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Artist:Earl Moran
Date:1958
Medium:Pastel on IIllustration Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 21" x 27" Framed 26" x 32"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Original Calendar Art for Brown & Bigelow
Price: S O L D
Above: Full view of Brown & Bigelow Pin-up pastel
Above: Framed in finest quality period gesso frame
Above: The artists signature

This Earl Moran original pastel features a cheeky, carhop waitress from the long-gone drive-in-diner era, providing car side service with a smile. This pastel was commissioned by Brown & Bigelow, a sample printed ink blotter is included in sale. Text reads in full “A waitress leads a happy life, and sunshine fills her days. The outlook’s good the job is fine, because money grows on trays.”

Above: Frame detail
Above: Verso notations
Above: Detail of printed blotter
Above: Detail
Above: Blotter sample included in sale
Above: The artist with completed pastels c. 1950’s
Above: The artist at work

Pastel is framed in a handsome period ornate gesso framed and properly lined and ready to display.

Service… As You Like It

Artist: Earl Moran
Price:  S O L D

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, american, Brown & Bigelow, Earl Moran, illustration, original calendar art, pin up
Added to Gallery: November 2, 2007

 

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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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