art for Brown & Bigelow
Price: S O L D
Above: Framed view in fine museum quality frame
Above: Detail

This wonderful, coy and large original pastel on board by Earl Moran was created as a commissioned illustration for Brown & Bigelow. The pin up calendar image was published in the early 1950’s with the quip “Leading a parade / Without a falter, / Is easier than leading / A man to the altar.” Pastel is beautifully framed in a gold gilt fine museum frame and properly lined with printed tear sheet of published calendar included in sale.

Above: The artists signature
Above: Printed Calendar with text
Above: April 1955 Sample Calendar (included in sale)
Above: Frame detail
Above: verso label

Leading a Parade

Artist: Earl Moran
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, american, Brown & Bigelow, Earl Moran, original calendar art, pin up, The Golden Gallery
Added to Gallery: March 22, 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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